These European ski destinations might be lesser-known, but they still offer exceptional snow, fabulous wellness hotels, award-winning restaurants and, of course, plenty of après-ski revelry.
These Nature-Packed Getaways Blend Old-Fashioned Adventure With Simple Luxury Jemima Sissons
One can spend endless vacations chasing the latest high-profile trend or gizmo, from culinary tourism to submarines. But there’s a shift afoot, a desire to seek pleasures that are more simple, though by no means less luxurious, with a return to old-fashioned adventure and the chance to enjoy the meditative powers of nature with as few filters as possible.
For devotees of Andalusia’s peerless Marbella Club, this means a twin ski-and-swim trip: a few days perched high in the Sierra Nevada mountain outpost El Lodge, followed by a few more at the brand’s palm-strewn beachside hostelry. From around $2,550 per person, mountain mornings kick off with expeditions into the Sierra Nevada National Park by horseback or hikes in Los Cahorros, a network of gorges, rock pools, waterfalls and historic acequias knitted together via winding trails and hanging bridges; afternoons are f