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Spring Skiing in St Anton

20 March, 2015 by Verity Clay

A spring skiing holiday’s success is down to your expectations of what you want to get out the holiday. It can be the perfect combination of sun and snow, active and relaxing and even send you back with a sun kissed tan (beware of goggle marks). A traditional weeks skiing from ...

The Arlbergs Hidden Gem: Secret Sonnekopf

Sonnenkopf

13 March, 2015 by Verity Clay

I’m probably going to regret sharing one of Austria’s best secret skiing spot , but the sun's out, and I’m in a giving mood. A week’s ski trip in St Anton, Austria can be a boozy affair with some of the best après bars around, but the skiing also covers a huge area over ...

Ski Chalet Holidays- It’s All About The Food

'Who's for canapes?' Supertravel chef preparing luxury level chalet food

9 February, 2015 by Verity Clay

Step away from the Bourguignon....and don’t even think about wrapping that chicken breast in Parma ham. These old chalet classics just don’t cut the mustard these days (excuse the food related pun). Chalet catering has hit new heights with its high levels of gourmet fodder now being served. Companies use the ...

What is included as standard on a luxury chalet holiday?

What is included on a luxury ski chalet holiday?

19 January, 2015 by Nicola Chapman

The word luxury is bandied around quite liberally these days. But what does it really mean? If you look in the dictionary, it will say something like: “a material object, service, etc., conducive to sumptuous living, usually a delicacy, elegance, or refinement of living rather than a necessity: We have taken the definition of luxury and made it the ...

Aspen... The place to ski

12 January, 2015 by Dave Balow

THE thirty-something woman in a fur trimmed ski jacket, tight ski pants and day glow boots applied another layer of thick red lipstick, ordered her umpteenth Champagne cocktail and nestled back in the warm embrace of a huge comfy sofa. Outside the sun was setting on well worn pistes and in ...

A flight well spent with British Airways’ Club Europe

22 October, 2014 by Nicola Chapman

Holidays are a special time for everyone. A chance to forget about the everyday stuff, a chance to kick back and relax, a chance to have someone else look after you. But for most people, holidays can be just a few weeks of the year. So when you go away ...

50 years of Supertravel

18 September, 2014 by Verity Clay

1964, the year that saw Martin Luther King Jr win the Nobel Peace Prize and the release of the classic 007 Goldfinger movie, Sir David Lewthwaite was founding a ski chalet company that would prove to be an industry pioneer. When Lewthwaite married Diana Tomkinson a few years later they ...

brand new for this season... Chalet Eden Rock

Artist impression of our new chalet Eden Rock

30 July, 2014 by Nicola Chapman

At the start of our 50th anniversary season Supertravel Ski is excited to reveal the latest addition to the luxury chalet market in St Anton with the launch of the Eden Rock Chalet. Winter 14/15 sees the addition of this sumptuous chalet which has been designed by an award-winning architect ...

A question of golf ethics

Golf Ethics

8 April, 2014 by Clemmie

What if you were playing in the club championship tournament final and the match was halved at the end of 17 holes. You had the honour and hit your ball a modest 250 yards to the middle of the fairway, leaving a simple six iron to the pin. Your opponent ...

Après ski in St Anton, Courchevel & Zermatt

Take off those skis and hit the bars after a day on the slopes

24 March, 2014 by Victoria Hampton

A resort’s après ski scene is only second to the skiing itself and the European towns of St Anton, Courchevel and Zermatt certainly know how to party post piste. After a day on the slopes you’ll be spoilt for choice with a dizzying array of places to party late into ...

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