Whether you like skiing or boarding, sledding or hiking... if you like snowsports, you'll find what you are looking for on a ski holiday in Zermatt. 394 km of pistes provide a wide variety of skiing in an international ski area situated on the border between Switzerland and Italy.

Ski holidays in Zermatt, Switzerland: the advantages

The Zermatt area is dominated by the stunning scenery of the Matterhorn and the pluses of a Zermatt ski holiday can be summarised as follows: awesome scenery; amazing mountain restaurants; fantastic and varied skiing (also linked to Cervinia in Italy.); a charming and predominantly traffic-free town, bar the electric taxis; great snow high up; all sorts of nightlife for everybody; great shopping; masses of non-skiing activities to enjoy; a glacier for year-round skiing; good accommodation; a cosmopolitan crowd; excellent boarding provision. Apart from all that, it's quite a good resort for a ski holiday…

Ski holidays in Zermatt, Switzerland: the disadvantages

There are a few minor complaints regarding Zermatt skiing holidays, but nowhere is perfect. Often you may have a bit of a trek to get to the lifts and there can be queues, particularly on the way up to the skiing. Beginners don't have the greatest amount of choice on ski holidays in Zermatt. The 3 ski areas are separate and rather poorly linked. It's at least 4 hours to the nearest international airport. Oh, and it's seriously expensive, tending to attract the 'fur coat and poodle brigade'

Overall, Zermatt has been described as 'the perfect ski holiday destination' and 'about as complete a ski resort as you can find'. Such plaudits are hard to argue and it must be on every skier's itinerary, as long as the credit card can come too.

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