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Hotel Europa
Features
- Terrace/Balcony
- Half board
There are great views of the mountains from the Hotel Europa, which offers excellent value
accommodation, a relaxed atmosphere, and some good spa facilities.
Location It enjoys a sunny location, in an elevated
position, just above the main street. The FREE hotel
bus service brings guests to/from the lifts (runs to a
timetable). The village centre is approx. 5 minutes’ walk
(500m) away, and the ski lifts approx. 12 minutes’ walk.
Bedrooms 22 All with balcony, the simply furnished
twin rooms also have bath or shower, hairdryer,
telephone, radio, cable TV and safe. Rooms are
either south or west-facing. Rooms may be allocated
in either of 2 interconnecting wings.
Meals Buffet breakfast and 5 course evening meal,
including salad buffet, several choices of main course,
and choice of some other courses. Weekly fondue
evening. Christmas and New Year gala dinners included.
Facilities ‘Spa’ area with whirlpool, steambath, sauna,
‘experience’ showers, kneipp, and large relaxation area
(FREE); massage and beauty treatments (pay locally);
residents’ dining area; lounge/bar; Wi-Fi (FREE); lift.
- Welcome drink
- FREE use of heated ski/boot room near the main lifts
Saas Fee Resort Info
Saas-Fee skiing
Neighbour to the illustrious Zermatt, Saas-Fee has some spectacular scenery . Sitting at 1800m, snow in Saas-Fee is all but guaranteed. The skiing is perhaps not quite as challenging as Zermatt's, with most pistes suited more to beginners and intermediates. The ski domain is not that expansive, with only 100km of its own pistes, while the lift is rather inefficient. Snowboarders and freestylers will however find Saas-Fee a pretty good bet, with year round snow park options: the small beginner's park located near the village ski lifts in Stafelwald, the main park is situated in the Morenia area and the summer park in Allalin.
Saas-Fee ski resort
Saas-Fee has maintained more of its alpine village charm than Zermatt, and as an added bonus is traffic-free. There are plenty of off-snow activities with a sports centre, the highest revolving restaurant in the world (3500m) and some good designer ski shops. Après-ski is fine, but restaurants can be a bit below par, as well as a bit expensive.
More Saas Fee resort information
Saas Fee Snow & Weather
| Snow Report - 11 Dec 2013 | | Last snowed | 23-Nov-2013 |
| Fresh snow | 5 cm |
| Lower slopes | 25 cm |
| Upper slopes | 260 cm |
| Pistes | | Piste state | Excellent |
| Runs to resort | Packed |
| Off piste snow | Hard |
| Comments | Very good piste conditions, best at top |
| Lifts open | 6 |
| Lifts total | 21 |
Snow Overview - Switzerland (snow news updated 11-Dec-2013)
A number of Swiss resorts opened over the weekend, either for weekend riding or daily for skiing and snowboarding. This has increased the spread of resorts open for skiing in Switzerland although the conditions are overall similar; the snow cover is very good due to the excellent early season snowfall although it has been sunny over the last week and areas of high traffic are becoming polished. Expect good skiing on firmly packed runs, with the best conditions available on the upper slopes.
Saas Fee (25/275cm) reports the deepest snow base in Switzerland on their upper slopes, although Andermatt (37/200cm) and the Gstaad area (5/240cm) report over two metres of snow high up, while Zermatt (40/190cm) is not that far off two metres.
The skies are forecast to remain bright and sunny all week across Switzerland, with mid-mountain temperatures remaining around freezing.
European Weather Outlook
The sunny weather looks set to continue in Europe with France, Switzerland and Austria all expecting clear skies and dry days throughout next week. Temperatures could also rise to above 5C in some places.
While very little snow is expected to fall anywhere in Europe this week Bulgaria could receive light snow during the middle of the week in preparation for opening day at Bansko next weekend. There is also some much-needed light snow forecast for Oppdal in Norway.