Hotel Bristol standard Villars , Switzerland 4 Stars

PRICE BASED ON A STANDARD ROOM This wooden-clad hotel is one of the best in the resort for facilities and makes a great base for a weekend break.

Wonderful views
Close to the town centre and the piste
Hot tub, sauna and fitness

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Half board
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Half board

This wooden-clad hotel is one of the best in the resort for facilities. It has wonderful views across the valley from many of the rooms and makes a great base for a weekend break. There is an attractive, stylish bar as well as 2 A La Carte restaurants.

Bedrooms: All the rooms are attractively furnished with pretty fabrics and much wood used throughout. All have balconies but the superior ones have the good views across the valley. There are several suites and Junior Suites available as well.

Location: Situated just a few minutes walk from the railway station and the centre of the village. The railway is the main departure point for skiing – or you can take the resort ski bus to the telecabine situated at the other end of the village. There is also a shuttle bus to and from the lifts.

Facilities: Indoor pool, fitness room, steam bath, sauna, Jacuzzi.

Villars Resort Info

Linked to Les Diablerets and its glacier in 1997, Villars' signature feature is its mountain railway, which winds up the valley from Bex and stops at Bretaye. Due to its lower altitude and south-facing location, Villars can be in trouble if there isn't much snow. This problem has been partially defeated by the recent introduction of snowmakers. Most of the skiing favours beginners and intermediates. For boarders there are 2 local boarding parks. The glacier has some very good off-piste. Investing in a 'Glacier – Alpes Vaudoises' pass allows you to ski on over 500km of pistes, including Gstaad and Chateau d'Oex. The on-site ski school is more than adequate and childcare is comprehensive for all ages. The town itself is more modern than Les Diablerets, but still fairly attractive. There are some decent mountain restaurants, with more local speciality venues in town. There are also several good bars, a couple of clubs and lots of off-snow activities. As a result, Villars is a relaxing, relatively quiet family resort, with ample skiing for those of lower abilities. More Villars resort information

Villars Snow & Weather

Snow Report - 09 Feb 2012
Last snowed	03-Feb-2012
Fresh snow	5 cm
Lower slopes	50 cm
Upper slopes	230 cm

Pistes
Piste state	Excellent
Runs to resort	Excellent
Off piste snow	Varied
Comments	Great conditions - wax up your skis!
Lifts open	33
Lifts total	34

Snow Overview - Switzerland (snow news updated 31-Jan-2012)

There was a huge variety of different conditions across of featured Swiss resorts on Monday 30th January. A handful of locations such as St Mortiz (90/118cm) enjoyed pleasant, clear blue skies after a healthy dusting of snow on Saturday 28th January. It was a similar story at Davos (138/229cm) which is now mostly back to normal following the World Economic Forum there last week. Other featured Swiss resorts such as Villars (40/250cm) however experienced low, heavy cloud cover creating poor visibility and light snowfall on Monday although the resort still managed to open 32 out of a possible 34 lifts. The temperature is forecast to drop as we move towards next weekend, getting lower than -20C in some locations at the end of this week. This is cold so make sure you wrap up warm, and if you have mitts this could be a good time to use them.

European Weather Outlook

Cloudy and snowy skies are expected to loiter over the vast majority of European resorts over the coming days although only a light level of snowfall, around 1-2cm each day, is anticipated throughout the week. Sunshine is then expected to make a come back for the vast majority of resorts by the end of this week or the start of next week. The southern French Alpine resort of Isola 2000 however could receive up to 27cm of fresh snow on Tuesday 31st January, bucking the trend of just a dusting. The other weather news of note is that temperatures are set to drop, getting below -20C in many locations by the end of this week, so make sure you have some nice warm layers to put on.

All snow report information supplied by Ski Club of Great Britain