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Chalets in Zermatt reviewed

Having spent a couple of years working in chalet holiday sales, I’ve had the good fortune to stay in some amazing chalets….the Bellevarde Lodges in Val D’Isere – ski in/out with hot tubs on the balcony, and the Taiga Lodge in Meribel with its cinema rooms being previous favourites.  Fabulous though these are, they don’t really come close to the accommodation I’ve just stayed in on a recent trip to Zermatt.

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Train or Plane?

‘We’re sorry to announce that the 13:25 flight to London Gatwick is delayed”….
The all too familiar voiceover that greeted us on arrival at Chambery airport last March – our return leg home delayed by reasons best known to Monarch and Monarch alone. Not being the biggest fan of Chambery airport at the best of times, this little piece of news did nothing to abate my raging hangover from a heavy last night out in Dicks Tea Bar. Nethertheless, our travel weary party did our best to while away the next 9 (yes nine!) hours. Several hundred games of snap later and after a three hour feast in Chambery airport’s one and only restaurant got me wondering…..There must be a better way of getting to and from the slopes?? Read More »

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