The best winter skiing hotspots

Check out these cool destinations for your winter skiing holiday. There’s nothing quit as liberating as skiing down a smooth, powdery slop. And if you’ve got a couple of weeks of holiday time to take off from work, then you simply must organise yourself a ski holiday.

An ideal place to travel to for your ski holiday is Engelberg. It is excellent for off-piste hounds and good intermediates and, crucially, is close to Zurich. It is one of the most beautiful winter sport area in the centre of Switzerland. Along with the gorgeous natural beauty surrounding the area, you can enjoy 82 kilometres of ski runs.

Zell Am See is an Austrian destination that is extraordinarily pretty. It is located beside a lake and very close to Salzburg. It has a traffic-free medieval pedestrian centre with excellent shopping and plentiful evening entertainment in an array of cafés, wine bars and restaurants. The ‘Europa Sport’ region has an exciting and varied ski area, particularly for intermediates.

And, of course, there is Cortina, Italy. Cortina d'Ampezzo is the most famous ski resort in the magnificent Dolomites. Since hosting the 1956 Winter Olympic, it has become a hub of both great skiers and celebrities because of its incredible pistes and challenging black runs. With ideal snow conditions, typically 8 hours of sunshine a day, and panoramic views of the Alps, Cortina has fast become one of the best and most stylish ski resorts in the world.