Product Description

The Alps and Dolomites stretch 1,000 miles across six countries, from the French Riviera to Slovenia. Never have their snow-capped peaks been so seductive or accessible - although they have been attracting skiers for 90-odd years, and walkers for even longer. Now everyone can be in on the secret - mountains are addictive things.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #30929 in Books
• Published on: 2004-10-07
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 216 pages

Synopsis
The Sawdays collection grows to include this new guide on special places to stay for mountain-lovers. As with the rest of the series, the guide includes colour photos and lively, informative write-ups. Our approach is unusual. There are no set rules, no interminable checklists and no hard and fast criteria for inclusion. We look for what we like, and celebrate the unusual, the beautiful and the individual.

From the Inside Flap
- Do your own thing - connect with real people and real places
- Seductive hotels, family-run chalets, elegant villas, Tyrolean inns, delightful homes, chosen because we like them - and their owners
- Virgin snow, fresh air, a glass of schnapps, the heady scent of summer pine - far from the jostling crowds
- Cross-country and downhill skiing, hiking, biking, rafting, riding and paragliding - or just basking in the sun

Customer Reviews

You don't need to go skiing to need this book
but if you are a keen winter sports fan and want to avoid the usual 'package places' then click to buy this book immediately. Covering the mountains of Austria, France, Italy and Switzerland it provides page upon page of desirable places to stay with useful details of distances to piste/lift etc alongside each one. One of the other aspects of these Sawdays guides I find most useful are the quick reference indices at the back of the books, in this particular one covering things such as 'one hour or less from airport' (for those snatched weekends) and'Rooms for 100 euros or less'.
Lovely photos of all the properties with accurate descriptions (they are all visited), I never use anything other than Sawday's guides for accommodation now. Most highly recommended.