Skiing in St-Luc, Switzerland

Close to the Italian border, the undiscovered Val d’Anniviers, one of Switzerland’s sunniest regions, is quite magnificent and is dotted with pretty hamlets which perch on its steep slopes. One such village is tranquil St-Luc, which looks across the valley to the mighty 4,478-metre Matterhorn and other peaks over 4,000 metres high. Offering easy access to marvellous downhill skiing on uncrowded slopes, this is an ideal base for alpine skiers of all abilities.

Amid these majestic surroundings, the 4-star Romantik Hotel Bella Tola offers fittingly elegant accommodation, warm hospitality, wonderful cuisine and excellent facilities that include a spa complex, making it the perfect place to unwind after a day on the pistes. It's difficult to beat downhill skiing at St-Luc, where the sunny south and east-facing slopes offer relaxed, carefree alpine skiing to a height of 3,025 metres. At this altitude, the snow record is excellent, and the views wonderful. You will often have the pistes virtually to yourselves, especially on weekdays, another reason why skiing here is so enjoyable. At St-Luc itself, there are 25 blue and red runs totalling 75 kilometres, served by 13 draglifts and accessed by means of the regular free ski bus (which picks skiers up from right outside the hotel) and a four-minute trip up the funicular.

Intermediate and advanced skiers will enjoy the longer, more challenging slopes at Zinal, Grimentz and Vercorin, whose equally sunny runs are covered by the same ski pass and can be reached using the post bus (pay locally).

For a break from skiing, explore St-Luc’s 35 kilometres of winter walking paths or 30km of snowshoeing trails.

Traveller Reviews of This Trip

We have travelled with Inntravel twice before and as always the travel was well organised, the hotel was lovely and the extras, ski hire and lessons, were all ready for us when we arrived. We will be using Inntravel again. Mr AT Songhurst, Canterbury, 23/01/2011

This hotel is a very special hotel in a very special place, especially for the older or moderate skier wanting a comfortable winter holiday. The owners are an example to all of charm, helpfulness and old fashioned real hard work. Not surprisingly, led by that example, the staff is uniformly excellent. There has been an enormous personal commitment to make the place imaginatively comfortable and attractive. It is hard to find even the most minor criticism. Your organisation provided a very complete package and allowed us to have a thoroughly enjoyable holiday. We shall repeat that enjoyment at the same place in the same excellent hotel and with the same organisation. Dr P Grout, Gwynedd, 23/01/2011

What a wonderful holiday we have had at the Bella Tola! Both Claude and Anne-Françoise were such wonderful hosts it made the whole week like a private Bella Tola house party. The whole ambience of the hotel could not have been better and our fellow Inntravel guests were a wonderful lot to be with. Mr R Pamplin, Hertfordshire, 23/01/2011

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