Good Ski Guide The Worlds Most Loved Ski Guide

If the fur-coat-and-Ferrari glitz of Megève is not your scene then drive a few more miles to find rural French perfection in tiny Les Contamines.

Mountain lovers and extreme skiers flock to Chamonix, the Alps’ most famous mountain town, at the foot of Mont Blanc.

Whistler is unstoppable. The twin peaks of Whistler and Blackcomb are enormous, but the experience keeps getting bigger and better.

For decades, British visitors who know their snow have made a private pilgrimage to the small, but select, resorts of the Alpbach valley and its neighbour, Wildschönau.

This was once Bulgaria’s most popular resort with tourists because it first attracted UK school parties who kept returning year after year when they became young adults.

From the capital, Seoul, you can be at some of the smaller resorts - Jisan Forest and Yangji Pine - in an hour.

Dominated by the majestic Julian Alps, the pretty village has just 20km of piste in spectacular surroundings.

The legend of Dracula looms large here in the Carpathian Mountains, but a visit to Bram Castle, the Count’s reputed home, is more challenging than the slopes.

Sunshine is the resort of the atmospheric cowboy town of Banff and just a 20 minute drive away sand has everything from the easiest slopes to the vertiginous descents.

Austria’s Arlberg ski region is one of the best-known in the world because its three main resorts all have big-league status.