Quiz: find your ideal all-inclusive ski resort
The mountains are calling. So, too, is the kind of hassle-free ski holiday that only all-inclusive hotels can provide. But which one will suit you best? Answer these seven questions and we’ll point you in the right direction
Words: Sean Newsom
03/12/2025
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Read on for our pick of the slopes this season
Hotel Bär in Serfaus, Austria
We get it. You want to give your little ones the best possible start on snow. But we also know how tiring all this painstaking parenting can be. So, can we suggest this family-focused five-star in the cute village of Serfaus? Here, the resort has its own underground railway to whisk guests to the ski lifts, while its mid-mountain Kinderschneealm is an unusually large and snow-sure area of nursery slopes. Meanwhile the hotel’s own facilities include spacious family suites, as well as free kids’ clubs, a supervised climbing wall and a child-friendly swimming pool. Add three meals a day and a generous helping of cakes at teatime and it all adds up to something rare and special. The chance for you to have a holiday as well as your kids.
Club Med Alpe d’Huez, France
Sounds like you’re stuck on skiing’s intermediate plateau. You’re well beyond the beginner’s snowplough, but your technique – and confidence – quickly unravels whenever the snow turns deep, steep or bumpy. That’s why Club Med Alpe d’Huez is calling. The resort’s most distinctive feature is its big basin of easy, ego-boosting slopes just above town; and Club Med sits right on the edge of it, with ski-in, ski-out access and a well-organised boot room next door to your ski school’s meeting point. With five days of ski lessons included in your package (as well as your lift pass), you’re sure to improve, fired by uncommonly good buffets where much of the food is cooked in front of you. Complimentary childcare deepens the allure for families, while adult groups will enjoy the buzzing bar after dinner.
Club Med Val d’Isère, France
If you’re fired up by the thought of black-rated pistes and deep powder, Val d’Isère is your natural playground. What’s more, when you book into the local branch of Club Med you’ll find that its ski-school groups (which are part of your holiday package) include one that’s dedicated to expert-led and expert-level skiing. Cue five days of adventure, with almost continuous feasting in between. In keeping with Val d’Isère’s ritzy image, this is one of Club Med’s top-rated, five-trident resorts. And besides the well-equipped bedrooms and legions of helpful staff, you’ll find your buffet meals groaning with goodies. Oysters, sushi and steaks are not uncommon here, to be followed by magnificent desserts and mountains of ripe cheese.
Club Med Pragelato Sestriere
This is where ski holidays get cute as well as all-inclusive. Set just beneath the busy slopes of the Milky Way ski area on the French-Italian border, Club Med Pragelato Sestriere offers accommodation in a village of traditionally styled chalets scattered around a central hub of bars, kids’ clubs, a spa, an indoor pool and restaurants. A cable car whisks you up to the skiing, which is slightly less convenient than Club Med’s other ski-in, ski-out centres. But it does preserve the exceptional sense of Alpine sanctuary back at base, where yoga classes and tranquil snow-shoe walks are the norm. Meanwhile, up in the Milky Way’s sizeable spread of intermediate-friendly slopes, Club Med has its own piste-side buffet restaurant for lunch. So, there’s no need to ski back down for a bite. In other words, this is a place where you can mix all kinds of winter holidays into a single trip.
Hotel Bergland, Seefeld
Let’s face it – you may cherish your childhood memories of snow, but you’re not at all sure that bombing down a mountain, strapped to a couple of planks, is the best way to renew the acquaintance. That’s why Hotel Bergland in Seefeld is such a canny choice. An adult-only property, it sits amid Seefeld’s sunny plateau of snow, where all kinds of winter activities await. Sure, downhill ski lessons are available (at extra cost) on Seefeld’s gentle nursery slopes. But you can also try cross-country skiing, biathlon, tobogganing, ice-skating and Bavarian curling. Meanwhile, gastronomic dinners await back at base, along with a well-equipped spa.
