Tag: vacation

• Skiing Amidst the Pyramids of Egypt

  When one thinks of Egypt, images of the scorching hot deserts and breathtaking pyramids come to mind. Caravans of camels and nomadic tents that are scattered on the horizon are what we picture ...

• Skiing in Estonia

  The Republic of Estonia is surrounded by the Russian Federation, the Baltic Sea, the Gulf of Finland and Latvia. It offers visitors a temperate climate, depending on the season, but the Baltic ...

• Winter Fun at Stubai Glacier

  Located in the Innsbruck region, Tyrol, Austria, is home to the biggest ski and snowboarding quarter of this area, namely Stubai Glacier. Here, winter sport enthusiasts from across Europe, find ...

• Montana

  Montana is the ideal state to visit for a cross country skiing vacation. There are a large number of wide open public areas, and some of the country’s best cross country skiing resorts are in Montana, offering you a choice of vacation destinations. You can make your vacation as vigorous or laid-back as you choose! […]

• Night Clubs

  Most popular ski resorts have many vacation attractions in addition to skiing. Resorts that are reputed more for adults and not recognized as family vacation ski resorts reverberate with a very active night life. People on vacation want as much fun during the après-ski as during the day on the ski slopes. Many resorts all […]

• Big Sky

  Montana’s Big Sky Ski Resort is situated between West Yellowstone and Bozeman and offers visitors a year-round vacation experience. Run by Boyne USA Resorts, Big Sky has developed from its humble beginnings in 1973, to a huge ski resort, attracting visitors from all over. Encompassing three impressive mountains, Big Sky Resort offers something for everyone […]

• Restaurant Guide

  A vacation is Aspen is as much fun on the slopes as off them. This glitzy town is a vacation favorite with the rich and famous and offers exciting après-ski. There are numerous restaurants offering cuisine from all over the world and you will be spoiled for choice here. American food, contemporary or traditional is […]

• Helena

  Montana is the ultimate dream vacation destination for snowmobile lovers. Thousands of miles of groomed and non-groomed trails are maintained all over the state by local snowmobile clubs, right from the mountains of Kootenai Country in the northwest part of the state to West Yellowstone. Montana has some of the longest snowmobile trails in America. […]

• History

  Skiing was not a vacation recreation but a means of transportation in winter in Northern Europe and Asia thousands of years ago. Early skis were made from the bones of large animals strapped to the toe of the boot with leather strips. In Scandinavia wooden skis were believed to be used even five thousand years […]

• Vermont

  Take a vacation in Vermont, the birthplace of skiing in America! Over a century ago, Norwegians who had settled in Stowe used skis to get around in winter on the impassable roads. Stowe, which is home to the highest mountain in the state, Mt Mansfield, was the venue of the first ski race held in […]

• Skiing Museums

  Skiing was not a vacation sport till a hundred years ago. Till the mid nineteenth century it was an age old method of transportation in winter in the snow covered regions of north Europe and Asia. Today many vacation resorts have a museum as a shrine to skiing heritage. Next time you are on skiing […]