Owners of property in the Alps can look forward to plenty of usage from their ski home this year as heavy snowfall in November signals the start of a long season. Most resorts in France received up to 50cm of fresh snow at higher altitude over the weekend of 9th-10th...
Posted on 18 November 2013
The choice of flights to Geneva, which serves the French and Swiss Alps, will soon get easier when airline SWISS begins new direct flights there from London Gatwick on 14th December. The thrice weekly service will run on Mondays, Saturdays and Sundays until 3rd March 2014, with free carriage for...
Posted on 30 October 2013
Skiers and owners of ski homes who simply can’t wait to get out to the Alps should treat themselves to a visit to the Ski and Snowboard Show, which takes place at Earls Court 2 in London from 30th October to 3rd November and EventCity in Manchester from 25th to...
Posted on 12 October 2013
Tickets for Eurostar’s seasonal ski trains, which take skiers direct to the heart of the Alps from London’s St Pancras station and Ashford International, are now available for the coming winter season. Eurostar’s popular direct day and night services to the French ski towns of Moûtiers, Aime-La-Plagne and Bourg St...
Posted on 16 August 2013
Tennis champ Roger Federer will be firmly in the global spotlight over the next week, as he competes to retain his Wimbledon title and win the sport’s most prestigious tournament for a record eighth time. There’s no doubt Swiss born Federer has an eye for those fluffy yellow balls but...
Posted on 26 June 2013
Buyers of ski property in the Alps who are driven more by investment than lifestyle would do well to consider Switzerland, after a recent report highlighted the country’s attraction as a safe haven for wealthy investors and showed that property prices in the country rose by 3.9 per cent in...
Posted on 30 April 2013
British people searching for a property in the French Alps in recent weeks will be painfully aware how much the exchange rate has gone against them, to the extent that since the start of the year property prices have effectively increased by around six per cent for Sterling buyers, and...
Posted on 06 March 2013
Bond fans who are also keen skiers might be disappointed that in his latest film, ‘Skyfall’, the legendary spy goes nowhere near the white stuff, however they can take comfort knowing that in earlier movies, some of the most thrilling scenes are of the Alps and Bond on skis. The...
Posted on 01 March 2013
Quotas limiting the number of non-resident foreigners, including Brits, who can own property in parts of Switzerland are keeping holiday homes there highly sought after in 2013, one of the reasons the value of Swiss real estate has remained comparatively stable throughout the economic crisis. A strong currency and buoyant...
Posted on 01 February 2013
The latest information shows that now is a golden opportunity to buy Alpine ski property. The latest Knight Frank prime ski property index for Q2 2012 shows that prices of properties in the top French and Swiss resorts fell sharply in the year ending June 2012, with many showing flat...
Posted on 07 December 2012
