Villars-sur-Ollon Travel Guide, Best Ski destinations in Switzerland

Villars-sur-Ollon Travel Guide, Best Ski destinations in Switzerland: The winter is coming soon, it would be nice if we can do something exciting rather than just stay warm in living room, watching coronation street or hell kitchen!!! I am talking about skiing in Switzerland, where is the top destination for beginner and advance skiers at all times, mountains are covered by fluffy snow all year, feel the sun just about to hit your head!! I had a wonderful ski trip at “Villars-sur-Ollon”


Villars is located in the canton of Vaud, part of the municipality of Ollon, Switzerland. easily accessible from Geneva and then you can take a train from there to Villars and use the cog railway to reach the resort. The trip with a car is also suitable but it takes longer than an hour. So, I suggested you to take a public transportation; safer and more convenience. Also, you can be relaxing by taking a beautiful landscape, just a few yards from the window, what a chilling time!!

First of all, let’s check the weather before plan your journey. By the way, I suggest you to prepared your ski costume such as waterproof jacket and trousers, long johns or thick legging. (I recommended heattech t-shirt and legging from UNIQLO is pretty good and affordable!) gloves, goggle, and hair band. I paid £20 for no-brand hair band!! How silly am i ?!?... I didn’t recognize it gonna cost a lots till a girl behind the till asked me the money. I have no choice as I needed this hair band as forehead sun protection. For this reason, do not try to buy any ski costumes on the mountain!

Where to stay:

Everything in Villars is a bit expensive, if you wanna save money for a nice meal. You better go to B&B inns, cost from £42 per night. On the other hand, if you don’t mind to blow your money for a nice king bed and completely fabulous jacuzzi, just go into 5-stars hotels, Grand Hotel du Parc, cost from JUST £330 pound (480 CHF) !!

For a good choice of hotels with discount prices, visit Place to stay in Lausanne for more information.

Where to rent your ski equipment: 

plenty of shop that you can borrow the ski equipment, you firstly need measure the height and then tried on the boot, and pretend to skiing on the slope, bend your knees, turn left, right. When you stand straight, if you have a little space just front of your toes, that boots is good for you.

Where to get a quick lesson: 

As I said, this was the first official ski trip for me, I needed to have a quick lesson. And I picked Villars Ski School due to hotel recommended and cheaper than the others! I paid about around £40 for 2 hrs lessons. The ski trainer taught me how to control my legs, turn right, left and the most important thing is how to stop. T

How to get up to the mountain? 

There is a tram from here (in picture below) up to the mountain, I paid for 3 days card pass that cost around £50.

Traditional food:

Fondue is the traditional swiss menu, Fondue is molten cheese. We eat it by dipping small pieces of bread or meat or carrot in the molten cheese. The secret is the mixture of different flavors of cheese. Typically, fondue is served on cold winter days, but many restaurants serve it all your round.

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