{"id":1627,"date":"2015-02-10T13:01:53","date_gmt":"2015-02-10T12:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1627"},"modified":"2017-02-10T12:47:19","modified_gmt":"2017-02-10T11:47:19","slug":"ski-valentines-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/ski-valentines-day\/","title":{"rendered":"8 best “Ski” Valentines Days – how to Totally Nail It!"},"content":{"rendered":"

As Socrates said, when\u00a0choosing\u00a0his ultimate ski trip, “know thyself.”<\/span><\/p>\n

When choosing\u00a0the\u00a0ultimate<\/em>\u00a0Valentines Day gift, “know thy partner!”<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Read on for 8\u00a0perfect<\/em> Valentine’s day presents designed by SNO\u00a0 >>\u00a0 decide which\u00a0couple “type”\u00a0you’re most like,\u00a0then go rethink the bling and\u00a0bouquet…\u00a0Because you know you can do better…<\/span><\/p>\n

This one’s for the lovers:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

The ONE OF A KIND couple<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Last year you:\u00a0 gazed at the stars, and into each others’ eyes,\u00a0at the Royal Observatory.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Snow<\/a>

Narnia, with cocktails \u00a9 Snow Hotel, Lainio<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

If you’ve never exactly\u00a0played by “the rules”, and like to use special occasions as a chance to\u00a0tick items off\u00a0your bucket list, make the Snow Village near Levi<\/a><\/span>\u00a0a stop on\u00a0your Valentine\u2019s adventure.\u00a0 Hewn entirely out of ice, the hotel, restaurant, bar, slide and chapel here melt every summer and are carved anew in different and\u00a0impossibly intricate designs.\u00a0 It’s like Narnia, with Tom Collinses.\u00a0 Bring your beau for\u00a0winter magic (sans Santa);\u00a0a\u00a0romantic weekend\u00a0on ice\u00a0that’s lit up like\u00a0the Northern lights which, incidentally, are just a sleigh ride away.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The CINEMA SWEETHEARTS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Last year you:\u00a0 re-watched your favourite Scorsese with a bottle of\u00a0Sangiovese.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Schilthorn\"<\/a>

Va-va-views \u00a9 Schilthorn Cableway Ltd<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

If you both first\u00a0bonded<\/em> (like a Goldberg film reel) over\u00a0a shared love of classic\u00a0film, chances are you’ll fall hard for each other in the revolving restaurant on the Schiltorn<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0 Besides bathing in cinematic views, this was the dastardly Blofeld’s hideout in Bond flick \u201cOn Her Majesty\u2019s secret service\u201d, in which\u00a0George Lazenby tears down the sides of the mountain with\u00a0henchmen at his skis.\u00a0 When you’ve exhausted the behind-the-scenes footage in the 007 museum, hit the restaurant and\u00a0sip on Bond cocktails – the classic dry martini for him and the Bond Girl for her, and let your love flow…after all, the latter cocktail is a bubbly\u00a0homage to Diana Rigg,\u00a0the only Mrs<\/em> Bond in film history.<\/span><\/p>\n

Top it off:<\/strong>\u00a0 With an evening in the Vernissage, Zermatt<\/a><\/span>‘s finest cinema, complete with chandeliers and balcony seating. Make a meal of it:\u00a0 tickets can be combined with a\u00a0Cine Dinner\u00a0from\u00a0gourmet chef, Ivo Adam.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The HOPELESS ROMANTICS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Last year you:\u00a0 dined by candlelight to the tinkling of a grand piano.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Balloons<\/a>

Love is in the Air \u00a9 Mongolfiere<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

If you\u2019ve ever been known to buy rose petals, teddy\u00a0bears or\u00a0Chandon, chances are you’re a bit of a traditionalist.\u00a0 Spice up\u00a0your romantic repertoire\u00a0with a trip to the bona fide\u00a0masters of mush, in Italy. \u00a0Hot foot it to the Aosta valley<\/a><\/span> where Mongolfiere\u2019s hot air balloons will be lifting off from the Piazza Chanoux on the 14th (as well as\u00a0at weekends and on holidays the rest of the year). \u00a0When you come back down to earth, a shuttle will\u00a0whizz you away to\u00a0his and hers spa treatments, a midnight swim and the kinds of blatant aphrodisiacs\u00a0only an Italian would ply you with.<\/span><\/p>\n

Top it off:<\/strong>\u00a0 for\u00a0a culture\u00a0injection, make your way\u00a0to Fort Bard, the impressive fortress at the gates of the valley, on the evening of the 14th.\u00a0 As darkness falls, panoramic lifts take you\u00a0in, soak you in views over the lamp lit\u00a0medieval village of Bard, and\u00a0disject you for a happy finish at the top with champagne and strawberry toast in the ancient chapel. \u00a0Then you’re off – on a couples’ tour of 100 different Montserrat masterpieces; while soft music flows in\u00a0from an orchestra in the\u00a0courtyard.\u00a0 And they say romance is dead…<\/span><\/p>\n

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The TASTING TEAM<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Last year you:\u00a0 dedicated\u00a0\u00a04.5 hours\u00a0to the Fat Duck tasting menu.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Simon<\/a>

Candlelit suppers for two \u00a9 Relais and Ch\u00e2teaux Hotel Rosengarten<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

If you\u00a0spend your weekends concocting fabulous feasts,\u00a0treat your loved one to an evening at\u00a0Simon Taxacher’s Rosengarten hotel in Kirchberg<\/a><\/span>. Indefatigable diners\u00a0can upgrade to 11 courses of the most\u00a0award-lavished food in the continent and meet the master chef himself\u00a0with a cookery course in the penthouse studio.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The SNOW LOVERS <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Last year you:\u00a0 treated your beau\u00a0to new Boll\u00e9s, and tested them out in Tignes.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"On<\/a>

On top of the world \u00a9 Val Heliski<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

If your idea of romance\u00a0consists of\u00a0racing one another down your favourite black run, how better to celebrate your love than taking\u00a0the heli-trip you\u2019ve always\u00a0dreamed of?\u00a0 Standing alone at the top of the world, soaring down some of the most exhilarating terrain you’ve ever set a ski to, and if you’re lucky, being taken up the couloir to do it all again – you’ve never had a\u00a0love like this before.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Alternatively:<\/strong>\u00a0 make a break for Chamonix<\/a><\/span> and enlist Adam Johnston, ski photographer to the\u00a0stars, to capture action shots of you both out in the snow.\u00a0 He’ll bring a projector to your chalet for you\u00a0to flick through the finished results\u00a0over fondue.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The TIME TRAVELLERS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Last year you:\u00a0 spent a romantic\u00a0Night at the Museum.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Golden<\/a>

Romance on rails…. \u00a9Golden Pass<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

If\u00a0for you a listed building in Bath\u00a0trumps\u00a0a sky-scraper in Dubai, you’ll enjoy\u00a0taking\u00a0a ride back in time\u00a0on the stunning Golden Pass line (hop on\u00a0at Interlaken<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and alight in\u00a0Gstaad<\/a><\/span>).\u00a0 Soft music is piped through the elegant Belle \u00c9poque carriages to accompany\u00a0an elegant table service.<\/span><\/p>\n

Alternatively:<\/strong> head to St Moritz<\/a><\/span>, the cradle of Alpine skiing where, every day from February 14 to 16, there’ll be moonlit trips on the Rh\u00e4tische Bahn.\u00a0 Departing at 6pm, and winding its way through the pine forests of Pontresina, it arrives back in St. Moritz at 11\u00a0pm.\u00a0 Top it off:\u00a0 at the Kulm hotel<\/a><\/span> where a Saturday\u00a0Gin ‘n’ Jazz night in the\u00a0feted Sunny Bar will take you both back to the jazz bars\u00a0of 1920’s New York.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The\u00a0DANCE PARTNERS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Last year you:\u00a0 grooved \u00e0 deux\u00a0to 80’s love songs\u00a0in Kensington’s\u00a0Bodo’s Schloss.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Mooserwirt\"<\/a>

Celebrating love and strong liquids \u00a9 The MooserWirt<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

If you consider\u00a0vodka,\u00a0tonic\u00a0and disco the prime reasons for your long standing virility,\u00a0make a pilgrimage to\u00a0this apr\u00e8s ski legend together for a real\u00a0relationship boost.\u00a0 There’s nothing like\u00a0throwing cares to the wind and\u00a0getting up on the tables\u00a0with 500 others who are\u00a0having just as good a time and just as many Jager bombs, to make you realise you’ve eyes only for one another.\u00a0 St Anton<\/a><\/span>‘s MooserWirt claims to sell more beer per square metre than anywhere else in Austria (5000L in peak season)\u00a0through 39km of subterranean\u00a0beer\u00a0pipes.\u00a0 Wash yours down with more potent concoctions, like the J\u00e4ger tea (sweetened with\u00a0 rum, red wine, and several\u00a0shots worth of\u00a0schnapps).<\/span><\/p>\n

Alternatively:<\/strong>\u00a0 Swap Bodo’s for their\u00a0partners in\u00a0rhyme<\/em>…\u00a0La\u00a0Folie Douce in Val d’Isere<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and make sure\u00a0you\u00a0get engaged; someone’s sure to buy you Moet to celebrate.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The VALENTINE\u2019s DAY DENIERS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Last year you:\u00a0 avoided shops, cinemas and society…\u00a0like the bubonic plague.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Matterhorn<\/a>

The majestic Matterhorn \u00a9 Marc Kronig<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

If you don’t dig the commercial\u00a0hullaballoo of the 14th of Feb\u00a0–\u00a0why endure diabetes-inducing adverts and overcrowded restaurants?\u00a0\u00a0Instead switch the phone to flight mode and hunker down in\u00a0a quiet resort together while it all blows over.\u00a0 If you do\u00a0want to celebrate in splendid isolation,\u00a0do it the silent alpine wilderness while scaling a world famous mountain like the Matterhorn (Zermatt<\/a><\/span>)\u00a0or Mont Blanc (Chamonix<\/a><\/span> or Courmayeur<\/a><\/span>).\u00a0 There won’t be any\u00a0sickly sweet\u00a0tunes up there.\u00a0 As you’re standing alone atop\u00a0the world,\u00a0feeling unbelievably\u00a0alive, don\u2019t blame us if you spontaneously propose.<\/span><\/p>\n

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And there’s still time\u00a0if you want to\u00a0book a Valentine’s ski holiday<\/a><\/span>!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

(or bag a bargain from the last minute ski deals<\/a><\/span>)<\/span><\/p>\n

If your favourite’s all booked up (it is also Feb\u00a0half term<\/a><\/span> after all)\u00a0make it\u00a0an awesome Valentines in blighty\u00a0 >>\u00a0\u00a0by\u00a0presenting\u00a0holiday tickets on the big day\u00a0 >>\u00a0 the ultimate<\/em>\u00a0Valentine’s Day present (booking now, to going in March<\/a><\/span> or April<\/a><\/span> is cheaper and sunnier).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

(SHARE this post if you’d like your special\u00a0“someone” to \u00a0GET –\u00a0THE –\u00a0HINT !)<\/span><\/p>\n

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