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CITY & SKI.
For those customers who hanker after a
more cosmopolitan skiing holiday, staying in
Quebec City (pictured far right), rather than
in a mountain resort is a tempting option.
A World Heritage Site, it is North
America’s only walled city and offers
excellent skiing facilities within easy reach.
Many operators offer ski packages
allowing guests to stay in the historic city
while skiing at one of several nearby resorts:
Mont Sainte Anne and Stoneham are only eam
30 minutes away, while Le Massif can be K
uoni
Ski Dr
reached in barely an hour. All three resorts
are served by daily shuttle buses picking up
SCENIC SKIING.
(above left), with outdoor mineral hot pools.
from downtown hotels. The pristine Rocky mountain vistas around Many wedding and honeymoon operators
A single lift pass, Carte Blanche, covers all the Alberta resorts of Banff and Lake Louise also recommend Banff and Lake Louise as
three ski areas, which allows holidaymakers are the kind of scenery that Canada is well spectacular places to tie the knot. A wedding
to spend more time at their favourite resort known for. This area of national parks also ceremony package in Banff with Kuoni is
indulging in the superb cross-country skiing has some of the country’s best skiing. priced from £1,108.
and snowshoe hiking, among many activities. The three skiing areas are Sunshine Sample price: Neilson offers a 14-day Ski &
Sample price: Upmarket operator Ski Dream Village, which has the most slopes, Mount Rail Safari tour including 10 days’ skiing in
offers a seven-night Quebec City package Norquay and Lake Louise. Further north, Banff, Lake Louise, Jasper and Whistler, with
from £995 including scheduled flights and Jasper’s main ski slopes are at Marmot Basin. accommodation at Fairmont hotels and train
car hire plus six nights at the Fairmont To add to the experience, guests can also journey from Jasper to Vancouver on Via
Chateau Frontenac and one night at the stay at iconic resort-style properties such as Rail’s The Canadian (far left). The trip is
nearby Ice Hotel. Fairmont’s Chateau Lake Louise, with ice priced from £1,325 excluding flights.
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