Hotels near ski resorts to enjoy your winter vacations in Europe and Americas

When the low temperatures arrive, travelers looking for holidays in places where they can enjoy the cold of the snow, the taste of a hot chocolate after a long day on the slopes and the warmth of the fireplace late at night, will not be able to resist the experience of enjoying all the services of our hotels near ski resorts. 

Don't hesitate and take advantage of the exciting, adventurous, and relaxing luxury of sleeping at the foot of the mountain and just a stone's throw from the ski slopes. NH Hotels & Resorts offers you different locations in various countries to enjoy an unforgettable winter vacation in the most popular resorts and with the best facilities whether you are an expert or a beginner skier.

Austria boasts a wide range of accommodations, from luxury hotels to cozy chalets, many of which are conveniently located near ski resorts. These hotels offer warm hospitality, comfortable rooms, and often breathtaking views of the snow-capped mountains, providing a perfect blend of comfort and adventure for their guests. 

Whether you’re a seasoned skier or a beginner looking to hit the slopes for the first time, Austria’s ski resorts and the nearby hotels offer an unforgettable winter sports experience.

Enjoy your winter vacations in Salzburg or Altenmarkt

Salzburg is located close to the German border and the Alps, the perfect setting for winter sports. Skiing in the Alps can be a challenging and fun experience even for the most adventurous people. 

If you are thinking of an exceptional skiing experience, the best recommendation is to spend a few days at the NH Collection in Salzburg City, where you can arrive in just 11 minutes from the airport. From Salzburg City, you are less than two hours away from the amazing Kitzsteinhorn mountain, the only Glacier ski area in Salzburg. Kitzsteinhorn is a great opportunity to get to know the Alps since it offers services such as “Ski touring”, where you can go around the Alps while skiing with two different ski routes. 

Moreover, you can also go skiing on your own, enjoy the “snow parks” to go snowboarding, take the option of the “Maisi Line” if you are a beginner, chill for a little bit in the Ice Camp or watch the sunset with the mind-blowing views of the Gipfelwelt 3000”.

However, if you’d like to spend your ski vacations on the opposite side of the country, NH Graz City is a great hotel near the most popular ski resorts of the area, Altenmarkt, where you can get to in just an hour, or Obertauern and Schladming in about three. Altenmarkt has nine ski lifts and is ideal for beginners and people with an intermediate skiing level; Obertauern, that is one of the snowiest areas starting the season in November and finishing in May and, finally, Schladming offering thrilling slopes through the forest for all skiing difficulty levels.

The Czech Republic is an ideal destination for skiing enthusiasts as it is surrounded by mountains, sharing borders with Germany, Austria, Slovakia and Poland. November is the ideal month to visit the Czech Republic, because the temperatures change drastically and the first snowfalls begin. The ski season lasts until March and you can enjoy the country'sand you can enjoy up to 23 ski resorts in the country.

Hotels near ski resorts in Olomouc

The amazing city of Olomouc, located in the region of Moravia, in Czech Republic, is around 200 Km in the southeast of Prague. 

If you are visiting Moravia during the winter season, we suggest you go to the Dolni Morava ski slope, an hour away from our NH Collection Olomouc Congress. It is one of the best winter resorts for families that offers a wide range of activities, especially interesting if you are travelling with your kids as they have ski parks for children. The Mammoth Alpine Coaster offers the experience of sledding in the snow and of course, you can also go skiing in the regular way on different slopes. Potštát ski slopes are another really good choice to enjoy the most of your winter vacations (particularly if you are a beginner), with three different ski lifts, including one for children.

Helsinki, the capital and main city of Finland, is located on the south coast of the Gulf of Finland. Finland has a long tradition of hosting and promoting winter sports, taking advantage of its long winter season.

Hotels near ski resorts in Helsinki

You can have one of the most spectacular ski experiences in the Paloheinä slopes, the most popular ski resorts in Helsinki and just half hour away from our NH Collection Helsinki Grand Hansa. Have a striking view of the Finnish forest and its beautiful surroundings of the Backby Manor and the Lake Bodom area, in a daring activity that will demand good physical fitness condition to go on some deep snow and untouched terrains. We also suggest you explore the Tali ski slopes, surrounded by vivid vegetation that inspire visitors to stay active in its winter trails. Choose between the cross-country skiing tracks, the 1 Km nature trails or the 1.8 Km trails from Strömberginpuisto park to have an unforgettable time. 

Coming back from an exciting but tiring day on any of the Helsinki ski resorts, you will be able to recharge energies with the detailed chosen accommodations of the NH Collection Helsinki Grand Hansa: relax after the longest days in our Spa, enjoy an exquisite dinner at our hotel restaurant with our wide selection of wines and juicy food and keep the night going in our 360º rooftop with an unbelievable view of the city.

Germany is the perfect place for winter time. If you go to Germany, you can make use of a good time such as the Christmas season by taking some Glühwein in the cold, cheerful and colourful decorated streets with the welcoming reception of the German people.

You can enjoy your ski vacations in Dresden

Dresden, the capital of the Saxony state, has a good world-wide reputation in the cultural and artistic sector for its great and wide variety of ludic places and activities, including sports. 

This city, nowadays attracting millions of tourists, also has beautiful landscapes in the surrounding areas. The National Park of Saxon Switzerland, where you can find the Boží Dar Neklid ski slopes is one of the peripheral places where you can see awe-inspiring sceneries. Known for its unique sights, culture and traditions, you can make good use of the Alpine skiing, the cross-country area and also the best slopes that lay around the highest peaks (Klínovec and Fichtelberg). 

Live an unusual experience by accessing the slopes of Fichtelberg via one of the oldest gondola lifts, and improve your skills and skiing level thanks to the range of slopes on offer, which includes everything from easy to intermediate slopes. In addition, the Ore Mountains can offer you a unique experience by allowing you to ski until after dark as it lights up all the slopes on the Czech and German slopes. 

After an exhausting day full of new experiences, put the cherry on top your winter vacations and come to our NH Collection Dresden Altmarkt, located five minutes walking from the Inner Altstadt (city centre) and an hour away from the ski slopes, to take a relaxing shower and appetising dinner. You can also choose to go to the sauna right before entering your bedroom. Our NH Dresden Neustadt is another location where you can stay around twenty minutes by tram from the city centre to awake in the city and the surrounding areas.

Switzerland is a multilingual country that shares borders with Germany to the north, France to the west, Austria to the east and Italy to the south. As a result, there is an incredible range of exciting ski areas on offer in the common terrain of these three different countries.

Ski resorts in the Swiss Alps

Switzerland harbours the most amazing natural landscapes of Europe with the Swiss Alps. If you are trying to reach the expertise level in skiing and snowboarding, this is the place to do it. The Swiss ski slopes are the best prepared for these sports compared to other countries at a more professional and highly specialised level, but also offer the opportunity for a heart-stopping adventure for beginner skiers. 

So, in the Alps, we can only recommend that you choose the ski slopes of Zermatt, a resort with more than 150 years of experience, offering 360 km of slopes for all levels of skiing. Zermatt offers you the not-to-be-missed once-in-a-life-time event of skiing in the Theodul Glacier, the perfect spot for skiing and snowboarding lovers. However, you can choose an alternative like Verbier ski slopes, a complex composed of 4 valleys with greater orientation than other ski slopes to the northeast. These two locations are two hours from NH Bern The Bristol, respectively. 

If you’d like a more central location, like Geneva and you are looking for hotels near ski resorts, where you can take advantage of the glamour of the city and the adventure of the ski slopes, NH Geneva Airport, having access to every Swiss sky station in less than two hours, are the best options.

Although Spain is a country with a very warm climate, during the winter season temperatures can get low, which opens up the ski season and provides a great opportunity for winter sports and activities.

Exploring ski season in the Pyrenees

Spain has amazing natural reserves, parks and mountain sceneries that will invite you to explore and do some sport in the freshest air away from the cities. One of the main examples is the mountain system of the Pyrenees, in the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula. To look for hotels in that area might be complicated as the Pyrenees is a very busy and crowded place during the peak season in winter, so the sooner you book your reservation at NH Lleida Pirineos, the better. Our hotel is located two hours away from the ski location, so you can go on a quick trip the days you are interested in skiing and then come back to profit from our delicious restaurant and catering services as the perfect end to a gratifying day. The main ski resorts where you can spend your vacations are Baqueira Beret, Port del Comte and Boi Taull.

Granada: another option for skiing and snowboarding

Another option is to visit the wonderful and extremely ravishing city of Granada, an enchanting and mesmerising city that also presents you the opportunity to go skiing in its mountains during winter. If this second possibility is of your preference, you can stay in NH Collection Granada Victoria and get to Sierra Nevada. Located 40 minutes away from the hotel and an hour from the city centre, the station of Sierra Nevada - Pradollano offers more than 100 km of slopes and 23 ski lifts for ski and snowboard lovers. Enjoy the privilege of sliding along the Sierra Nevada National Park, a natural treasure, with a unique biodiversity that attracts ski lovers from all over the world.

Andorra is a small country located between Spain and France, in the middle of a hilly terrain that makes this place the perfect location for winter sports.

Grandvalira, the leading ski resort in the Pyrenees

We recommend you go skiing to Grandvalira and get delighted with its mind-blowing views as you ski. Grandvalira has seven sectors and different accesses: the first one is Endcamp (and it is the closest one to Andorra la Vella, the capital of the country), from where you can go skiing to the other different sectors like Canillo, El Tarter, Soldeu, Peretol, Grau Roig, and Pas de la Casa. The most interesting thing about Grandvalira is the different services it offers you depending on the sector: you can either find skiing schools at the same time as you will find some other activities like golfing. 

During winter time, if you go to Endcamp, you will find the skiing and snowboarding school, whereas if you go to El Tarter or Pas de la Casa you have ski slopes for every level. Grandvalira gives you as well the possibility to ski in slopes specialised for beginners or people with very low level in the Canillo sector while Soldeu with wide and extreme ski slopes and descents for more experienced visitors. Finally, Peretol is the most recently built sector in comparison with Grau Roig, and is a reference point for freeriding. 

In order to enjoy the countless services of Grandvalira ski station, our NH Collection Andorra Palomé and NH Andorra la Vella hotels are located very close to this ski resort, both located less than 30 minutes away from the slopes, which will make your ski holidays easier and more enjoyable.

Italy has great food, great people, a melodious language and a geography of contrasts, which includes a stunning coastline for the warmer months and the highest peaks of the Alps, that allow you to enjoy the adventure of winter sports.

Hotels close to the ski slopes in Trentino-Alto Adige

There you will find Trentino, a Renaissance town from the north of Italy that is surrounded by the Alps and the Dolomites. This city is located between more than 20 ski stations, where the main one is Val di Fiemme in the Dolomites promising the remarkable and splendid experience of night skiing. This awesome place has different ski areas, where you can find the Alpe di Cermis that remains covered by the snow during the whole year due to its orientation to the north. Here, you can either do Alpine skiing, cross-country ski or even Nordic skiing in just an hour from NH Trento.

Lecco & Piani di Bobbio Valtorta ski station

Moreover, Lecco is known as the romantic place for the newlyweds as it has an alluring landscape, where you can find the famous Commo lake (Lago di Como). Find yourself walking along its romantic streets and have an unforgettable experience at the ski area Piani di Bobbio Valtorta with a great height above sea level and great quality of the snow. If Lecco is your chosen location, book your stay at NH Lecco Pontevecchio, located only 25 minutes away by car from Piani di Bobbio Valtorta ski station.

In South America we can find the best mountainous landscapes to distract ourselves a little bit from our daily life and catch fresh air.

Sky vacations in Chile

Chile is a country that has one of the best scenarios if you want to enjoy your ski break and get away from the heat of the summer. The Chilean Andes go all the way down the country, so whichever place or city you want to go to, chances are you get really close to this steep mountainous natural phenomenon. If you want to sleep at the foot of the Andes, NH Ciudad de Santiago, located half hour away from Valle Nevado resort, the largest ski resort in South America, and NH Collection Plaza Santiago or NH Collection Santiago Casacostanera, located only fifteen minutes away from this great ski station. 

Valle Nevado is located a few kilometres from the La Parva and El Colorado ski stations, forming The Three Valleys of the Andes, so it offers multiple possibilities for mountain activities and excursions. With almost 40 km of slopes, with options for all levels of expertise, Valle Nevado, offers a great range of winter sports such as skiing, snowboarding and, for the more experienced and adventurous, heli-skiing, that will allow sliding through the highest and less accessible peaks of the Andes.

Ski experience in Argentina

Get ready to wake up with an amazing view, have your coffee and start your ski day in the breathtaking mountains of Argentina, where Bariloche has the main and most important South American stations: the Bariloche Cathedral hill (Black River). The shape of the mountains give name to this place, located just about two and a half hours from NH Edelweiss. As well, the Las Leñas route is open the whole year, four hours away from NH Mendoza Cordillera. Go and spend your ski holiday season abroad discovering new places.

Our hotels near ski resorts offer more than just a place to rest after a day on the slopes. We provide a complete experience, combining comfort, convenience, and a touch of luxury. With their proximity to world-class ski resorts, these hotels are the perfect choice for those seeking an unforgettable winter adventure. Whether you’re a seasoned skier or a snowboarding novice, we will make your winter vacation truly memorable.