The French Alps are amongst the best skiing areas in the world and we are fortunate that we have so many skiing specialists who can offer amazing ski deals to some of the best snow playgrounds, but which one will you choose for your ski holidays?

La Plagne is now linked with the “Vanoise Express” to Les Arcs by double decker cable car to form the famous “Paradiski” with 144 lifts, and is 112 miles from Geneva airport.

Courcheval and Meribel in the famous three valleys is the biggest ski area in the world boasting 600Km of pistes and 180 lifts and is suitable for all standard of skier; the villages are 118 miles from Geneva airport.

Serre-Chevalier has interesting and varied slopes suitable for everyone both above and below the tree line comprising four villages both ancient and modern; your nearest airport is Turin just 75 miles away.

Chamonix is a traditional mountain town below Mont Blanc with fabulous peaks and glaciers, with a huge amount of terrain and great off piste skiing, a mountain guides is recommended for this activity and is one of the nearest to Geneva at 53 miles away.

Val d’Isere and Tignes are contrasting resorts which share the same fabulous ski area with great night life and a multitude of apartment cheap ski deal holidays available, Geneva is 143 miles away.

Avoriaz is the snow boarders paradise and is a purpose apartment based built resort, completely car free with excellent child care facilities, this is a very snow sure resort, just 55 miles from Geneva.

Flaine has a car free centre which is right next to the slopes making it ideal for families and is very good for beginners and whilst the concrete sixties architecture is not to everyone’s taste, this resort is only 50 miles from Geneva airport.

Val Thorens is Europe’s highest ski resort and part of the three valleys skiing area, undoubtedly one of the liveliest après ski and night life resorts very popular with the Brits and the Scandinavians, 129 miles from Geneva airport.

Les Deux Alpes is close to Grenoble, 68 miles, has very good terrain ski parks including summer skiing on the glacier, with a very lively night life, popular with snow boarders and is one of the cheapest resorts in the French skiing region.

Edinburgh is Scotland’s historical capital city and is the seventh most populated city in the United Kingdom. The city council is one of 32 that represent the entire country.

The city lies close to the North Sea and is the most visited Scottish city by foreign tourists. This is due to the beautiful Georgian architecture that lines the streets. One of the most popular things for visiting tourists to do is to get married in Edinburgh’s beautiful castle; many famous people have decided to get married in this fabulous setting over the years.

Edinburgh forms the seat of the Scottish parliament, which is well known for the enlightened thinking that goes on there. The city is home to 4500 listed buildings, which are protected for a variety of reasons and are integral in drawing tourists and business people into the city.

The city also hosts one of the world’s biggest arts festivals. The Edinburgh festival allows independent festivals to take place and annually draws crowds that equal the size of the cities population. The most popular is the Edinburgh Fringe, a performing arts festival that is rated as one of the best in the world.

The city was also recently voted to be the most popular place to live in the United Kingdom by a YouGov poll for the year of 2009. The city has everything, from fine architecture, great food and wine to competitive sports teams that rival those of many other cities across the country.

Edinburgh airport is the most popular way of arriving into the city for foreign visitors and the terminals handle over nine million passengers each year.