Both notions heli-hiking and heli-camping impart the expression “mountain vacations” a completely new significance. Courageous hikers and campers just hitch a ride on a helicopter to a distant place that would take days to reach instead.

One of the fastest growing hotel global companies, the Rezidor Hotel Group, reveals about the launch of the Park Inn Trysil Mountain Resort in Norway. The hotel facility, comprising 369 rooms, is planned to open in December 2011 – precisely during the ski season.

This summer, why not get rid of the sand-and-surf set and go for the hills? The resorts in mountains offer new purposes to hit the hills long after the snow has melted.

Now Pyeongchang in South Korean mountainous Gangwon-do province has been named the host of the Winter Olympic Games in 2018 by the International Olympic Committee. Snowboarding and skiing are comparatively new experiences in Korea, and many Western ski devotees are probable not aware of the territory, but nowadays there are 14 ski resorts and more [...]

At the hilltop of Aspen Mountain snow may still be, but down on the terrace of The Little Nell resort, the people getting pleasure from après-shopping, après-hiking and après-festival beverages has swapped down coats and ski glasses for sundresses, shorts and T-shirts.

Andorra is a small rocky country located in the Pyrenees, and placed between France and Spain. With sixty-five peaks more than 2,500 m, Andorra possesses the hugest skiable region in the Pyrenees. Ordino is a perfect possibility to enjoy an amusing vacation in Andorra.

The luxury Las Ventanas vacation spot has the ideal recipe for every tourist looking to have a getaway during a monotonous winter. There is a crowdless and long, milky-white sand beach, which stretches for kilometers; large hotel rooms with private Jacuzzis on huge balconies overlooking the ocean.