Monarch Blog

Just one of the things www.snowangel.co.uk loves about après ski is that it’s for everyone – no matter what your age. In fact, on your next ski holiday, you’re just as likely to find yourself straight off the slopes and dancing next to some Russian oligarch as you are to a five-year-old enjoying their first outing on skis. That’s [...]

‘Life’s a journey, not a destination,’ they say. Right. So, should I expect queues, crowds and security checks all the way, then? Brits barely went abroad before the 1960s, and back then Cliff Richard’s ‘Summer Holiday’ captured the carefree excitement of setting off on a journey. These days, we’re world-weary travellers. We may unwind on arrival, but getting there [...]

On January 24, people across the globe checked their watches at 1.24pm, and then began to smile, cackle, chortle and chuckle. Missed it? So did I. But the event, which was Global Belly Laugh Day, did get me thinking about the different things that make us laugh and smile around the world. Take Thailand, where it seems every person [...]

Try as I might, I just can’t fall in love with Paris. Now, I’m not denying that it is chic, slick and sexy. Or that the city’s every square inch oozes with history, art and culture. I just can’t join those who believe that Paris sums up romance in every aspect. Perhaps, due to hopelessly romantic films set in [...]

Having just arrived at Cortina, one of my most favourite places on earth, I felt compelled to tell you about my fab 5 – these are my favourite spots in Europe!

Guest post by Rob Freeman, Ski Club of Great Britain The Scorpions? Well, you might not be able to picture them straight away but rockers of a certain age know the hits – Wind of Change, Rock You Like a Hurricane. And they were the perfect band, a bit like a German Status Quo, to open this season at [...]

You book, pack your swimwear or skis, and life is suddenly on the up-and-up even before your plane takes off. But the real art to booking a mood-lifting January break lies in choosing a holiday that will keep the feel-good factor going after you return, too. For some, nothing but sunshine will bring on those lasting benefits. But others [...]

If there’s one thing snowangel.co.uk loves as much as a snowboarding/ski holiday and après ski, it has to be cheese… and wine of course. Deep fried, melted, grated, sliced, boxed, crumbled, red, white, rosé – we don’t care. So with cheese and wine in mind we set out on a mission to find you the best fondue, raclette and [...]

The world was supposed to end on 21st December – but it didn’t, and thank goodness for that. So as the New Year kicks off, now is the perfect time to go out and appreciate the world’s ongoing existence. And what better way to discover Mother Nature than the most natural way of all; on foot?  Whether you just [...]

To celebrate our new ski flights we produced a world ski calendar so you can ski all year round across the world. How does Sweden in June and Canada in March sound?