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Gstaad is renowned as a jet-set resort  and it is one of the few resorts in the Alps where there is no cheap and cheerful accommodation at all - you have to go to outlying villages to find a hotel of less than 3-star standard. But if you think this makes Gstaad another St Moritz - that is, another glitzy, self-consciously 'international' resort, you're wrong. The grandest of the hotels are tucked away in secluded grounds, and at first glance the resort still has the air of a country village, even if it is an obviously affluent one. For holiday skiers Gstaad offers a civilised, crowd-free atmosphere, unspoilt rustic charm, beautiful scenery, high quality hotels and excellent non-skiing facilities. Those who attach a high priority to convenience, reliable snow or value for money should stay away - although there are smaller villages in Gstaad's inappropriately named White Highlands ski area that improve on the main resort in all three respects. Rougemont, over the line into French-speaking Switzerland, is a particularly captivating and modestly priced village with a lift into the biggest of the three ski sectors that surround Gstaad. Schonried and Saanenmoser have lifts into another extensive area, away from Gstaad, that links with St Stephan.

• Surprisingly unspoilt, unpretentious, traditional village

• A wide variety of apres-ski in January and February

• Plenty of off-slope amenities •   Large, pretty ski area, mainly of intermediate difficulty but with off-piste possibilities

• Few queues, given snow-cover

• Excellent descents from Diableretsglacier, a few miles away

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