Skiing

Ski Jahorina on the Olympic slopes

A day skiing the groomed slopes of Jahorina — the largest ski area in Bosnia & Herzegovina, and the same mountain that hosted the women’s alpine skiing of the 1984 Olympics.

Jahorina

Ski the Olympic slopes at Babin Do in winter (December into early spring)

A winter ski day on the men’s 1984 Olympic alpine skiing slopes at Babin Do — lifts, groomed pistes and mountain huts on the northern flanks of Bjelašnica.

Bjelašnica

Ski or learn to ski at Babanovac in winter (December into early spring)

A family-friendly winter ski day at Babanovac on the northern side of Vlašić — lifts, groomed slopes and mountain accommodation close to the Lašva valley.

Vlašić

Reach Bled Island by pletna boat

Cross to the island church the traditional way — in a wooden pletna boat rowed standing by a hereditary pletnar oarsman, then climb the 99 steps to the wishing bell.

Bled

Experience winter sports in Kranjska Gora and Planica

The winter season of the valley — alpine skiing above the village, the cross-country world of Rateče and Planica, and winter walking where permitted, all dependent on the snowfall of the year.

Kranjska Gora

Hike Maribor Pohorje’s Forest and Viewpoint Trails

A mountain day on the Pohorje massif south of Maribor — forest trails, clearings and viewpoint paths across a broad highland area reached from the lower cable-car station, distinct from the central walking core.

Maribor

Explore Sorteny and Tristaina’s High-Mountain Landscapes

A self-guided high-mountain programme across two distinct areas — the protected Vall de Sorteny with its forests, meadows, marked trails and refuge landscape, and the Tristaina lake and cirque system above the Ordino Arcalís access valley — read as two separately planned mountain outings rather than one short continuous walk.

Ordino & Sorteny

Discover La Massana’s Villages and Rural Heritage

A self-guided cultural programme across the dispersed settlements of the La Massana parish — La Massana historic centre and Sant Iscle & Santa Victòria Church, Casa Rull Museum and Sispony, Pal and Sant Climent, and Arinsal and Sant Andreu — reading rural domestic heritage, parish centres, mountain villages and modern tourism as separate places rather than one continuous walking circuit.

La Massana & Comapedrosa

Ride the gondola to Pila — skiing in winter, the Alta Balconata in summer

From the city centre to a 1,540 m Alpine basin in 18 minutes: 70 km of ski slopes in winter, and in summer the Alta Balconata ridge walk plus a 130-km mountain-bike network under four of the Alps’ 4,000-metre giants.

Aosta

Camp between the passes — camping and camper stops around Aosta

Riverside pitches and camper areas ring the city: Camping International Touring under Aosta’s walls, the Lazy Bee village at Quart, and camper stops on the Great St Bernard road at Etroubles.

Aosta

Skyway Monte Bianco — the rotating cable car to 3,466 m

The world’s most spectacular lift ride: rotating cabins climb from Entrèves through Pavillon du Mont Fréty (2,173 m — alpine garden, crystal exhibition) to Punta Helbronner at 3,466 m, facing the glaciers of the roof of Europe.

Courmayeur

Ski Courmayeur — 100 km on the sunny side, and the Vallée Blanche

Tree-line skiing on Plan Chécrouit and Val Veny — 100 km of sunny, jib-focused slopes facing Mont Blanc — plus the off-piste of a lifetime: the Vallée Blanche glacier run from the Aiguille du Midi.

Courmayeur

Val Ferret — the Tour du Mont Blanc’s quiet side, by boot and bike

The green northeastern valley: the Tour du Mont Blanc’s Italian stage past Rifugio Bonatti under the Grandes Jorasses, 28 km of valley-floor cycling, cross-country skiing in winter.

Courmayeur

Ski the Theodul — Europe’s longest season, winter to Zermatt, summer on the glacier

The Matterhorn ski paradise: 350 km of pistes linking Cervinia, Valtournenche and Zermatt, Italy’s longest winter season (October to May), and twenty kilometres of summer skiing on the Theodul glacier from June to September.

Cervinia

Mountain bike and e-bike under the Gran Becca — 90 km of trails

Ninety kilometres of enduro and downhill tracks among snowfields and moraines, e-bike itineraries through the valley, and the summer lift access that makes Cervinia a gravity destination at 3,000 m.

Cervinia

Camp the valley of the Matterhorn — Camping Cervino, Glair and the Breuil camper area

Camping Cervino at Antey-Saint-André (open all year, 30 m from the Chamois cable car), Camping Glair at Valtournenche by Lake Maën, and the Area Camper del Breuil at Cervinia itself — 80 pitches at 2,000 m.

Cervinia

Jahorina Ski Resort

The modern ski area of Jahorina — lifts, groomed slopes and mountain facilities spread across the northern flanks of the massif, the principal winter destination of Bosnia & Herzegovina.

Jahorina

Jahorina 1984 Olympic Alpine Skiing Heritage

Jahorina’s role as the women’s alpine skiing venue of the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Olympics — a heritage read across the same slopes that are skied today.

Jahorina

Ogorjelica Peak

The highest ground of Jahorina — a broad, open ridge near two thousand metres that gives the mountain its elevation, its views and its wilder, upper character.

Jahorina

Bjelašnica Ski Resort (Babin Do)

The developed ski area on the northern flanks of Bjelašnica — lifts, groomed slopes and mountain huts, the direct heir of the 1984 Olympic men’s alpine skiing venue and the principal winter sports area on the mountain.

Bjelašnica

Babanovac Ski Resort

The family-friendly ski area on the northern side of Vlašić — lifts, groomed slopes and mountain accommodation at Babanovac, the principal visitor and ski base on the mountain.

Vlašić

Vlašić High Pastures

The open meadows and stone katuns of the Vlašić plateau, where herds graze in summer and the highland way of life that produced Vlašić cheese is still lived.

Vlašić

Paljenik (Opaljenik) Peak

The higher ground of the Vlašić massif — Paljenik, also known as Opaljenik or Gavrića Vrh — reached on foot for long views across central Bosnia toward the mountains of the Lašva and Vrbas valleys.

Vlašić

Durmitor National Park

A UNESCO World Heritage national park covering the Durmitor massif — 48 peaks above 2,000 m (the highest, Bobotov Kuk, at 2,523 m), 18 glacial lakes, dense pine forests and high karst plateaus. The park is the heart of Montenegrin mountain hiking.

Žabljak

Žabljak Mountain Town and Durmitor Visitor Gateway

The small high-plateau town of Žabljak — Montenegro’s mountain capital at 1,456 m — and the practical visitor gateway to Durmitor National Park, with a compact centre, the exterior of the Church of the Holy Transfiguration, and a mountain-tourism role that depends on seasonal services.

Žabljak

Bjelasica Mountain and Katun Landscapes

The Bjelasica range — rounded peaks and high pastures above Kolašin, shaped by centuries of seasonal transhumance. The katuns above the tree line are living seasonal landscapes, not staged attractions: working summer pastures with livestock, families and private property.

Kolašin

Vogel Cable Car and Alpine Viewpoint

A conditional mountain extension above the western end of Lake Bohinj — the cable car from Ukanc to a viewpoint at about 1,535 metres, a thousand metres above the lake, with views over the Bohinj basin and the Julian Alps to Triglav.

Bohinj

Planica Nordic Centre and Tamar Valley

The Nordic-sport heart of the valley — the ski-jumping and ski-flying valley of Planica with its year-round Nordic centre, and the glacial Tamar valley continuing toward the walls of Jalovec above it.

Kranjska Gora

Maribor Pohorje and Pohorska Vzpenjača

The Pohorje massif south of Maribor and the Pohorska Vzpenjača cable car — the city’s year-round mountain recreation area and its principal city-side access point.

Maribor

Caldea and Thermal-Water Urban Heritage

Caldea and the thermal-water urban heritage of Escaldes-Engordany — the contemporary thermal-spa building that has become a landmark of the modern skyline, read against the parish’s long association with warm mineral springs.

Andorra la Vella & Escaldes-Engordany

Canillo Historic Centre and Sant Serni Church

Canillo’s parish centre and Sant Serni Church — the traditional streets, public spaces and religious landmark of the village, set in the Valira d’Orient valley where older settlement fabric meets modern visitor infrastructure.

Canillo & Grandvalira

Grau Roig and Pessons Cirque

Grau Roig and the Pessons cirque — a mountain basin that is both a Grandvalira sector and a high Pyrenean landscape, read by distinguishing public mountain access from pistes, lifts and controlled resort infrastructure.

Canillo & Grandvalira