Winter travel is about balance. Time outside, then a place you’re happy to retreat to. Christmas markets and mountain lunches. Beautiful spas and snow-covered villages. The trip that gets it right is worth planning ahead. In France, pair Paris with Alsace — where Strasbourg and Colmar are at their most magical during Christmas market season. In Japan, Niseko delivers the world’s lightest powder and views of Mt. Yotei by day, plus onsen soaks, tiny izakayas, and sake by night. Finnish Lapland is where you go for the Northern Lights, husky sleds, and glass-roofed cabins deep in the Arctic wilderness. And the Swiss Alps still set the bar — Verbier, Adelboden, Zermatt, St. Moritz, Courchevel, or the Dolomites, each with its own take on winter done well. Here’s where I’d send you.
Happy Travels!
