Verbier, Switzerland
Verbier
Best time: December – April (ski), July – September (hiking)
Curator's Note
Verbier is where serious skiers live and everyone else pretends to keep up. The 4 Vallées ski domain is the largest in Switzerland, the off-piste is genuinely world-class, and the village itself manages to feel both cosmopolitan and Alpine-authentic. Summer brings mountain biking and the Verbier Festival — one of the finest chamber music events in Europe, held in a converted barn.