Verbier is one of Europe's most famous ski-resorts. You’ve got James Blunt singing about it, Richard Branson building luxury chalets on it and Posh & Beck eating fondue in it. But what’s so great about the ski resort of Verbier?

Well for a start it’s absolutely massive and linked up to the four-valleys, creating a ski area so vast even regular visitors find the variety of skiing on offer somewhat overwhelming. Skiers and snowboarders of all levels will be entertained for as many weeks as they have spare. It offers picturesque undemanding pistes for beginners, and couloirs, powder fields and heli-skiing for the more advanced.

Every year Verbier plays host to an assortment of events from extreme free-riding and speed skiing competitions to international music festivals and famous horse races. In fact it is one of the most cosmopolitan ski resorts in the world.  Sarah Ferguson takes the kids there, Diana Ross climbs every mountain to get there and Lawrence Dallaglio perfects his parallel turns there.