The mountains where you can ski right across Europe’s international borders
CNNEditor’s note: Sign up for Unlocking the World, CNN Travel’s weekly newsletter. In France’s Southern Alps, Montgenèvre flies the French flag in the almost entirely Italian Via Lattea, while the Swiss and Italians share the Matterhorn from opposite sides of their borders. Contrast this buzzing Tirolean town in southern Austria with its small, serene neighbor across the border in Switzerland, Samnaun, which is also part of the Silvretta Arena ski area covering 239 kilometers of slopes. Bob Douglas/iStock Editorial/Getty Images Twelve resorts — eight in France and four in Switzerland — comprise one of the world’s biggest ski domains, Portes du Soleil, which marked its 60th anniversary in 2024. Come back into France via the futuristic 1960s resort of Avoriaz, which is directly linked to two of the Portes du Soleil’s most attractive and traditional villages, Morzine and family-focused Les Gets.
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