Skiing the Upper Engadine from St. Moritz

The Carlton Hotel St. Moritz (011 41 (0)81 836 70 00, www.carlton-stmoritz.ch) is offering the total skiing experience on the three mountains in the Upper Engadine. The five-star hotel’s “Beyond Imagination – Experience Your Limits” special gives skiers access to more than 200 miles of slopes at the various ski resorts throughout the region.

Including the Diavolezza/Lagalb skiing area with a ski guide and lunch at the Diavolezza Restaurant; the Corvatsch/Furtschellas area with a ski guide and lunch at the Corvatsch Panoramic Restaurant; St. Moritz’s local mountain (the Corviglia) with lunch at the Restaurant La Marmite; and a one-day package for four participants to go heli-skiing on a private mountain with guide.

The package is priced from CHF 3,126 ($3,517).

Oh Those Lapland Nights

Is that annual midwinter trip to Hawaii or the Caribbean beginning to feel too routine? Why not take winter head on with a snowmobile safari to Lapland to experience the Northern Lights and end the day’s adventure with a new one at night in an igloo room?

Aurora Borealis safaris come with snowmobile lessons from €124 per person at the Finnish town of Rovaniemi. The Arctice Igloo Hotel features warm sleeping bags in igloo rooms with access to the Arctice Winter World, a diploma of igloo overnight and breakfast. Igloo packages are priced from €240 per night with superior igloos from €320 per night. Visit all things Lapland at Rovaniemi Tourism & Marketing’s website.

Falcon School at Stapleford Park

There’s nothing like letting loose from your arm with a bird of prey to feel like an English Lord. At Stapleford Park, you can exercise your inner Downton Abbey by attending a class at the Falconry School.

Stapleford is a 1,000-year-old country estateturnedluxury hotel with a walled garden and historic woodland.

It’s all just a 90 minute drive north of London or by train from Kings Cross station in an hour.

Hiking the Catalan Pyrénées

How does a hike in the high snow-capped Pyrénées sound? The uncommon beauty of La Garrotxa Natural Park with its numerous (now extinct) volcanoes, beech wood forests, rolling pastures and the heights of Mount Puigsacalm is being offered by On Foot Holidays’(011 44 1722 322 652, www.onfootholidays.co.uk).

Their seven-night walking tour is one for the ages. Stays are in the medieval towns of Besalu, Santa Pau, Rupit, Joanetes and Olot. Rates for the tour start at $1,316 and include seven bed and breakfasts, five evening meals, five picnics, and luggage transfers between hotels. Not for everyone, the package includes four to six hours of hiking per day. Hit that StairMaster.

Deal: Rail Europe Unveils TGV Super Sale

Rail Europe is offering a 35-percent off deal on all TGV high speed trains within France as well as to and from Milan and Luxembourg when agents use the TGV35 coupon code when booking at agent.raileurope.com.

The TGV Super Sale offer is available through Dec. 31.

One coupon code per booking may be applied. The offer is limited to the first 5,000 coupon codes and pertains only to bookings of TGV train tickets to destinations within France, and to/from Milan and Luxembourg.