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Southern Alps, France that’s Wintertainment

There are many ways to enjoy the delights of the French Alps in winter as there are to skin the proverbial cat- and Responsible Travel is intent on outing as many of them up fir grabs as possible, via its winter activities holiday. The seven-day trip takes you to Southern Alps and the outskirts of Ecrins national park, a frozen wonderland of glacier valleys, alpine lakes and thick woodland. Each participant is assigned nine activity points to spend, and can use them to pick choose from the smorgasbord of activities on offer-which means you can tailor your trip to your own tastes. Activities that use up the most include an overnight igloo expedition, where you build your own ice shelter and spend the night in your creation, while other options include paragliding, climbing up a frozen waterfall, zooming along Europe’s longest zip wire and whizzing down the slopes on a husky-driven sled. There are more sedate options too, such as hikes through national park and a moonlit snowshoe trek through Alpine Wilderness.The nearest airport is Grenoble and flights leave from various UK airports with easyJet, Ryanair, Monarch and Jet2.Ressponsible travel can arrange car hire from the airport.

Prague, Czech Republic Going for Cold

Prague is a city was made to be experienced in the deep midwinter. Not that you’d know it from throngs of eager visitors who pile into the old squares and medieval churches each summer. If you can brave the cold-and it does get very nippy-then you can experience much of the city without the crowds, and also see it at its most alluring. There are the twin Gothic spires of the Tyn church sprinkled with snow; the astronomical clock in the old town square still forcing the models of the twelve Apostles out into the chill on the hour; and the rush of warmth that emerges from the old Art Nouveau Cafes as wrapped-up customers head back out to the cold, cobbled streets. It’s all impossibly romantic. Prague is also one of the best places to hear live music in Eastern Europe-fittingly for a city that has been mainstay of the international jazz scene since the 1940’s, it now hosts live jazz each month in the spectacular Prague castle. Top who’s experience off with a streaming bowl off goulash and a liter of Pilsner Urquell, the city’s favorite beer.you can jazz at the castle takes place at Prague castle on one evening each month. If you are tired then try the Green lobster which is a boutique hotel set in a restored 14th century building close to the castle. Rooms are named after Prague Luminaries such as Franz Kafka.

New York City

Absence makes the heart grow fonder, so the saying goes- and the throat more parched, if the experience of American during production was anything to go by. The ban on alcohol was introduced in 1919, and it’s believed that the amount of drink consumed actually went up afterwards. The moonshine made by the bootleggers was much more potent than the old legal brews, and given the trouble it took getting into one of the hundreds of illicit speakeasy bars that sprung up across New York and Chicago, few people limited themselves to single drink once inside. This year marks the 82th anniversary of the repealing of the national Prohibition Act and to celebrate, why not crack open a beer and join New York Tour Company Big Onion’s ‘Satan’s Seat’ production era walking tour? A great introduction to the culture of the Roaring twenties, the route takes in locations such as john McGurk’s “Suicide hall”- an infamous saloon bar and brothel-and Chumley’s bar, a favorite with literary giants fond of the demon drink, such as Ernest Hemingway and f Scott Fitzgerald.Taking inspiration from the 1920s, the jade hotel has a lobby that look like a speakeasy and old-school rotary phones in Art Deco Rooms. You can check out this place too. It will make your trip more memorable.

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