If you’ve run out of things to do in Verbier, it is simple to get to the valley and explore the local area. You just take the gondola or bus to La Chable and jump on the ever-so efficient Swiss Rail system. Martigny is the first big town where there is a castle, an art gallery, a Roman amphitheatre and the winter kennels of the St Bernard dogs.

Stay on for longer and you reach Lac Leman (Lake Geneva) where you can visit Lausanne, Montreux or Vevey. If you head east up the Rhone Valley then there is Sion with its shops, restaurants and museums.