Explore Switzerland’s Zermatt, as well as Chamonix in France, for thrills on the slopes and mind-blowing scenery.

The Iglu-Dorf hotel chain can give you a feel for it – because it runs five igloo holiday ‘villages’ in the Alps made entirely of snow and ice that are rebuilt every year. Temperatures ...

Victoria receives a "temperature whiplash" with summer snow and record cold temperatures after days of heatwave conditions.