Meribel has over 20 hot spots to help you celebrate a great day on the slopes. Be it your dance shoes that you wish to satisfy, your ears with some nice tunes, or if you just want to catch a drink or two with some buds – Meribel’s après ski activities are sure to fulfil you (if not your liver). So before heading back to your luxury chalet, enjoy an après ski hot spot of your choice in Meribel. Here is a guide to some of the best:

Apres ski activities in Meribel, France by Leo-setä

Le Pub

Le Pub is a large local bar, located conveniently in the centre of Meribel. Luckily for Le Pub, its spacious size makes for an area where live music is available. After a long day on the slopes you can easily walk right on over to Le Pub – it’s only a little away from the bottom of the pistes. Le Pub starts off its nights with live bands and shakes up the mountains through the night. It also offers pool tables where you can catch a game or two with your friends.

Jacks Bar

Jacks Bar is a newly established venue and most certainly one of the liveliest in Meribel. Jacks Bar offers various types of entertainment for après ski – pool, live music, parties, theme nights, and even stand-up comedy with new and upcoming comedians. If you want to get some air, but not the kind you were getting on the slopes, Jacks Bar has an open terrace that overlooks the mountain range.

Le Rond Point Bar

Le Rond Point Bar is known to mountain sports enthusiasts as one of the liveliest partying venues for après ski. Aside from its upbeat atmosphere Le Rond Point Bar provides the most exquisite a la carte dishes for skiers in all of Meribel. The bar also offers one of Meribel’s most popular drinks – toffee vodka, along with snacks to keep you munching your night away.

Skiing in Meribel, France by Leo-setä

Evolution Bar

Evolution Bar is Meribel’s most popular and renowned bar. It is well known for its au courant bar and internet cafe making for an excellent après ski and chill out when you are looking to get warmed up. It is located right next to Jacks Bar so if you are looking to do a little bar hopping, this is where you will want to focus your night.

Barometer

Barometer is located in Meribel centre, and is mainly a bar for the chalets of Meribel. It is the bar you are looking for if you want a night out but want it to be relaxing and calming. This bar is a modern venue and serves some of the best wines that you will find in this winter wonderland.

Ski holidays in Meribel are guaranteed to be lots of fun – both on and off the slopes!

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Albert Dock, Liverpool, UK / Photo licensed under the Creative Commons, created by Ronald Saunders

Tourists often stick to the most well-known places such as London, Oxford and Cambridge, but there are some fantastic gems in the north of England. If you love looking around cities, which have a mix of old architecture and new, then you must plan some time to explore the northern cities of Manchester, Leeds and Liverpool. All three have very relevant history within very different industries, but are often overlooked as a tourist destination. This is a great shame, as they all over some fantastic sights.

Liverpool

Birthplace of the Beatles, Liverpool, of course, gives you the opportunity to explore the legend of this fantastic band. The Cavern Club, where they first started out, still has live bands playing, so you may get the chance to see the next big group live at the Cavern. The Albert docks of Liverpool provide some very unique shops, which focus on vintage styles as well as the style of the town. For a more modern shopping experience, head to the city centre in particularly towards the new Liverpool One shopping mall, and enjoy the sights of old architectural buildings inhabiting modern stores along the way to it.

Leeds

Leeds became what it is today through its cotton industry, but now it’s a hot spot for fantastic architecture and great nights out. If you’re a fan of cabaret and stand-up then you must go to the famous City Varieties. Although small in size city Varieties are constantly pushing the boundaries of known theatre, and did so successfully last winter with their Rock n’ Roll pantomime. But there’s plenty to see in Leeds in the day, too. Just opposite some very stylish city flats of Clarence dock is the Royal Armouries Museum. The museum will take you on a journey through the history of Anglo-Saxon warfare and weaponry. You can witness some live-action sword fights in this museum, while looking at the largest armoury collection of the country.

Leeds Castle, England, United Kingdom / Photo licensed under the Creative Commons, created by Dimo Dimov

Manchester

Although Manchester is renowned for its successful football team, it is giving Liverpool a run for its money in terms of being the hottest place for music hits. The music scene of the city is referred to as “Madchester” and has been the beginning of bands such as Oasis and The Stone Roses. It’s also held an annual Jazz festival for 17 years and counting. Architecture-wise you will discover some of the most beautiful red-brick buildings of the UK as well as some of the most contemporary ones. The  Lowry centre, for example, not only shows off the masterpieces of one of England’s most famous artists, but is a work of art itself.

These are just three hidden gems of the UK, and this is just sticking to cities. There’s plenty of unique countryside to discover on your way to each, so be sure to plan enough time to explore it all.

This article was written by Sarah Oxley on behalf of ONE UK, your key to trendy flats in Manchester and the north of England.

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