Fun in Switzerland? This is Zermatt.

What you can take away from the first thirty seconds of this video is that there are few places in this world where you can wake up, look out your window and see one of the largest and most storied mountains in the world, and impulsively decide it’s time to go rocketing down it. One of those very select resorts is Zermatt.

For me to lecture on the allure of Zermatt is redundant. Everything good you’ve heard about Switzerland comes together in this resort, and most skiers–heck, most people who’ve ever looked at a skiing magazine–already know it. What I’m going to tell you is that if you’re staying in Zermatt, stay in a rented vacation home.

Staying in a vacation home you get much, much more bang for your buck. Or Euro. You get storage space, privacy and enough room to walk around with your skis on without tripping over every other tourist in the country. Most of the better villas, and all the villas offered by Interhome fall into the ‘better’ category, have an amazing view from which to enjoy a beer and a sunset and a door that leads pretty directly to a ski lift or down to the center of the resort. If this video doesn’t convince you just check out some of Zermatt’s press and this villa. See you on the slopes.