NEED TO KNOW

■ Specialist Ski operator to Slovakia, Mountain Paradise, (mountainparadise.co.uk, 0161 791 1388) is offering a sevennight ski holiday to the Hotel Chopok in the resort of Jasná in the Low Tatras from £1,099 per adult or £999 per child.

■ The price includes return flights, transfers, seven nights accommodation (half board), six-day lift pass and six days ski or snowboard equipment hire.

■ The four-star Hotel Wellness Chopok has two centres with a choice of pools, saunas, cool cave and tepidariums.