10 of Europe’s best cosy cabins for winter

Perfect snow, hot saunas, twinkling stars and the snuggliest blankets. We pick the most scenic winter hideaways

With their cone-shaped, wood-tiled roofs that reach almost to the snowy ground of their little fenced gardens, these pretty cabins, scattered across a high plain at Velika Planina, have a cute appearance that belies tough-nut origins. These were the traditional huts of one of Europe’s largest herder settlements, dating back to the 16th century. Still now in summer, cows are brought up to pasture here. Winter guests can explore the Kamnik-Savinja Alps, with their miles of ski tracks, go sledging and ice-skating or ski touring on the Skuta glacier, then relax in the site’s Finnish sauna.
From €100 a night sleeping two, extra adult €30 a night, extra child €5/€20, two-night minimum stay, koca.si