January

January and February are ideal times to visit wild, rugged Aysén, Chile’s most sparsely populated region and one that remains off the beaten tourist track. Journey Latin America’s two-week trip includes six days driving along the Carretera Austral past fjords and glaciers, as well as three days on Chiloé Island and the chance to walk among the 1,000-year-old Fitzroya trees of Alerce Andino National Park. It costs from £4,630 per person, including accommodation, domestic flights, car hire and excursions; journeylatinamerica.com

Launched earlier this month, Sky Alps’ new direct flight connects London and Bolzano, capital of the South Tirol, and seems likely to raise the profile of the western Dolomites among anglophone skiers. It’s an area that has had a swath of hotel openings recently, including My Arbor, a five-star “tree hotel” that stands on the edge of a forest on 66 stilts, and offers ski-in, ski-out access to the slopes of Plose (doubles from €490 half-board; my-arbor.com). Close by is Forestis, originally a tuberculosis sanatorium built just before the first world war at 1,800 metres, then reborn as a ski and spa retreat in 2020 with three striking towers and a penthouse featuring a private outdoor pool (doubles from €720 including half-board; forestis.it). Meanwhile, Sensoria Dolomites, an adults-only spa retreat, opened last year at the foot of the Alpe di Siusi ski area — and only half an hour’s drive from the airport (doubles from €510 all inclusive; sensoriadolomites.com).

Gerhard Richter’s ‘St Moritz’ (1992) is among works in the exhibition . . . 

Gerhard Richter

 . . . at three galleries in the town, including the Sengantini Museum

Jon Etter