新雪谷全景飯店(Panorama Niseko)

Where to start. Panorama Niseko is everything you could want in ski accommodation and more. The villas are huge, beautifully appointed and really comfortable. We stayed in type 1 villa and loved every aspect of it. Not that you do a lot of sitting around in a ski resort, but the Panorama villas make lounging about a very attractive option. Modern, stylish fit out, enormous bedrooms and an inside and outside onsen to boot. We also loved little touches, like the generous supply of dishwasher and washing machine tablets and the cool little toaster oven. Panorama is a bit out of the centre of town (Grand Hirafu) but we were aware of that before arrival and hired a car. Parking was easy all over town, so it really wasn't an issue. Probably the best endorsement you can give any place is that you'd stay there again next time in town. With Panorama, it's a no brainer. I'd go back in a heart beat.