Vail Vacation Homes
Located in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, Vail, along with the surrounding communities of Beaver Creek, Avon, Edwards, Arrowhead, Wolcott, Bachelor Gulch, Minturn, and Eagle make up the area known as the Vail Valley. Home to breathtaking views, world-class recreation, high-end shopping, five-star dining, and elite residential communities, Colorado’s Vail Valley is an outstanding place to purchase a year round or vacation home and become a part of the Vail lifestyle.
The Vail Valley offers an extensive list of activities for any season. Aside from alpine skiing at one of the areas many resorts, Vail’s golf course doubles as a Nordic center during the winter. Groomed for both cross-country and skate skiing, Vail homes located on the recreation path and in east Vail provide easy access to this area. Beaver Creek has its own Nordic center as well, perfect for Nordic sports and snowshoeing. Once the snow melts there are still plenty of things to do. For those who enjoy golf as part of their lifestyle, Vail and its surrounding areas are home to many properties that are part of private golf communities. Golf courses in the Vail Valley were designed by big names such as Robert Trent Jones Jr., Jack Nicklaus, and Tom Fazio. The area also boast fantastic hiking, biking, fly fishing, rafting, and kayaking during the summer months. Shopping and dining are other luxuries for those who call the Vail Valley home. A food and wine mecca, Vail’s many gourmet restaurants satisfy the most sophisticated palates. While there is no short of fine food, Vail Village, Beaver Creek, and Edwards provide plenty of high-end shopping. Local retailers in Vail import products that can’t be found any where else in the United States from countries such as Italy and Austria.
Vail’s many world-class activities make the area an ideal place to purchase Vail property for a permanent or vacation home. Vail real estate as well as other properties throughout the Vail Valley are located in ideal locations for easy access to Vail’s world-renowned ski slopes, golf courses, shopping, dining and other recreation. Many properties in Vail Village, Lionshead, Beaver Creek, Bachelor Gulch, and Arrowhead offer ski-in/ski-out opportunities. For homeowners that only wish to stay in Vail a few weeks a year, their high priority ski-in/ski-out properties can become Vail vacation rentals and bring in top dollar during their absence. Even ski homes that are not located directly on the mountain still have easy access to the slopes. Private clubs in Vail, Beaver Creek, Bachelor Gulch, and Arrowhead have private lodges that provide members with exclusive lunches, parking, and early bird skiing as well as other amenities for those who do not own ski-in/ski-out properties.
Whether Vail attracts you for its winter ski slopes or you love it for year-round living, purchasing Vail real estate puts all that Vail has to offer at your fingertips. The brokers at Sonnenalp Real Estate can help you find the perfect place to call home, or perhaps your home away from home, in Colorado’s beautiful Vail Valley.