Dining: Tucked inside the Christie Lodge in Avon, Narayan's Nepal Restaurant delivers you to the Himayalan-kissed country with its authentic cuisine.

Executive chef Nima Sharpa is professionally trained in Nepalese and Indian cooking. In Nepal he worked as a mountain guide for foreign travelers, also cooking during exhibitions through the Himalayan Mountains. As a Sherpa, he lived at 11,000 feet, and a day hike would take him to 17,000 feet, which is nothing for a man known for his endurance in high altitudes.