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The French Savoie Alps are one of the most popular ski destinations in Europe. With a great number of world class ski resorts and many areas yet to be explored.

France has some of the biggest ski areas in the World including, Espace Killy, shared by Val d'Isere and Tignes. The 3 Valleys for Courchevel, La Tania, Meribel, St Martin de Belville, Les Menuires and Val Thorens and the newly linked areas of Les Arcs and La Plagne known as "Paradiski".

La Rossiere which is linked to La Thuile in Italy and very popular with families, it is also reputed to be the sunniest ski resort in France.

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Sainte Foy, originally a popular heli skiing spot, it has now become a luxury ski resort, although a bit of a building site at the moment, the facilities are good, with very luxurious chalets and apartments, some for sale, all close to the slopes, no route marches in ski boots here, like some other ski resorts! There is skiing for all abilities a lot of it tree skiing, great for snowy days and a truly massive amount of off piste which is still untracked, days after a big dump, for all you powder hounds.

Sainte Foy is also extending the lift system, creating new pistes and extending its snow making facilities. It is also ideally positioned as a base to visit the resorts of Val d'Isere, Tignes, Les Arcs and La Rossiere for which there is a discount on a days skiing with the 6 day Ste Foy ski pass. I highly recommend this ski resort and will be keeping a close eye on its exciting future.

If you are looking to buy in the French Alps then Sainte Foy is well worth investigating, please contact me if you would like further information on property in Sainte Foy.

An often overlooked choice for a ski holiday is to stay in one of the villages near to the well known ski resorts, most of them have lift access and the ski companies operating from these ski villages usually provide time tabled minibuses to drop you at the slopes to suppliment the free ski bus service. Such villages include:

Villaroger, a hamlet near to Sainte Foy that has a lift link into Les Arcs.

Bride les Bains, a pretty spa town linked by a 6 person bubble into Meribel, this town is popular all year and well known for its hot baths and Casino.

Les Allues is the first mountain town you see on your way up to Meribel, a lovely original Savoyarde village with narrow streets, beautifull old barns (many coverted into luxurious accommodation) and other properties run by the owners or small friendly ski companies aswell as self catered accommodation. The village has 4 bars, 5 restaurants and 1 hotel, there is a newsagent, mini supermarket and a sports shop for your ski/snowboard hire and clothing etc. The Olympic bubble joins Les Allues to the ski area and there is a free bus service from the top of the village to Meribel and the other villages in this valley. Please contact me if you would like information on property for sale in Les Allues.

Chandon is the next village up the mountain, smaller than Les Allues it has mainly original buildings with a few luxurious chalets that have a minibus service to the slopes and back, although it is usually possible to ski back here for the whole season.

Raffort, again smaller than Les Allues and mainly chalet accommodation it does have a very good French owned and run restaurant and bar (La Martigon) which I cannot recommend highly enough, the food is very good indeed, great for lunch and dinner. Raffort is also connected to Meribel by the Olympic bubble and can be skied back to for the whole season.

Please contact me if you would like information on property for sale in Chandon and Raffort.