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.
Snowtyres!!! One of the requirements for winter driving in France is that you have snowtyres or chains. If you have a 4 x 4 you only need snowtyres, even in the worst conditions and if you have 4 snowtyres on an ordinary car you would only need chains for the very worst conditions. We really should have snowtyres for winter use in the UK as they are far better than summer tyres as soon as the temperature drops below 10/12 degress Celsius, it doesn't need to be snowing to benefit from snowtyres.
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Ski-Savoie
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Ski Resorts:
Val d'Isere
Sainte Foy
Les Allues
An introduction to some up and coming ski villages.
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.
Another
village worth mentioning is Meribel Village which has its own lift
access upto Meribel Altiport and ski run back. 1 bar, 2 restaurants
and mini supermarket. Some old buildings but mainly purpose built apartments
and chalets but not an ugly place, ideal for drivers staying in one
of the villages to park and use the lift, avoiding the centre of Meribel.
Please contact
me if you would like information on property for sale in Meribel
Village and Meribel.
There are many more and they will be added as soon as we have researched them.
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