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Love Courchevel: A Luxury Resort for Ski-Savvy Families

9 November, 2018

For a luxury skiing holiday with the family, Courchevel is the ideal resort. Set in the stunning French Alps, this world-class resort provides intermediate skiers with wide, well-groomed pistes and modern ski lifts, making sure no part of the area is left unexplored. With a lively après-ski scene, various activities and beautiful accommodation options, you will want for nothing in Courchevel. Family Skiing Since Courchevel is such a large resort, there’s no end to the skiing opportunities available – altogether

Families in Flaine: Activities On and Off the Slopes

8 November, 2018

If you’re looking for somewhere a little different to take the kids, why not head to the French Alps? For families, I can particularly recommend the beautiful ski destination of Flaine in the Haute Savoie region. This charming area has much more to offer than its various ski slopes, so if skiing isn’t your forte you’ll have no need to worry. Read on to find out what else you and the youngsters could get up to in Flaine. Trying Out

Val d’Isere for Adrenaline Junkies: Thrills On and Off the Slopes

7 November, 2018

There’s a reason why most of us Brits find ourselves on the sensational slopes of Val d’Isere when we’re in need of a winter sports hit. The world-renowned resort is, without a doubt, the top destination in Europe offering quality skiing, epic winter thrills and legendary après parties. Whether you’re coming with a group of beginners, experienced powder-hounds or a bit of both, Val d’Isere is the place to be for winter fun. Located beneath the looming Pointe du Montet,

Chamonix for Families: Why Kids Will Love this Resort

6 November, 2018

For seasoned skiers, the resort town of Chamonix is legendary. Home to the magnificent Mont Blanc – Europe’s highest mountain peak – and the setting for the very first Winter Olympics in 1924, the winter wonderland has attracted the world’s best slope surfers for centuries. The resort is known for its fantastic facilities, and its four exceptional ski areas spread along the valley. This renowned snow sport destination really is a dream location for powder hounds of all abilities. The town

Action-Packed Family Holidays in Val Thorens

5 April, 2018

Just because the mammoth amounts of snow the Alps have had this year is starting to melt and the ski season drawing to an end, doesn’t mean that adventures in the mountains have to stop. With the new summer season comes a whole new raft of extreme sports and adrenaline-pumping activities for thrill-seeking families to enjoy. One of the best places I’ve found to make the most of the high-octane action on offer in the Alps in the summer months

Freeskiing Opportunities in La Clusaz

3 April, 2018

La Clusaz in the Savoie region of the French Alps has a reputation for freestyle and freeride skiing that spans three decades, with many a champion hailing from this resort. If you and your kids have a passion for skiing or snowboarding and are looking to try some freestyle or freeride skiing, the charming alpine village of La Clusaz is definitely the place to start. Snowboarding is very trendy right now and I must confess that most teenagers I know

Morzine: A Mountainous Summer Playground

16 March, 2018

If you thought that a family adventure to the Alps was restricted to winter, it’s time to think again! While you may already be familiar with the child-friendliness of Morzine, which is a favourite family ski getaway in France, you may not have considered it as a summer destination. But you really should, because when the snow melts you’ll discover an entirely different side to a magical winter wonderland, which simply sizzles in summer! Summer Thrills for the Fun-Loving Family

An Adventurous Challenge in Chamonix: Ice Climbing

13 February, 2018

With the Winter Olympics on the television, I bet that the speed and danger of these winter sports have inspired you to go on your own adrenaline-fuelled snowy adventure. Skiing or snowboarding is the classic option, but if you really want an athletic challenge then ice climbing in Chamonix might just be the activity for you. What is Ice Climbing? Ice climbing is similar to rock climbing, but with increased elements of surprise and danger. Unlike rocks, ice formations change

Flaine: The Bravely Brutalist Ski Resort

12 February, 2018

The French ski resort of Flaine has had a complex, varied lifespan since it was first constructed in the 1960s. Flaine has always courted controversy. Architects and intellectuals in France praised its design as a cutting edge Modernist development, while at the same time local residents and farmers protested against it as a monstrosity. Finally completed in the 1980s the Brutalist architecture of concrete blocks fell out of favour in the 1990s, gaining the resort the unfortunate nickname “Phlegm”, and

Chic Cocktails in Megève: The Classiest Bars

5 February, 2018

I love skiing holidays because they give you a chance to get some fresh air and enjoy the finer things in life in stunning wintery landscapes. It is true that many of the resorts are crowded and not the most sophisticated, but there are a few gems that make for fantastic getaways, offering plenty to those who are looking for some peace and quiet. Megève in the Mont Blanc massif is the pick of the bunch, as it’s quiet, charming

Courageous, Crazy, Chilly: Exhilarating Family Fun in Megève

17 January, 2018

Of course you come to Megève for the great skiing, for the charming medieval Alpine charm and the excellent shops and restaurants, but it’s the extra activities that will really get your pulse racing. Megève holds a Family Plus Mountain award which, in France, means that it has gone above and beyond to ensure that there are an extensive range of activities and facilities to keep the entire family entertained. What this means to you is that after a day on the slopes skiing or snowboarding, there will be plenty of other high-octane excitement on offer for you and your

Skiing without Barriers: Val d’Isère for Disabled Skiers

13 January, 2018

Gone are the days when winter sports resorts could get away with providing little or no facilities for those with disabilities. Today, thankfully, the modern resorts are working hard to improve their accessibility credentials. Thanks to the spotlight that’s been placed on winter sports at the Winter Paralympic Games, neither the resorts nor potential practitioners see the world of winter sports as exclusively for the able-bodied anymore. The resort of Val d’Isère is one of the winter sports resorts in France that leads the way in this field, working hard to ensure that its lifts, ski schools and accommodation welcome

Luxury Dining in Morzine: A Restaurant Guide

10 January, 2018

The French town of Morzine is far more than ‘just’ a ski resort, it is a year-round holiday destination popular with the French and English alike. It is no surprise, therefore, that as well as the cafés selling hot chocolate and vin chaud to winter sports enthusiasts, there are also a range of excellent eateries to satisfy this year-round cosmopolitan crowd. Of course, that’s not to underplay its role as a ski resort, Morzine is, after all, the capital of France’s famous Portes du Soleil ski area, linking it to the resort of Avoriaz and others stretching across the Swiss

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