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Super star skiers will also be delighted
with the possibilities here. Anywhere and
everywhere, if you have the talent, there is
good skiing.
Want to let it
all hang out,
to go for it? This is
the place. Bumps? You got 'em. The steep and
deep? It does not get any steeper, or deeper. Touring? Yep, available. Well, you
get the picture
Val D'Isere and Tignes are two separate villages about 15km apart by
road, but as far as the ski lift systems are concerned they are joined
at the hip. The villages are 1,800m and 2,100m high respectively, and
the skiing goes as high as 2,500m. There is summer skiing in both
villages, but by far Tignes is the bigger and most popular.
In winter
you can ski freely from one resort to the other, or stay in your own
back yard, the choice is yours. Your own back yard, by the way, can be
anywhere. Tignes, Val, down the valley a ways, in between, it just does
not matter, there is a lift nearby that can get you to the action. Cost?
In line with other excellent European resorts.
There is a great selection of accommodation, but
there is definitely a shortage of choice in the luxury range.
Night life is decent and there are lots of good places to eat in
both resorts. There are ample sport and leisure facilities
available here which include an outdoor sporting centre, a sports
hall in the Henri Oreiller Conference Centre, a public swimming
pool and a fitness centre. The road to these resorts has been
improved since the recent winter Olympics. If you arrive from
Geneva and are coming by car, head for Albertville, Bourg St.
Maurice, and up from there. |
