French Alps
France is one of the countries that make up the Alps that have a greater number of resorts, all stations for skiing or snowboarding that extend throughout the range.
Alpe d Huez, Avoriaz, Chamonix, Flaine, Les 2 Alpes, Les Arcs, Megeve, Les Menuires, Tignes, Risoul, Valloire or Vallmorel are some of the most outstanding resorts in the French Alps.
In all seasons find apartments, hotels and houses and chalets to stay during your vacation in the Alps, as well as other services such as bars, restaurants, entertainment and leisure, shops, ski schools to learn this beautiful sport.
Skiing in the French Alps
The ski resort of Tignes is one of the most important things we find in the French Alps. It is located next to Val Isere, and has an area of over 10.000 hectares. It is a place where you can ski all year round, as it has glacier area.
The ski resort of Risoul and Vars has very good tracks and well connected for skiing and snowboarding. We are in a season with more than 200 km ski area with a family atmosphere and very modern.
Alpe d Huez is since 1968 that hosted the Winter Games, a major ski resorts in Europe. Its slopes of more than 2 kilometers, their tracks, the longest in the Alps and at all levels, and tourism infrastructure in your environment, with hotels and apartments to accommodate the strong demand, do one of the resorts highlights of the European scene.
Chamonix ski resort is one of extremes, a ski resort in the Alps that features slopes and ski extreme black runs for risk lovers.
Avoriaz has a large number of tracks for skiing and a wide range of accommodation in apartments and hotels in many resorts filled with shops, hotels and restaurants.
The ski resort of Courchevel is one of the world’s leading winter sports. Since its inception in 1946, many experiences he has had this season in which we find the most mileage skiing in the world.
The resort of Les Deux Alpes, is close to Alpe D’Huez and has numerous tracks ideal for snowboarding and skiing.
The ski resort of Meribel is the largest in the world thanks to its 600 kilometers of ski slopes. It is a station where competitions are held, and its surroundings are made of stone houses in which to lodge during our vacation in the Alps.
What to do in the French Alps?
Excursions:
Albertville is a charming city that we can not visit if you have time during our vacation in the Alps. This is a charming city, which grew following the Winter Olympics in 1992. Ski resorts, their environment, their nature .. are part of the heritage of this iconic and very beautiful city in the French Alps. Is in the Savoie region, in the Rhone, 70 km from Chamonix and Mont Blanc tunnel, 55 kilometers from Chambery and 80 miles from Grenoble, so its distance from major cities in the French Alps is not excessive.
Chamonix is a French town of just over 10,000 inhabitants that are at the foot of Mont Blanc, a town with an area of about 250 square kilometers located in the heart of the French Alps.
The Mont Blanc is the highest point we can find in the Alps. 4810 meters are those who rise above the sea, is a mountain that we find in France but a small part is also found in Italy.
Dining:
Dining in the Alps is one of the most manicured of different resorts, and is that the sport entails an energy expenditure to be recovered, that is why as important as sleep in a hotel in the Alps is to eat well in a restaurant.
Savoy is famous for its cheese, its honey, its shells, its walnut and hazelnut oil and wine, as well as truffles and chocolates. Beaufort cheeses and l Abondance are among the most famous of France. King of the Rhône-Alpes region is cheese. Besides the two mentioned are the Blue de Bresse, Vacherin, Mast Fournes Brison, Saint Marcelin or Blue Vercors. Among the recipes include succulent gastronomy romans ravioli with cheese, sausage or diots de Savoie, Lyon complaints with pasta, poultry, the salade lyonnaise, the crozets of flour and egg and pate.
