Official Rating - 3* - Self Catering [Saturday arrivals and departures only]

This is a car free resort in the heart of the Paradiski area. The residence has the appearance of a traditional village made up of five chalet-type buildings which are made of wood and stone and fit perfectly into the surrounding site with direct access on skis from most buildings. The shops and services are very close by.

How to get there

Closest airports CMF/GNB/GVA/LYS. The guests may get to La Plagne from Chambery Aix Les Bains airport (CMF) 110km away, Grenoble/Saint Geoirs Airport (GNB), Geneve-Cointrin Airport (GVA) 149 km away and Lyon-St Exupery airport (LYS) 196km.

Please note that check in and check out day for this property is only Saturday. Your stay should be either for 7 or 14 nights.

Accommodation & Facilities

All the apartments are fully equipped with a small kitchen with a minimum of two hotplates, refrigerator, microwave oven or mini-oven, dishwasher and electric coffee-maker, television (at a charge), vacuum cleaner and a bathroom with shower or bathtub. The chalet is also providing its guests, free of charge with locked ski lockers, shuttle to the slopes, hamper delivery service, and Wifi connection. Also available at a charge are bathroom linen, baby kit and a cleaning kit. The guests should know that pets are accepted at a charge. Also rates include linen and towels. Guests should note that there is a tax per adult per night paid locally and a refundable deposit paid locally and returned after departure is required.

For the younger guests the chalet would like to remind you that a health record, including up-to-date vaccinations (at least BCG/triple+ Polio) must be presented in childcare centres, clubs and mini-clubs.

The are several additional leisure activities apart from skiing, as 8 km Olympic bobsleigh for people over 16, bob raft, taxi-bob, mono bob, snowshoeing, hangliding, snow scooter snow quad and helicopter sightseeing flights. Also there is a fitness centre available with sauna, Turkish bath, balneotherapy, body building and stretching, jacuzzi. For a complete program of leisure activities there is also a swimming pool, bowling, climbing wall, sport hall, squash court and tobogganing.

Location

The Chalet is situated in the Paradiski area at an altitude of 2050m, only few meters away from the ski slopes in a well-known area to the ski lovers.

Ski Facts

The Paradiski ski domain is made up of the two immense ski areas of La Plagne and Les Arcs, open from the beginning of December to the end of April (Snow conditions permitting). With Paradiski, experience an additional 134 runs covering the areas of Peisey-Vallandry and La Plagne and ski one of the largest linked ski domains in the world! It’s for both beginner and expert skiers! A ski area that lives up to your expectations. Paradiski, a french alps ski domain.
3 ski resorts, 20 destinations / 3250m - 1200m / 2 fully equipped glaciers / 3 summits above an altitude of 3000m / 425 kms of runs / 170 hectares of artificial snow (470 canons) / 239 runs of all levels / Overall vertical drop of 53 290m / 158 kms of cross-country runs / 5 snowparks, 3 boardercross, 1 half-pipe / 1 bobsleigh run, 1 ice climbing area, 1 speed skiing run

The forests of Peisey-Vallandry and Champagny en Vanoise enjoy sunshine from the morning onwards. The north-facing gulleys of Montchavin and Arc 1600 guarantee you excellent snow late into the season.
With 2 peaks over 3000m, Paradiski is on intimate terms with the clouds and its downhill runs go on forever. From the Aiguille Rouge to Villaroger, a drop of more than 2000 m awaits the tips of your skis.
This information relates to the entire ski region.
Resort altitude: 1200 – 3250 metres
Kilometres of piste: 425
Number of runs:
Les Arcs/Peisy-Vallandry / Green 11 / Blue 54 / Red 32 / Black 19
La Plagne / Green 10 / Blue 80 / Red 29 / Black 15
Number of lifts: 157
Snow Cannons: Good coverage on slopes below 2000m.
Cross Country Trails: 100 kilometres
Mountain Huts: Wide range of mountain restaurants and snack bars.
Snowboarding: Snowparks in all the main resorts and excellent off-piste opportunities, particularly on Les Arcs.
Ski Bus Service: The ski bus service (free service if one has a lift pass) operates throughout the three main resorts. But the services between some of the satellite resorts is less frequent or inexistent.

Rentals, Lift Passes & Ski School

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Resort Information

La Plagne is the biggest single ski area in the Alps, with 212km of pistes. The resort extends from a height of 1250m in the village resorts, up to 3250m on the Bellecôte Glacier.

In fact La Plagne comprises 10 resorts, four traditional village resorts (Montalbert; Champagny en Vanoise; Montchavin; Les Coches) and six high altitude resorts (Plagne 1800; Plagne Centre; Aime 2000; Plagne Bellecôte; Belle Plagne; Plagne Soleil/Plagne Villages). The style ranges from very dreary purpose built buildings, and indoor shopping galleries to pretty little villages with chalet style accommodation. The design of La Plagne means that many people keep to the resort they are staying in, but there are good links between them, that remain open until 1am. Transport connections between all high altitude resorts are free.

The resorts are often considered to be family-orientated, but that doesn’t mean they lack distractions for adults. The early evenings have displays and activities for the children, such a ski shows, torch-lit descents and ringo-riding on the pistes. There are many good restaurants, one of which has resident chefs in from all over France. As the sun sets the resorts shed their innocent facade to reveal a fairly bubbly nightlife. Belle Plagne and Plagne Bellecôte offer more bars than Plagne Centre. Plagne Centre is the commercial hub with a large indoor shopping gallery.

La Plagnes main attraction outside of the skiing is its Olympic Bobsleigh Run. Visit before mid-March, after this it may be too warm to keep the run open.

La Plagne is an excellent resort for intermediates and those wishing to take their first steps. Snow cover depending, it is possible to ski to and from all areas of the La Plagne ski area to your accommodation. As the snow melts some of the runs back to the village resorts close. Despite the enormity of La Plagne, it has few black runs. Boarders and experienced skiers come to seek out the off-piste, which include the famous North Face and the route between La Plagne and Les Arcs, now greatly facilitated by the linking of the two resorts to create the Paradiski. (Off-piste skiing requires a guide).

Snowboarders should be prepared for some flat areas on the slopes. You will, however, have a choice of two snow parks, the bigger situated in Plagne Bellecôte, along with a very well maintained half pipe. Les Arcs, further down the valley has also got good snowboard facilities.

There are often lift queues during peak season but the whole lift system has been upgraded over the past few years, with the installation of the new lift in Plagne Centre to replace the old Rochette lift, and the installation of the new cable car linking La Plagne to the Les Arcs ski area, which forms the new Paradiski.

Useful Information

To reach the resort by train: Aime TGV railway station is 23 km away.