WINTER BREAKS 2016 THE GUIDE


Clockwise from top left: Winter music festy Transmusicales, the Jules Verne dining room on the Eiffel Tower, chilling out with Chillout Mountain, skiing at Praz de Lys


long queues at the lifts, then perhaps this is the resort for you. Praz de Lys, in the Haute- Savoie, is just 40 minutes from Geneva airport, but a million miles away from those crowded mega-resorts you find nearby. Twinned with its neighbour, Sommand, it’s perfect for families and skiers looking for a chilled week on the snow. There are 56 slopes and one snowpark. Peak Retreats offer 3-star accommodation packages for £159 per person, including a return Eurotunnel crossing. www.peakretreats.co.uk


Chalets 1066 Here’s a company that really takes the headaches out of a skiing holiday. Chalets 1066, based in the Haute-Savoie resort of Les Gets, offers a range of guest services including ski-pass


delivery, ski and boot fitting in your chalet, fresh croissants at breakfast, and even a chef. They’ve been operating for the last nine years and now manage 22 chalets in all, ranging from top-end luxury to economy apartments. And why the 1066 reference? It turns out the first chalet they bought was called Chalet Hastings. Other chalets are also named in reference to the famous battle. www.chalets1066.com


Alpine Elements


London-based Alpine Elements offers great-value ski holidays in a host of major resorts across the Alps such as Morzine, Les Gets, Méribel, Courchevel, Val d’Isère, Tignes, La Tania, La Plagne and Les Arcs. Accommodation is offered in catered chalets, self-catering apartments, and


hotels. Over the last 18 years they’ve taken nearly 23,000 clients abroad. www.alpineelements.co.uk


Skiing at Sainte-Foy


Sainte-Foy is a ski resort with a top altitude of 2,600 metres. It


Neige. The company offers many extra services including childcare, massage and beauty treatments, party organisation, private chefs, corporate breaks and even film-shoots. The Scotsman newspaper describes the resort thus: “With


“WHILE NO ONE’S SUGGESTING YOU CLIMB MONT BLANC, THEY DO OFFER A WIDE RANGE OF TOURS”


lies just above the Savoie village of Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise. With around 40 kilometres of pistes, it offers skiing for all levels plus other winter activities such as husky rides, snow-shoeing, ice-diving, skating and parapenting. One of the resort’s biggest and longest-running chalet companies is Première


a plethora of pistes overlooking the magnificent Tarentaise valley, Sainte-Foy is a true snowsport paradise.” www.premiere-neige.com


Skiing in La Tania La Tania ski resort, originally built for the 1992 Albertville Winter Olympics and in a ❯❯


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