The French village of Megeve offers a longstanding recipe for great ski holidays under the imposing Mont Blanc and just an hour away from Geneva airport making transfer times very tolerable, we all know about those “crack of dawn” starts to catch a ‘plane that is leaving around mid day! This pretty and chic village is paved with cobble stones and automobile circulation is banned, to the great pleasure of Read More ...
Skiing in the French Alps is a dream come true type of vacation! Especially if you head for a destination such as Serre Chevalier, which is one of the southern Alps’ largest complexes for winter sports. It is also one of France’s most popular snowboarding areas. There are long hours of sunshine (they boast of 300 days of sunshine a year) and good weather to enjoy its 115 slopes, mountains Read More ...
A family ski holiday can be expensive when you are feeding a family out on the mountain at lunch time and in the evening but chalet holidays with Ski Magic make the whole family ski holiday a much more affordable experience; food and wine are included in the price. Based in Courchevel and La Tania in the Three Valleys in France, which is reputedly the World’s largest and best ski Read More ...
Most serious skiers agree that for great skiing holidays the French Alps are still the tops for a variety of reasons. Almost without exception the French Alps have really good snow conditions from the beginning of the ski holiday season in late December to the time of the spring snows in April or May. The French ski holiday resorts, although largely purpose built, have fantastic facilities all of which are Read More ...
With the latest snowfall over the Alps, the wintersports season is off to a promising start in France with many of the major ski resorts opening early. In Les Menuires, part of the ski domain opened from 6 December before the official opening on 13 December, with a day ski pass for the opening weekend at a special rate. www.skijournee.com In Chamonix, after abundant snowfall, the Grands Montets ski area Read More ...
Holiday rentals website French Connections has unveiled its new range of properties for the 2008-09 ski and snowboarding holiday season. The selection of chalets and apartments give holidaymakers an authentic taste of France. For example, book a long ski weekends or midweek breaks at a farmhouse in authentically French St Gervais Mont Blanc, new for 2008-09. La Vieille Ferme is an authentic 1860 Savoyard farmhouse, now restored and modernised by Read More ...
