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If you are flying mid week, you can often pick up very cheap (eg £25 return ex luggage) Ryanair flights to Grenoble. You would then probably do best to hire a car but you may be able to get a deal on a shared transfer through 1st lifts.com Tarentaise Transfers Noticeboard https://www.facebook.com/groups/850771538271311/ If you want good on piste skiing, I would favour going to La Tanya over VT, as it is likely to be less crowded and the Courchevel pistes are generally better groomed. It also a shorter drive from the airport and you are less likely to need chains. As mentioned above, the Ski Lodge is pretty lively and not too expensive https://www.facebook.com/publeskilodge/. AirBnB is probably a good place to look for cheap accommodation. Prices are often negotiable.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| Handy Turnip wrote: |
| Also, if you do go to VT and evening drinking is important then try to base yourself in the right side of town. The bottom of town is very quiet and all the bars and clubs are on the same street at the top of town (the right side of the resort map essentially). |
Val Thorens is actually quite compact, so even if you stay at the "bottom of town" you are only a 10 minute walk from anywhere else in town. There's also a decent Irish bar and several restaurants at the lower end of town.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Have been to all three. Wouldn't return to any, but if I had to pick one it would be Val Thorens.
In order of preference:
1. Val Thorens - guaranteed good conditions, village is not hideous and has bit of atmosphere, bars, shops etc. Excellent base for the Three Valleys. Consider staying at the UCPA.
2. Mayrhofen - great apres, average skiing.
3. La Tania - too quiet for me, out of the way, feels disconnected. Would be ok for families I suppose, but I would sooner stay at one of the lower Courchevel villages.
Lots of places I would recommend over those three have already been mentioned:
- Chamonix
- St Anton
- Kitzbuhel
- Saalbach
- Grindelwald, Wengen, Murren
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Robbo25,
Are you going for 3 nights, or 4?
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Definitely worth considering Saalbach/Hinterglemm - great skiing and apres. I'd consider Meribel in the 3V, decent nightlife and access to Courchevel/VT for great skiing. Another option for me would be Morzine (TDS). I'd suggest Mayrhofen if you haven't been. I guess what I'm saying is I wouldn't stay in La Tania or even Courchevel (my experience is that the apres is limited, again fine for families or couples, but not 'lads'). VT is fine, but I think I've been too much, and I find Austria better value for money and apres, particularly Saalbach, but as someone else mentioned, it can be a challenge finding good value accommodation without booking a long way in advance.
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