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Anyone have any experience of the Lavachet Apts in Tigne? Looking to go March 15th and this seems to be about the only non chalet thing i can find package wise. I don't mind budget as somewhere to sleep and not much else but don't fancy anywhere that may attract the younger more 'lively' night owls.
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lordlucan, I would steer clear of Home Club appartments - the haunt of saisonnaires and student groups! Plenty of other good places though.
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We stayed in Tignes Val Claret in an apt in La Lavachet, I think. It was absolutely tiny and pretty shabby. Just about tolerable for 2 adults, 2 kids. Cooking virtually impossible. Location brilliant, dirt cheap, so there you go.
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the term "Lavachet apartments" is generally used by Crystal and other Tour ops , they are the HOME CLUB apartments in Le Lavachet , not the most glamorous of accomm but you can ski back to them and they are only about 200m from the piste.
Good value for a self catering ski holiday though
there are night security in the home club ensuring no late night parties / noise etc , but it is a big block and as such there is a lot of people around early morning and coming back from apres ski etc
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I've stayed in the 'Home Club' apartments, admittedly back in 1991, but the memory is still imprinted on my brain. Awful is probably the best word I could use to describe them. Dodgy youth hostel quality at best.
Back then, there was absolutely nothing in Lavachet either, one restaurant and one shop as I remember. It was quite a walk to Tignes Le Lac and a good bus ride to the main lifts at Val Claret. I expect things have changed in nearly 20 years though!
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| queen bodecia wrote: |
I've stayed in the 'Home Club' apartments, admittedly back in 1991, but the memory is still imprinted on my brain. Awful is probably the best word I could use to describe them. Dodgy youth hostel quality at best.
Back then, there was absolutely nothing in Lavachet either, one restaurant and one shop as I remember. It was quite a walk to Tignes Le Lac and a good bus ride to the main lifts at Val Claret. I expect things have changed in nearly 20 years though! |
yep the home club is probably better than back in 91 ! Lavachet has a great deal going on now with live music 5 times a week , superb apres ski to be had ..4 restaurants 4 bars 1 pizza takeaway , 1 supermarket , bakery , lift pass office etc etc lavachet.com has info
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Apologies for resurrecting this old thread but I am also looking at staying in Lavachet, this time in the early season. Will the Lavachet lifts be open between 14-21st December or would we have to get the bus to Val Claret every day?
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If there is snow to ski to them they will be open. Will there be snow - well that's another question - but it would be highly unlikely to be green by the 3rd week in Dec
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I used to live in the Lavachet apartments, they are really basic. a good base if you're not planning on spending much time in them but if theres more than two of you it is a big squeeze in most. Can also be really lively there so you might not get much sleep. You can ski almost to your door though and theres a few bars on your doorstep to stumble back from.
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| asherh wrote: |
| Apologies for resurrecting this old thread but I am also looking at staying in Lavachet, this time in the early season. Will the Lavachet lifts be open between 14-21st December or would we have to get the bus to Val Claret every day? |
If there is the white stuff, yes.
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