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I am hopefully going to get a last minute deal for the last week of march. But I have suddenly started to worry about the french school holidays. When are they likely to be?
If they are on then are there certain resorts better than others to avoid?
TIA
Will
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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justapurrin, last week in March completely clear of any holidays, first French Easter breaks are not until 8th April. Where are you lookinhg for we have space for the week commenbcing 26th March at discounted rates, see our ad in snowShops or go to our website www.tracksvacations.com for details.
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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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As a rule to avoid crowd don't ski between 2nd week of Feb to 2nd week of Mar in France. If you have kids and that is the time you must travel then go to Austrian resorts instead, unless you enjoy the company in queuing for the chairlifts, the challenge of picking your way through a large number of skiers in the slopes and sniffing the rich gasoline/diesel fume at the traffic jam at change-over days.
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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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Should anyone be interested, the French school holiday calendar can be found here
You will find three different sets of dates, as the French school holidays are split by region (giving a longer period to avoid )
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Patch, Excellent link thank you.
Could I suggest that a Moderator puts the link and/or post in the TRips and travel resources section?
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boredsurfin, good idea, I've added it to the relevant thread, along with another link to the MeteoFrance Mountain Weather page
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So now its a sticky Patch,
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To avoid school holiday hell, pick a resort/area that's mainly used by locals and avoid their school holidays. During the winter, our area can only be reached from the south of France so is only busy during the Nice/Marseille holidays. During the Paris school holidays there were no lift queues and the pistes were practically empty which I doubt was the case in many resorts.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Hi Patch,
We have availability from Sunday 26th March at Puy Saint Vincent (apartment right on the pistes) or from Friday 24th March for a larger apartment int he Valley (5mins to Puy,15mins to Serre Chevalier). Take a look here for more details http://www.alpsun.com/apartments_en.htm . We don't have a Saturday to Saturday policy so you can arrive and leave when you want.
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