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Fingers  were skiing there this month!
Family with teens who tend to eat out.
The pharmacie will know us very well by the time we leave due to daily testing but any other tips and/or restaurant recommendations?
Thank you!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@Reallyrubbishskier, Avoriaz is not really known for its restaurants ... very nice kebab wrap in Changabang tho!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Ugly village but great ski in ski out resort.
I have only done an all inclusive stay at the Club Med (once, never again). I now stay in Morzine & get the bubble over.
I don’t think there’s many restaurants in town (apart from a few fast food, snack places) but there are some great bars on the run down to the lifts and there’s a great La Folie Douce.
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Nice take away pizzas in the bakery called le fournil de cannelle, and loads of amazing cakes.
A mention for changabang already and I'll second that for their burgers, no idea what time they open have only had lunch there.
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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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Le Grand Cafe by the Amara Apartments has always been really nice when we've been there. Pricey, but we're normally there when it's a family birthday so it has worked well for that.
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I really like it! Chez Flo - very cosy and Trappeurs good too. Changabang is a good lunch stop. Some swanky new hotels gone up with restaurants so probably worth checking out. Theres a great restaurant on the run down to Prodains that does dinner & sledging and cable car back up.
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@Reallyrubbishskier, Great piste skiing, ugly village.
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Architecture not to everyone's taste, there are worse places....but I'd never describe it as ugly as it's mostly covered in snow
Earlier this morning from the webcam.
Refuge l’ Abricotine – bottom of Les Brochaux chair is a great spot for lunch if over that side.
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@polo, I’m with you. i don't think its ugly at all. I think the architecture is pretty cool and the history of the place too.
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@polo, @Nadenoodlee, I agree. And it blends into the cliffs below, sort of.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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I think it’s cool too. Depending on your kids standard (the connecting blue can be tricky) I’d recommend getting into the linderets valley then up to the Swiss border. The runs from there back to linderets are good.
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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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@Reallyrubbishskier, as you can tell, its appearance definitely splits opinions - but I'm guessing you've seen videos so probably know which camp you're in. Personally I think it looks pretty cool, and blends into the the mountain and cliff edge really well.
Great resort for families given the pedestrianised nature, with horse and carts trundling around and most apartments being ski-in ski-out. Some nice family restaurants along the main strip, but once you've identified what takes your fancy then it's worth booking. Plenty of good places for lunch (although we went in April so were sitting outside all the time).
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Fantastic lunch at Les Marmottes at the Lindarets plateau. Great place to stop.
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You know it makes sense.
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Get over to Chatel side for some great runs and restaurants at Plane Dranse. Only 2 lifts away from Avoriaz.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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I skied there this weekend.
It snowed hard all day and I couldn't see squat.
I think thats about all you need to know.
There's plenty of places to eat ranging from snack bar, pizza, savoyard cheese-fest, tex-mex, burgers, to fancy-dan French stuff btw.
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Poster: A snowHead
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| Ozboy wrote: |
| Get over to Chatel side for some great runs and restaurants at Plane Dranse. Only 2 lifts away from Avoriaz. |
Completely agree, lovely red run down there - and a visit to Chez BaBeth is always an eye-opener (especially at Christmas!!!)
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| Handy Turnip wrote: |
| Ozboy wrote: |
| Get over to Chatel side for some great runs and restaurants at Plane Dranse. Only 2 lifts away from Avoriaz. |
Completely agree, lovely red run down there - and a visit to Chez BaBeth is always an eye-opener (especially at Christmas!!!) |
Always check the bill at BaBeth as they are known for creative accounting!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Great resort for families given the pedestrianised nature, with horse and carts trundling around and most apartments being ski-in ski-out. Some nice family restaurants along the main strip, but once you've identified what takes your fancy then it's worth booking.
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This +1 - Avoriaz has been my families resort of choice since my youngest son (now 6yr old) was born. The car-free ski-in-out nature of the resort makes it so convenient with the kids.
Would recommend restaurant Les Fountaines Blanche on the main Street - good varied menu of cheap pizzas, steaks, pasta and traditional french mountain fare.
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Head to La Chavanette for some minced meat 
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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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| under a new name wrote: |
| @Reallyrubbishskier, Avoriaz is not really known for its restaurants ... very nice kebab wrap in Changabang tho! |
Oh, but you are sooo wrong.
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@zzz, you didn't like the kebab??
I am probs well out of date, just don't know of many good restaurants in Avoriaz village itself. But I am painfully out of date on that.
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Most of the apartments are tiny, and have n-5 sockets where n is the bare minimum you actually need to function!  Take a couple of UK 4 gang trailing* leads and a couple of adapters. It will be worth it.
* It being the 21stC, there are prob 4 gang usbs these days, for the tech.
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| Charliegolf wrote: |
* It being the 21stC, there are prob 4 gang usbs these days, for the tech. |
There are ... we've had them for a long time - often with uk/EU/US conversions ...
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Skiing fantastic in PDS, Apres is bobbins and take plenty of coin with you
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