 Poster: A snowHead
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Has anyone had any experience with staying at a UCPA place in France?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Yep, twice. Once in La Plagne, once in Val D'Isere.
La Plagne: excellent instruction, big Q in the morning at first lift, well organised e.g. games/activities, very 'french' and superb food. We were in tiny room.
Val D: excellent instruction, good location, not so 'french' as La Plagne.
General: excellent value for money, coach travel not much fun (take a sleepng pill). I know it's a cliche but if you can speak at least a little French it goes a long way in the good will stakes.
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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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Thanks Nick,
sounds like you'd recommend it!
Thinking of staying in the one in Tignes - party of 12. I'll probably take the off piste option.
Any further comments/experiences?
Thanks
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Sorry, but what is a UCPA place please?
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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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UCPA, Union Nationale des Centres Sportifs de Plein Air
French sports club - they do lots of sporting holidays at very reasonable prices, and you get all sorts of nationalitties. Very popular with Belgians, Swedes and the Ducth apparently
http://www.ucpa.com/
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You'll need to Register first of course.
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on a bit of a tangent, when I googled for UCPA to get the link, one of the sponsored links was for a place called "action outdoors" who do all-inclusive ski holidays.
Yould think, though, that if they go to the expense of sposored links in Google (which aren;t cheap), they'd have a site that works.....
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Ah, thank you nbt 
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Ok, so what is Tignes nightlife like then guys?
I know it is nothing compared to the hedonistic ways of VDI, but will it cater well for a group of 12 mid 20's male & females? 
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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Well, there's a ten pin bowling alley in Le Lac and a pool table in the pub on the road up to the Village Montana.....
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not good then??
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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If Tignes is anything like La Plagne they have events organised most nights, including those French Rock 'n' Roll dances the French seem to like but also disco, casino night etc.
It's all quite studenty (and presumably you're all recent students ??) but good fun.
If you're on a budget, it's probably the best deal you'll get in a major ski resort. And if you're on a budget you don't want to think of buying a beer in VDI !!
There's also one at Val Thoren which is down the hill, a bit but nightlife there was quite good.
If you're on the coach just make sure you've got lots of stuff to amuse yourself on the way.
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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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What cr*p punctuation !
And yes, I know I could edit it.
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| weirdonorskie wrote: |
Ok, so what is Tignes nightlife like then guys?
I know it is nothing compared to the hedonistic ways of VDI, but will it cater well for a group of 12 mid 20's male & females? |
Hit and miss.
Went one year and the place was buzzing. Went a couple of years later at exactly the same time of year and it was like a morgue most nights.
Val Claret tends to be a bit livelier than Le Lac. Only been down to Le Lavachet once and it wasn't great so we never went back. Bus runs between the villages all through the night, but only once an hour after midnight.
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