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Got a great deal there for Chrimbo.
£312.00 Is it any good.
Never been to Tignes before. Is it expensive to eat on the mountain?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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johnboy, you are one strange boy. 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Frosty the Snowman, 
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johnboy, Well done you ! 
I have no idea about the Chalet or mountain restaurants apart from the one at the top of the funicular which was averagly priced IIRC - there are plenty of very good eateries in the village which are very reasonable. I'm sure you'll have a great time - it's a fantastic ski area, and I too would like to go back there one the whole of The Espace Killy is open, as I have only skied the glacier and the Double M.
Do you have a link to your chalet and the deal ?
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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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johnboy, I am not a Crystal fan, preferring other chalet companies, but from Belfast (I presume), that is a snorting Christmas deal. No asking how much the lift pass, and ignoring the fact you will be spending over a grand in all and you ask if the mountain lunches are a couple of Euros on the high side 
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Works out at just over 1K for 2 with espace du killy pass and a set of skis for Rhonda.
Was budgeting on £600.00 spends. All I want is a good lunch on the mountain with a few beer stops on the way. Says there is wine with dinner. Is this likely to be unlimited as with Le Mouflon?
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johnboy, usually the wine will keep flowing until dinner is over; eat slowly and get the waitress's attention when your carafe is empty 
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I think I might have stayed in it several years ago. Well located for ski access (short walk to the nearest piste, and a chairlift very close by). IIRC the most direct route back to the chalet on skis is down the Trolles black, but I think you can also access it from the other side of Tignes on gentler slopes if you are prepared to pole a bit across a flat section of piste in front of Maison Tignes. The chalet is located closer to Lavachet than Le Lac, so a bit of a walk (quickest up the piste) to get to shops and nightlife.
No more expensive to eat on the mountain than most of the other big French resorts. Access to the villages by ski is so convenient that you might find it cheaper to eat in Tignes or Val d'Isere than up the hill somewhere. Have to say I find the restaurant at the top of the Tignes funicular, the Panoramique, to be awful and best avoided. If you do find yourself there don't have the soup o the ravioli as they surgically remove the taste from both.
Make sure you make time to visit the spa (think they might call it a Wellness Centre  ) for an enjoyable steam room/sauna and jacuzzi. I can also recommend a sports massage from Mrs W who will visit your chalet after your day skiing to help revive aching muscles.
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usually the wine will keep flowing until dinner is over; eat slowly and get the waitress's attention when your carafe is empty
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there speaks the experienced catered-chalet goer! I found eating on the mountain in the Espace Killy rather expensive, but at that price for Christmas, who cares?
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johnboy, The chalet seems in a great spot, we have stayed very near it and I suspect it is next to the Paquis & Chaudannes lifts. A fab spot. Looking at the site I bet the bedrooms are tiny and the food and wine not a patch on Le Mouflon, but then there will be lots of other guests. GO FOR IT.
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| Frosty the Snowman wrote: |
| johnboy, The chalet seems in a great spot, we have stayed very near it and I suspect it is next to the Paquis & Chaudannes lifts. A fab spot. Looking at the site I bet the bedrooms are tiny and the food and wine not a patch on Le Mouflon, but then there will be lots of other guests. GO FOR IT. |
The bedroom I had there was a good size, with a balcony facing the Paquis chair, although there was one room, sold as a single, which was nothing more than a large cupboard from what I could see, and didn't even have a window.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Stayed in the place decades ago when it was a Bladon Lines chalet.
A fortnight at the end of April. I broke my shoulder in the January but still decided to go as it was a really good deal. I just skied carefully avoiding falls.
Chalet was a nice, clean, modern building in those days. A bus took you up the other end of town. Usual end-of-season high jinks on the last evening -heavy drinking, truth games, butter being thrown around the place for some reason.
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Last Tango in Tignes 
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You know it makes sense.
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Sounds like a good location.
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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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rob@rar, that restaurant has to be the worst mountain restaurant I have ever eaten in, the soup was like dishwater, however, it seemed a bit better when we were there in October.
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Poster: A snowHead
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What a blast from the past. Chalet Glacier was our first skiing holiday together (10 or so years ago) - we were just a couple but joined in with two very large groups many of whom have become great friends. My memories are that it was cosy but basic, there was a lift just at the end of a short road and you could ski back. This part of Tignes (probably changed by now) was a little dead though.
Years on we are living the dream here in the Pyrenees. Its not the same - but life is so much better.
www.peak-times.com
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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The restaurant at the top of the Chaudannes is the one I tend to gravitate to for lunch if I'm on the Tiges side at lunchtime. If Val, then the Marmottes is quite good.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Stayed in that chalet in 2005. Id say £312 is about right for that place and if its the same as it was back then youll get what you pay for. Unmotivated staff with low morale, unrecognizable food, tiny rooms (dont get the one in the eaves or you'll be banging your head all week), lots of broken bits and pieces, not enough loos etc. That said - we kicked up a fuss and got some money back so hopefully theyve pulled their socks up - would be interested to hear if they have.
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| Ghost Dog wrote: |
| The restaurant at the top of the Chaudannes is the one I tend to gravitate to for lunch if I'm on the Tiges side at lunchtime. |
I'd recommend that one as well It's got a self-service side & a proper restaurant - we ate in the restaurant & the food was very good indeed, although far from cheap... don't think we'd do it every day!
The Panoramique has a nice help-yourself salad bar, which is good value, but the hot food was pretty unimpressive when we were there.
There's a great place on the Santons run going down into Val D'Isere as well - big portions of seriously yummy food (to fuel the long walk through the chalets on the lower part of the run! I still wonder if we went the wrong way - it was more cross-country than downhill...).
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