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further to my earlier thread about taking a party of 40 by luxury coach to a small French resort
I have settled upon Val Cenis as a likely candidate just wondering if anybody who'se already been there could help with a little info
I have a decent price from the Hotel Relais des 2 cols and just wondering what its like ? is it close to the slopes and convenient ?
or is there another good slopeside hotel/residence there that I should be looking at ?
also is there a night club in the village and if so which part Lanslebourg or Lanselevillard ?
any views on club hotel alpazur ? another option going with snowcoach .
Thanks in anticipation
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I think Lanselevillard is the nicer location, and certainly as a centre for skiing but I don't know about night clubs. I don't know the hotel.
You can also ski other resorts in the valley while there, and there is lots of off piste.
There have been several threads in the past if you look on Forum-search (See top left. If you want to search the text as well as thread title don't forget to click for that).
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Hi,
The Hotel Relais des 2 cols is ok according to my girlfriend (from the Maurienne). French run and probably about 400m from the nearest lift so not too far to walk. The Alpazur is run by Snowcoach so an entirely different ambiance with mainly young British employees.
Val Cenis is just about buildings on either side of the main street. There's a variety of bars and sports shops for renting skis.
Lanslevillard is a couple of km further up the valley. I've passed through on my way to to Bessans and Bonneval both in summer and winter but never skied there. As a ski area probably best for families / beginners / intermediate skiers. However very beautiful valley and not a big "industrial" resort.
regards
Mark
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Lanslevillard is not just one long road (Lanslebourg is). Val Cenis (like Serre Chevallier) does not exist except as a term for the ski area (and a mountain and a pass).
You might consider Hotel Nanook in Lanslevillard. Not smart but good value and good food.
Lanslevillard + snowy chairs
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Oh sorry, party of 40, not sure if Nanook is big enough (might be but probably not)
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Pedro_2004,
Stayed at Alpazur with snowcoach & enjoyed it although did get a good deal at the time. Not sure its worth the 3 star rating 'snowcoach ' give it but nice & comfy ( maybe a little tired on the decor) & food was plentiful & good when I was there. Good location for uplift & ski back.
Recently returned from a 2nd trip to VC & loved it, this time self catering. I personally prefer the lanslebourg end of town but they a both nice.
I have read there is a night club but never heard, or seen it; place is very quiet at night so give it a miss if you are after loud apres ski.
Decent amount of skiing ( 125km) although not too much for advanced skiers I suspect. Good value food etc & locals very friendly.
Would go back again for sure.
Mitch
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| Pedro_2004 wrote: |
I have a decent price from the Hotel Relais des 2 cols and just wondering what its like ? is it close to the slopes and convenient ?
or is there another good slopeside hotel/residence there that I should be looking at ?
also is there a night club in the village and if so which part Lanslebourg or Lanselevillard ?
any views on club hotel alpazur ? another option going with snowcoach .
Thanks in anticipation |
Hi We drove back yesterday. Stayed at the Bonheur Des Pistes apartments which were wonderfully placed just on the fringe of Lanslevillard at the bottom of the piste - so possible (when there's snow in the valley) to ski to and from the ski locker room. We went with Snowtrex and got a stonking deal (£611 for four of us in a spacious apartment for 6 with lift passes for all of us). The apartments were well appointed and spacious and only 30m to the gondola and the best and cheapest place we found to eat - hot lucnh for 8 with beers at 80 Euros.
The Hotel Relais des 2 Cols is fab and would probably make a wonderful honeymooon hotel but there's not much else to do. Although I suppose if there's 40 of you you 'd make your own entertainment. It's towards the top of the lift system and requires a (as the gentlemen in my party put it) nadger numbing drag lift and red run plus pole down to it, or a walk up, or the hotel has a snow cat that will meet you at the top of the long chair lift out of Lanslebourg. So a great spot for some expensive lunchtime nosh but not at all convenient for the delights of the valley.
The residence Alpage looked good too, slopeside with pool.
Found it to be a relaxed resort and very enjoyable - but prefered the skiing over the hill in Termingon.
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Oops - just spotted my error - it's the Relais Des Cols that requires the nadger numbing lift ride....the 2 cols is in the valley 
can only put it down to severe post holiday blues....
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thanks everyone for your valued assistamce ...nothing like a bit of on the spot expertise and its much appreciated
veering towards the Balcon apartments now as they seem good value and look to be convenient for the lift system
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Pedro_2004,
Which 'Balcons' are you looking at? 'The Village' would be the one to go for IMHO.
Also ski hire is very 'cheap' compared to some other resorts & plenty of options to choose from ( think Balcons has a ski hire outlet on site)
If you do decide to drive it, I think some operators who suggest 8 1/2 to 9 hours driving time from Calais must have be assuming you're in an Aston ( or similar) 
More like 11 to 12.
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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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Mitchell thanks for your help, the Balcon village is the one I'm looking at and we are sort of planning to do it by luxury coach ...if I can get enough interest together to get a group of 40 sorted ....we're just all so fed up with airports and hassle and driving whilst fine is a slog for the driver plus we may well be able to get 8 days skiing out of a weeks holiday although not entirely sure if thats necessarily a good thing at my age !
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| Pedro_2004 wrote: |
| the Balcon village is the one I'm looking at |
put a call out for Zwee - she and her family stayed there this January
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