 Poster: A snowHead
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Well no more trips for me this year.
Went to Flaine (didn't like the faine area too much, but loved the rest of grand massif) in Jan.
Went to Chamrousse in feb with the family (enjoyed it all, but the lif queues were the worst i have sufferred - half term)
Went to Tignes / Val D'sere (loved the area, particulary Val, dunno why ppl slag it off !).
So, advice please on 2011. My daughter starts high school and her term times are differrent to the norm, she has first two weeks of March off... so it wont bankrupt me for the family trip !! We are thinking of doing a package trip for the first time so the kids wil hopefully meet more british kids. firstly, do many brit families go to VAL CENIS with the brit TO's? I guess they would or would i have to go to more expensive brit traps like Val? The kids ski well, but 100-120km's is more than enough and stops them getting lost ! My kids are aged 12 and 16 by the time we go. Any advise for that resort?
Also, planning a group trip to LES ARCS late Jan 2011. I have been before, stayed in 1800, SC Accom. There would be 10 of us and i'd like a reasonably priced chalet or hotel so no cooking required. Would like to stay in 1950 if poss or maybe over the piesy vallandry side. Dont need flights, so just the chalet. Any recomendations.. oh, ski in/out or very close to that.
thanks and I hope that you all had a good season !
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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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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Libertine, if you want to meet british kids of a similiar age you need to go in british holiday time, looks like the 1st 2 weeks of April are school hols in Leeds, I think Reading is the 2nd/3rd week of April.
If you go the first 2 weeks of March, the vast majority of Brits with kids will be those who aren't at school age.
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Libertine, Arc 1950 is very good but not cheap. It is truly ski in/out which is great. You need to go to the resort web page or ask on here for help as some owners might do something direct. The resort runs a catered option which I have been told is good value. There are quite a few places to eat out but like all 4 star resorts, quite expensive.
As kitenski, says, to meet english speakers, better to go in school holidays. Might find a few around in March depending on when half term is.
If you do come to Les Arcs, send me a pm as i spend most of the season there. Hope this info helped.
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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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Val Cenis - lovely skiing - very few Brits or other English-speaking folks there though. We went last week in Jan and only heard one other English-speaking family there - so if you are wanting more than your own company I wouldn't recommend it. Our friends went at Easter and found the same thing! If you can get a big group together or are happy to talk amongst yourselves or in French then it is excellent value, easy to drive to and very pretty.
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