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'Oisans' resorts linked to L'Alpe d'Huez
 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi all,
I know I'm going off track here but I'm thinking of going to ADH in January , it will be the first time back on snow for 8 years and this means me and the better half are considering taking two girls aged 7 1/2 and 5 years for there first ski holiday. Very Happy

Could I have some advice on the following:-

1. Has anybody took two young kids to ADH on theie first holiday and what was it like

2. What was the instruction like for the kids

3. Did you go for 1 hr private lessons for them or morning ski school ( any recomendations )

4. Is there plenty of choice for picky brats to eat out.

Thanks in anticipation and for any further advice you give. ( Its a lot of money if they winge for a week and we have a domestic) Crying or Very sad
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 Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person

vtoakley, last year I had a family with 2 children about the same age as yours come to ADH and stay in an apartment here (their first time also) - they said at the end that it hadn't just been a ski holiday but an activity holiday as there is so much to do here for kids.

Very little head-scratching is needed to entertain the children as your lift passes give you free access to so many places, swiming pools, indoor sports centre with table tennis, climbing, roller hockey, football, ice-skating, the ice grotto and the list goes on. Theres even one of those 'Elastic Trampoline' jobbies here which are so popular with kids.

In terms of eateries - you should find something to please them on the slopes - there are a couple of English run places that may well have something that appeals.

For lessons, this year having organised several lessons for children I push private lessons here. I just think the difference in price is well worth it (not huge) to give kids the opportunity for some intensive tuition with an instructor that I recomend who I know speaks good English and is great with kids. I have a little list of both male and female instructors.

I hope this gives you a bit more confidence about the 'wallet surgery' to come - if you need any help then please do PM me!
Sarah Very Happy
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I also went to ADH with friends who took their two boys of similar ages to your children for the first time. Food shouldn't be too much of a problem, decent pizzeria/pasta/ fries eatery at the foot of the main slope into ADH. Good slopes for giving confidence for first time skiers. they went to the ESF ski school mornings only-seemed ok.
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Philip Prior, sarah@alpedhuez, ADH in the mid-80s had good skiing but it was the armpit of Europe in terms of its charm and ambience!
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It's Done

Booked up out of newcastle on 7th Jan for a week staying in the Christiania Apts in the Les Bergers area , hopefully picked the right side for the ski school meeting place and nursery slopes. snowHead

I hope the kids enjoy it or it will be hell for a week .
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Gordyjh, Did you realise thatsarah@alpedhuez, actually lives there? You've just diss'd her home! In any case, that was 20 years ago. Shocked

ps: I live on the other side of the valley and like my side best!!!!! Laughing Laughing Laughing
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Gordyjh, Rich coming from Newmarket!!

Thanks Easiski!! xxx
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sarah@alpedhuez, I don't, I just live here! Smile
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