the liveliest bet for Tignes après-ski. Gentler and more scenic, La Plagne is made up of ten villages, and is great for easygoing wooded runs and cross-country trails, with some easy off-piste. Ideal for families, Valmorel and La Tania are both small, safe villages with car-free centres. Valmorel has nursery slopes in the middle of the village, with Club Piou Piou taking care of children between 18 months and six years. La Tania is linked to Courchevel and Méribel, with easy runs back to the village. Val d’Isère has a reputation for serious après-ski. Its famed party scene has lost some of its fi zz recently, with the younger crowd put off by rising prices, but it’s still a goer, with essential après-ski spots including La Folie Douce, Bananas, the Moris Pub and the legendary club Dick’s Tea Bar. Val d’Isère also has some of the world’s best lift-served off-piste. Les Arcs is a good all-rounder, with super-swift links to Paris and London (it’s just 20 minutes by funicular from the train station at Bourg Saint-Maurice). It has plenty of high-quality terrain and an enticing variety of runs; the 7km descent from Aiguille Rouge to Le Pré, dropping 2,000 metres, is a classic. For student groups on a shoestring, there are abundant, affordable self-catering apartments in Les Menuires, making it the best-value resort in the Trois Vallées, with no let-up in the fantastic quality of skiing and snowboarding on offer at all levels. At the other end of the scale, in oligarch-friendly, high-status Courchevel 1850, you can stay at Byblos des Neiges (byblos.com), an offshoot of the St Tropez original, and eat like royalty at two-Michelin-star Chabichou (chabichou-courchevel. com). La Table de Mon Grand-Père (lespeupliers.com), down in Le Praz, does simpler, very good Savoyard cooking. Val Thorens: 1 hour 15 mins by coach from Moûtiers. Tignes: 2 hours by coach from Bourg-St-Maurice. La Plagne: 40 mins by coach from Aime-la-Plagne. Val d’Isère: 1 hour 30 mins by coach from Bourg-St- Maurice. Valmorel and La Tania: each about 45 mins from Moûtiers by coach. Les Ménuires: about 45 mins by coach from Moûtiers. Courchevel: 1 hour by coach from Moûtiers. Standard tickets from £149, eurostar.com 38 METROPOLITAN Val d’Isère is just an hour and half from Bourg-Saint- Maurice Val d’Isère est à seulement une heure et demie de Bourg Saint-Maurice La Tania est relié à Courchevel et Méribel avec retour au village par des pistes faciles. Val d’Isère est réputé pour son ambiance de soirée. La vie nocturne y a récemment perdu de sa superbe, les jeunes étant rebutés par les tarifs en hausse, mais cela n’en demeure pas moins une destination de choix avec des lieux comme La Folie douce, Bananas, le Moris Pub et la fameuse boîte Dick’s Tea Bar. Val d’Isère propose aussi un des meilleurs hors-piste desservis par remonte-pente. Les Arcs sont un bon choix généraliste, avec des liaisons rapides vers Paris et Londres (20 minutes en funiculaire de la gare de Bourg Saint-Maurice). Les nombreuses pistes sont excellentes et variées. Le dénivelé de 2 000 m sur les 7 km de l’Aiguille rouge au Pré est un grand classique. Pour les étudiants au budget restreint, il existe de nombreux appartements abordables aux Ménuires, ce qui en fait le meilleur rapport qualité-prix des Trois Vallées, sans sacrifi er la qualité du ski et du snowboard. À l’extrême inverse, dans l’élitiste Courchevel 1850 (qui surpasse Courchevel 1650 et 1550 en altitude et en chic), vous pourrez séjourner au Byblos des Neiges (www.byblos.com), un dérivé de l’original tropézien, et manger comme des rois au Chabichou, 2 étoiles au Michelin (chabichou-courchevel.com) ou encore à Il Vino, centré sur le vin, (ilvinobyenricobernardo. com). La Table de mon grand-père (lespeupliers.com), située plus bas au Praz, propose une délicieuse cuisine savoyarde plus simple. Val Thorens : une heure et quart en car de Moûtiers. Tignes : deux heures en car de Bourg-Saint- Maurice. La Plagne : 40 minutes en car d’Aime-la-Plagne. Val d’Isère : une heure et demie en car de Bourg-Saint-Maurice. Valmorel et La Tania : 45 minutes en car de Moûtiers. Les Ménuires : environ Shutterstock 45 minutes en car de Moûtiers. Courchevel : une heure en car de Moûtiers Photograph:
The most exhilarating slopes in France 7 nights s/c inc. 6-day lift pass from £225 pp, selected dates. Quote ref: Eurostar A charming resort that links four beautiful villages along the valley between Briançon and the Col du Lautaret, southern Alps. Extensive skiing and snowboarding • 250km of snow-sure, tree-lined slopes from 1200 – 2830m • Excellent snow record with maximum sunshine days • Masses of family incentives • Free ski passes for under 6’s • Direct rail to Briançon • 600 miles from Calais on superb network of motorways. Visit the fabulous Les Grands Bains du Monêtier – the perfect experience of pools, relaxation, health and beauty, with spa and wellness facilities Serre Chevalier Vallée Tourist Office: 0033 (0)4 92 24 98 80 www.serre-chevalier.com
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