Skiing and Snowboarding in the Southern French Alps

High altitude skiing straight from your door on the edge of the Ecrins National Park

High altitude skiing straight from your door with unrivalled scenery on the edge of the Ecrins National Park.

Orcieres 1850 is a great resort for beginners right through to advanced skiers and snowboarders who want to ski or surf 'off the beaten track'.

• Large high altitude ski resort
• 300 days of sunshine per year
• Range of skiing and snowboarding for all abilities with over 100km of varied pistes.
• Brand new snowpark for beginners through to professionals
• Genuinely friendly atmosphere
• Range of high quality ski in ski out accommodation.
• Range of telemix, chairlifts and button lifts with short lift queues and no pushing and shoving!
• Excellent children's facilities including ski kindergarten, creche and a very good ESF and ESI ski school.
• Palais de Sport - swimming pool, sauna, jacuzzi, ice skating....
• Range of other activities to try including ice diving, sleeping in an igloo and husky dog sledding, ice climbing, snowshoeing and much more.

We are not just a tour operator based in a remote office booking your holiday, we offer a personalised customer service in resort and are there to help you make the most of the area and generally take the hassle out of your holiday!

We'll come and meet you when you arrive in resort and welcome you to the area, give you your ski passes (no queuing at the ticket desk!), pre-book your skis, organise your lessons and any other activities you fancy trying and we are around throughout your week for advice on where the best pistes are, where to eat, shop and generally have fun in the resort and surrounding area!!

We appreciate the importance of quality ski instruction and have chosen to work with the ESI (Ecole du Ski International) ski school who are slightly more expensive then the other ski schools but offer a more personal and friendly service with smaller group sizes.

We can easily add creche or babysitting, more ski lessons or other activities like ice diving, snowshoeing, husky dog sledding, cross country skiing, ice climbing or even a night in an igloo if you want a break from skiing.

0845 009 8501

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Accommodation Details

We have a range of accommodation possibilities in the resort from ski in ski out 4 star chalet style residences, some with an onsite restaurant, some with a pool and others with a sauna to hotels.

Self catering properties usually work on a Saturday to Saturday basis, but as Christmas falls on a Saturday this year, Christmas week is an 8 night stay from Saturday to Sunday, New Year is a 7 night stay from Sunday to Sunday as is the 2 - 9 January. The 9 - 15 January is a 6 night stay from Sunday to Saturday. After that it reverts back to Saturday to Saturday. The packages reflect this extra ski days for the 8 night week and less for the 6 night week.

Departure Dates, Options & Prices

Prices start from 485€ per person and depend on your choice of accommodation, your dates and how many people you are sharing a property / apartment. Please contact us or look at our site for more details. Please note that the French school holidays are from the 12th February 2011 - 12 March 2011 this year so prices for self catering apartments and chalets are higher for this period.

Getting Here:

There are lots of different options for getting here and we will help you plan and book your journey wherever possible. There are public transfers from Marseille and Grenoble airports and Marseille, Aix-en-Provence and Grenoble TGV stations throughout the season. We can also arrange private transfers from nearby airports and train stations, rail transport, ferry crossings and car hire but can't book flights. However, we can help you with information about who flies where so you can book your own.

0845 009 8501