Val D Isere Adventure Travel Guide
Val D Isere
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Val D’Isere is part of the famous L’Espace Killy ski region in the French Alps, found in the Savoie department of the Northern Alps. There are over 150km of pistes to carve through, and the off-piste is regarded as some of the best in France, if not the world.
Val D’Isere has extensive chair-lifts and gondolas, and is also linked with Tignes via bus routes, providing even more skiing. The chairlifts tend to be fast and cover a large vertical distance, meaning less time on the lift and more time on the slopes! Val D’Isere is made up of three areas: Le Fornet, Le Solaise and Bellevarde.
With all of these areas there is a huge range ... (Read more...)
Val D’Isere has extensive chair-lifts and gondolas, and is also linked with Tignes via bus routes, providing even more skiing. The chairlifts tend to be fast and cover a large vertical distance, meaning less time on the lift and more time on the slopes! Val D’Isere is made up of three areas: Le Fornet, Le Solaise and Bellevarde.
With all of these areas there is a huge range ... (Read more...)
Val D Isere Weather
of terrain, from ideal nursery slopes to adrenaline-pumping black runs and everything in-between. It’s not only skiing you can do here, as a range of other activities, such as husky-sledding, ice-climbing and ice-skating are on offer.
Val D’Isere doesn’t just disappear in the summer months, it transforms into a great get-away. There are thrill-seeking downhill mountain bike descents, rock climbing, canyoning, donkey trails, fishing and archery. Let’s not forget there are also several spas; Val D’Isere can provide a relaxing detox holiday, as well as it can an adrenaline-fuelled powder fest.
This adventure playground is probably one of the most beautiful ski resorts in the world. The lake that can be seen at the end of the valley on your descent is picture perfect, as is town's rustic alpine architecture. Chambery airport is the closest - around two-and-a-half hours' drive from the resort on a good day. Geneva Lyon and Grenoble are all also relatively close, and at a stretch you could even try Turin or St. Etienne. You can also get the train most of the way to the resort, with Bourg Saint Maurice station found only about 30km, and a short taxi drive away.
Val D’Isere doesn’t just disappear in the summer months, it transforms into a great get-away. There are thrill-seeking downhill mountain bike descents, rock climbing, canyoning, donkey trails, fishing and archery. Let’s not forget there are also several spas; Val D’Isere can provide a relaxing detox holiday, as well as it can an adrenaline-fuelled powder fest.
This adventure playground is probably one of the most beautiful ski resorts in the world. The lake that can be seen at the end of the valley on your descent is picture perfect, as is town's rustic alpine architecture. Chambery airport is the closest - around two-and-a-half hours' drive from the resort on a good day. Geneva Lyon and Grenoble are all also relatively close, and at a stretch you could even try Turin or St. Etienne. You can also get the train most of the way to the resort, with Bourg Saint Maurice station found only about 30km, and a short taxi drive away.
