On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:43:08 +0100, Higgins
<the.best.names.are.gone@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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<x-posted to rsre>
>Speaking of skiing, I just scored some bargainous 1st class Thalys
Eh?
<Googles>
Oh, trains.
>tickets to Albertville for February half-term, any suggestions on where,
>among the many options, to go skiing from there?
>
>We need something family friendly, including a non-skier, with me being
>intermediate and the kids being beginners (including one who is
>determined to go to the dark side).
>
>We went to Meribel last year and that was fine but I'm not sure I want
>to go to the same place twice in succession.
Well there's all the other 3v resorts, of course, which are all among
the closest to Albertville, then all the rest of the Tarentaise,
including La Plagne, Les Arcs, La Rosiere, St Foye, Tignes, Val
d'Isere...
But where? Well I think you should rule out Tignes and Val as not much
cop for non-skiers. Then again, I'm not sure any of them are great for
that, but I speak as a skier, of course.
There's also Valmorel, which I've never been to, but is closer to
Albertville than any of the above, sounds pretty suitable, though.
http://www.skiclub.co.uk/skiclub/resorts/resortintro.asp?intContactID=44762
But I don't know how you're planning to do the last leg of your
journey, so that might have some bearing. Certainly you could take the
train on to Moutier (or Aime or Bourg St. Maurice for the others
mentione) but you'd then need to look into busses or taxis from there.
The only really train-friendly resort there is Les Arcs, where you can
take the Arc-en-Ciel funicular direct from the station at Bourg. But
then that falls down on the convenience and family-friebdly front.
See if anyone else has any input.
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