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Espace Killy - The Killy skiing area features 153 ski slopes for a total of over 300 km of skiing.
Val d’Isère, also called “La Grande Dame”, is now one of the world’s greatest ski resorts. It is a village that has preserved an authentic charm, with its typical stone and timber Savoyard architecture, and the contrast of green fir trees and white snow. It offers a particularly warm and lively atmosphere.
Tignes is a gem of a resort for all ski lovers. It is thoroughly modern, with innovative equipment and access to the entire domain by ski.
Hotels Espace Killy

Evasion Mont-Blanc - Covering 6 resorts, 125 ski lifts and 445km of slopes, the vast Evasion Mont Blanc is covered on just one lift pass giving skiers and boarders access to a huge variety of skiable terrain. Boarders can enjoy the Mont Joux snow park at the heart of the Evasion Mont Blanc ski area and this area also offers the steepest slopes and off-piste. Beginners are well catered for and the whole area is well known for its excellent mountain restaurants.
Discover the fantastic sites of Chamonix Valley, its villages and eternal snow, Le Mont Blanc’s tramway (the highest in Europe), the Bossons glacier, the Sea of Ice and L’Aiguille du Midi accessible by cable-car.
It is in the village of Saint Gervais that Le Mont Blanc reaches a height of 4810 metres, offering the greatest difference in altitude in Europe, from 580 to 4810 m.A ski safari around Mont Blanc is an excellent choice. An itinerary which will allow the amateurs of "grand ski" to discover -with a high mountain qualified guide- the best tracks of Megève, Chamonix, Saint Gervais and Courmayeur.
Hotels Evasion Mont-Blanc

Les Trois Vallées - The world’s largest ski area, the Three Valleys, with 600 km of slopes for all kind of winter sports.
The cosmopolite resort of Courchevel offers you 65 automatic chairlifts and 102 ski slopes with 65 automatic chairlifts, 102 ski slopes which are available from the very beginning to the end of the season, and its 523 snow blowers. Courchevel offers a snow cover of an exceptional quality.
Located in the heart of the olympic Savoie area, The ski resort of Les Ménuires belongs to the famous Three Valleys, the world’s biggest ski area. The wide, perfectly exposed site is very sunny. Les Ménuires is a sports enthusiasts’ and thrill-seekers’ paradise as well as a family resort with many activities for non-skiers. But this friendly, functional place is above all a ski resort where you can literally set off for the slopes with your skis on.
Hotels Les Trois Vallées

Paradiski - The Paradiski ski domain is made up of the two immense ski areas of La Plagne and Les Arcs, open from mid December 2008 to end April. If the 200kms of runs in Les Arcs aren’t enough for you - with Paradiski, experience an additional 134 runs covering the areas of Peisey-Vallandry and La Plagne and ski one of the largest linked ski domains in the world! It’s for both beginner and expert skiers! A ski area that lives up to your expectations.
Plagne Soleil boasts an privileged location in the heart of an immense ski resort as well as spectacular panoramic views. 133 ski slopes spread over 225 km.
The natural setting of la plagne soleil will offer you a complete change of scenery as well as numerous activities such as hiking between the alps and the glaciers. Whether by foot, on mountain bike or by ski, the resort offers a large number of activities between the vanoise, champagny and the bellecote glacier: biking, paragliding, kayak, rafting, hiking and thanks to 10 stations related by lifts it is also possible to ski on the glacier in summer. For you to relax, la plagne offers cinema, ice rink, bowling, sauna, hammam, massage and Well-Equipped sports halls. You will also find shops, restaurants and bars.
Hotels Paradiski

Alpes d'Huez - L'Alpes d'Huez is a ski-resort blessed by the gods. Facing south and enjoying all the sunshine, it has earned the nickname of "Sunshine Island".
Skiable slopes and awe-inspiring panorama, situated between 1860 and 3300 meters of altitude, L'Alpes d'Huez benefit from 220 km of ski-runs, including the longest in Europe (17km), areas for the new snow-gliding sports and 54 km of cross-country skiing.
The Alpes d'Huez has a fantastic panorama overlooking the Mont Blanc, Cervin and the Meije.
Winter attractions include ski, surfing, ice rink, rackets, parapente, ULM, driving school on ice, motorcycle shows, School of Piloting, air walks, tennis, visits to the Cave of Ice, Museum of the Alpine Pasture, concerts, exhibitions, entertainment, shops and more.
Hotels Alpes d'Huez

French Pyrenees - The Pyrenees mountain range runs along the border between France and Spain, with the small country of Andorra nestling in the middle. It is 400 Km long and 70 Km wide. Although the Alps attract millions of tourists each winter season the Pyrenees tend to be less crowded and less expensive than some of the "premier" French resorts.
Ski / Wintersport Hotels Pyrénées

• Luchon/Superbagnères - The old mountain village, Luchon, is at 630m altitude and is linked to the ski resort of Superbagnères by 17 Km of road or by an 8 minute gondola trip. Altitude 630-2,260m - Ski runs: 5 green, 8 blue, 6 red, 6 black - 15 ski lifts
  Hotels Bagnères-de-Luchon
• Font-Romeu - In the heart of Catalan Pyrenees Natural Park, Font-Romeu, is above all, a ski resort with one of the more modern, seducer skiing area of the massif. The slopes are naturally integrated in the landscape of a pure nature; everyone enjoys quietly the white mood in panoramic spaces.
  Hotels Font-Romeu

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