France Ski Resorts

By far the most popular ski holiday destination for the British is France and it is easy to see why. With its huge number of resorts catering for every level of skier or snowboarder, a French ski holiday can be tailored to meet your exact needs.

Tignes is the best ski resort in France in terms of snow due to its high altitude and it is also perfect for skiers of all standards, offering up a range of pistes.

Tignes sits in one of the most beautiful natural bowls in the Alps, with a glacier at the top end and plenty of chilly north-facing slopes.

Accommodation in Tignes offers a good mixture of self-catering apartments, chalets and hotels, and there are plenty of non-ski activities available such as skidoo riding, dog sledding and ice climbing. Many of the lodgings are also within easy reach of the ski lifts.

Along with Val d'Isere, Tignes was listed as a sure-snow resort in the Good Ski & Snowboarding Guide 2005. Val d'Isere is also recognised as one of the top ski resorts in France and opens this year on December 1st.

Tignes and Val d'Isere

Tignes and Val d'Isere are close to each other as part of the Espace Killy ski region and both have plenty of beginner slopes for those on family ski holidays.

If good apres ski is high on your tick list for a ski resort in France, Alpe d'huez is the one to pay a visit to with bars such as:

• Sphere Bar in Quartier de L'Eclose
• Le Zoo Bar
• L'Altibar
• Pub Melting Pot

offering up a great ski holiday atmosphere.

For a ski resort in France that caters to different groups then Meribel is a great choice. The ski resort has a day nursery and kindergarten for babies and young children and also offers a free ski pass to children under the age of five.

Ski instruction is also available at the resort, not only for children and beginners but other groups too. An adaptive instructor is available to teach the visually-impaired while instructors with experience in assisting skiers with Down's Syndrome and the hearing-impaired are also available.

It goes without saying that snow is crucial to a ski holiday and as such the ski resort in France that can practically guarantee snow is Val Thorens.

A total 99 per cent of its ski area is situated at high altitude above 2,000 metres and skiers in Val Thorens have the choice of three different ski areas.

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