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PRESS PACK
2015-2016
© SMBT / Tristan Shu
W I NTER
www.savoie-mont-blanc.co.uk
Tignes Hôtel Le Taos © Studio Bergoend
ACCOMMODATION
Savoie Mont Blanc Tourisme is the Tourist Board for the Savoie
and Haute-Savoie departments. Savoie Mont Blanc covers two third
of the French Alps and is the first ski destination in the world,
with 110 ski resorts and 18 linked ski areas.
A new lift pass is launched this winter giving access to 1,300km
of slopes, five glaciers and almost 400 lifts! The Alpine Legends
covers the 3 Valleys, Paradiski, and Tignes/ Val d’Isère and is available
for six, seven or nine days. The pass costs €340 for six days.
New hotels and chalets
Châtel
Chalet Mustang is a new luxury catered
chalet located at 200m from the Linga cable
car. It has five en-suite bedrooms, all with
balconies, a large lounge and dining room.
It can be booked for the week or short stays.
www.skipds.co.uk
Introduction
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Accommodation
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New restaurants and events for foodies
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Non-skiing activities
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Activities for families
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Events
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Spring skiing
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Access
La Clusaz
5-star hotel Au Cœur du Village, part of
the prestigious Relais & Châteaux collection,
is opening a chalet. Chalet Les Ecrins can
sleep up to eight people, in its three en-suite
bedrooms and has a spacious living room.
Guests can enjoy all the hotel’s services
when staying in the chalet.
Savoie Mont Blanc Lebeau
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www.hotel-aucoeurduvillage.fr
Courchevel
White 1921 Courchevel is a new 4-star
hotel, located in the heart of the resort. Built
by French architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte,
the hotel has 26 contemporary bedrooms
decorated in a mountain style. Breakfast can
be served in the bedrooms or in the Grand
Salon. With its cosy décor, the Petit Salon is
the perfect place to relax at any time of the
day. White 1921 Courchevel also includes a
ski shop, a spa and a fitness area.
From €290 per night for two with breakfast
Chalet Apopka is a new luxury chalet with
a floor area of 4,000 square meters. It
includes a duplex, a master bedroom, three
suites and three bedrooms, as well as a spa,
massage rooms, a fitness room and an
outdoor pool with breath taking views over
the mountains. Noble materials like marble
and leather have been mixed with wood and
stone to create a contemporary mountain
style. Chalet Apopka offers a hotel service
24 hours a day.
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Flaine Terminal Neige - Totem © Terminal Neige - Le Totem C. Arnal & DR
Val Thorens Le Pashmina © Arro Architecture
ACCOMMODATION
New hotels and chalets
Flaine
Maisons & Hotels Sibuet keeps creating more
exciting hotels. After Les Dromonts in Avoriaz,
l’Altapura in Val Thorens, and their four hotels
in Megève, they are launching a new concept
in Flaine, the Terminal Neige - Totem.
Flaine, the highest resort of the Grand Massif,
was built in the 60’s on a virgin site, by the
famous Bauhaus architect Marcel Breuer to
his design of a futuristic car-free resort.
The Totem building, located in Flaine Forum
directly next to the Picasso Totem embodies
the architectural style of the resort. The
interiors are designed in an ethnic spirit, with
woven, woollen fabrics inspired by Native
American culture, vintage furniture and a
more urban soul integrating the latest
technology. Terminal Neige – Totem will have
a bar, a restaurant and a small grocery store
(l’Epicerie), a ski shop and a Pure Altitude spa.
From €132 per night for two with breakfast
© Savoie Mont Blanc / Mulot
www.terminal-neige.com
Beaufortain
Built in 1781 in the pretty village of
Hauteluce, Chalet Nantailly used to be a
farm which has been transformed into an
eco-friendly accommodation. The chalet has
been renovated by the owner Fabienne
Lehenaff who is passionate about design
and ecology. She has created six beautiful
bedrooms decorated with reclaimed wood,
old furniture and other items which have
been redesigned. The chalet has one
bathroom, two lounges with wood-burning
stoves, a kitchen and a dining room, as well
as three terraces. There is also an outdoor
Nordic bath. Chalet Nantailly can sleep up
to 15 people.
From €2,200 per week
www.chaletnantailly.fr
Val Cenis
A new 4-star hotel, Le Saint Charles, will
open in the centre of Val Cenis in December
2015 with 55 bedrooms and 38 apartments.
Le Saint Charles will also have a restaurant
with a terrace on the slopes, a spa, a pool,
a fitness area and an ESF desk to book ski
lessons.
From €80 per night for two with breakfast.
www.maranathahotels.com
Saint Martin de Belleville
Chalet l’Ecurie is a 130 year old Savoie stable
which has been renovated into a luxurious
mountain retreat. Inspired by the mountains
and local history, the original features have
been complemented with natural materials,
warm, cozy fabrics and antique furniture.
Samoëns
Villa Rose is a beautiful house in the centre
of Samoëns. With 5 bedrooms, it can sleep
up to 12 people. Villa Rose has a cosy lounge
with a wood-burning stove, a veranda, a
kitchen and a dining room, as well as a
private garden and a car park. The rooms
have luxury Italian linen, Egyptian cotton
towels and bath robes, and luxury toiletries.
Guests can choose full-board, half-board or
breakfast only.
From €220 per night.
www.villarosesamoens.com
Val d’Isère
The owners of the beautiful 5-star hotel Le
Blizzard are opening another luxury hotel.
Hotel Village La Mourra has ten suites and
four chalets, each with five to seven
bedrooms. Guests will be able to enjoy a spa
My Blend by Clarins, as well as a pool, steam
room and a sauna.
Renovation
Tignes
Located in the heart of Tignes-le-Lac village,
Le Taos is a new 4-star hotel with 54 suites,
by the Montagnettes group. Inspired by the
Taos village in New Mexico in the American
Rockies, the hotel is decorated in mineral
and smooth sand stones. It has a beautiful
spa, with Nohèm products. Nohèm combines
rare and unique ingredients from around the
world such as Shea and rice. The Taos
restaurant will offer a French and Savoyard
cuisine, as well as some snacks. The Taos
will open on 4 December 2015.
From €183 per night for two with breakfast.
www.hotel-le-taos.com
Val Thorens
Val Thorens’ fourth 5-star hotel, Le
Pashmina is a luxury mountain refuge by
Val Thorens’ pioneers and mountain lovers,
the Gorinis. Le Pashmina has 42 bedrooms
and suites, as well as 8 apartments and a
400m2 Spa By l’Occitane. It also has an
Igloo-Pod, a heated, furnished geodesic
dome on the hotel roof that opens out onto
the sky so guests can sleep under the stars.
4. The hotel’s two restaurants, “Les Explorateurs” and “Le Base Camp” offer gourmet
cuisine created by chefs Romuald Fassenet
(‘Best craftsman in France’ award) and
Josselin Jean-Blanc.
From €255 per night per person half board.
C
hamonix
Located in Chamonix centre,
Le Mercure will re-open on
15 December, after being
completely renovated. The
37 bedrooms are getting
a full make over, while the
hotel bar, the 4810, will
become a rum bar. Rum
lovers will be able to taste
some of the world’s best
rums: Diplomatico Reserva
from Venezuela, Damoiseau
from Guadalupe or a 23-years
old Zacapa from Guatemala.
The hotel will also include
a coffee shop/ ski shop, the
Rent & Ride, where customer
will be able to drink a coffee
while renting or buying gear.
From €122 per night for two
with breakfast.
www.mercure.com
L
es Gets
Owned by the Mirigay family
since 1947, 4-star chalethotel La Marmotte is
expanding with seven new
family suites, in a chalet
covered with old wood and
stones. The rooms are very
spacious and can sleep from
4 to 9 guests.From €330
per night for a family suite.
www.hotel-marmotte.com
M
egève
Built in 1927, close to the
centre of Megève, 2-star
hotel Le Gai Soleil has
renovated most of its
bedrooms. From €95 per
night, it offers great value
for money.
www.le-gai-soleil.fr
V
al d’Isère
Hotel Le Samovar, located
in La Daille, has a new Pure
Altitude spa and has been
awarded a fourth star.
www.lesamovar.com
www.hotelpashmina.com
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NEW RESTAURANTS AND EVENTS FOR FOODIES
Châtel Résidence Les Fermes de Châtel © Odalys
Val Thorens _ Le Pashmina © Arro Architecture
ACCOMMODATION
New residences
The Igloo Village at le Dou
du Praz, above Plagne Village,
is very successful and has
received a certificate of
excellence by Tripadvisor.
This winter, an igloo chapel
is opening in the village –
the perfect place to propose!
Les Arcs
A new 5-star residence, Les Monarques, is
opening on 12 December in the Edenarc
development, located above Les Arcs 1800.
Operated by Odalys, Les Monarques is easily
accessible from Les Arcs 1800 by a new
cable-car, Le Dahu. Edenarc 1800 will then
include a total of two 5-star residences, one
4-star apart-hotel (opened in summer 2015),
as well as shops, restaurants, a kids club and
a 800 square meter leisure centre with a
pool, a Jacuzzi, a sauna, a steam room, and
a fitness centre.
Les Menuires
Made of larch and wood, 4-star residence
Chalet Natalia will combine charms and
authenticity. The 27 apartments will be
decorated in a modern style, with a Savoyard
touch. The ski-in, ski-out residence will open
in December 2015.
Châtel
Four-star Odalys residence Les Fermes de
Châtel will open in December 2015. Made
of three large chalets with 90 apartments,
it also has a well-being centre as well as an
indoor pool.
www.cgh-residences.com
www.odalys-vacances.com
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Samoëns
Les Chalets de Layssia is a new CGH
residence, with traditional Savoyard
architecture. The luxury residence will have
a pool, a spa and a fitness centre. It will open
on 19 December 2015.
Tignes
The 4-star residence Le Kalinda, which
opened in Tignes 1800 in December 2013,
will have an extra 240 beds from December
2015.
New restaurants
Val-Thorens
New 5-star hotel Le Pashmina in Val Thorens
boasts two gourmet restaurants: Les
Explorateurs and Le Base Camp, with Chef
Romuald Fassenet (‘Best craftsman in
France’ award) creating the menus and Chef
Josselin Jean-blanc in the kitchen.
www.hotelpashmina.com
Tignes
Mesa Verde is the restaurant of the new
4-star hotel Le Taos in Tignes Le Lac. Like
the hotel, the restaurant’s décor is inspired
by the village of Taos in New Mexico in the
American Rockies, with mineral and smooth
sand stones and colourful patchworks.
Mesa Verde opens in the evenings only, from
7pm to 10pm, and serves hearty French
cuisine: duck Foie Gras, Savoie ham,
Entrecote… There is also a bar which opens
from noon until 11pm, where skiers can stop
for a snack or a quick lunch during the day,
or a drink accompanied by cheese and cold
meat platters.
Courchevel
Aquadèj: Aquamotion, the new aqua centre
in Courchevel, has several restaurants
serving different types of food, from morning
to evening. Breakfast, healthy food, treats
and afternoon tea can be enjoyed while
taking in panoramic views of the forest and
mountains.
www.aquamotion-courchevel.com
Les Arcs
Le Lodge is a new brasserie in the Mille8
area, in the heart of Arcs 1800, accessible
to skiers and non-skiers via the Villards
gondola. Le Lodge has contemporary décor,
with a large terrace, a snack bar, a lounge
and an indoor golf simulator. Every Sunday,
le Lodge organises local product tastings.
There are happy hours and live music every
day.
www.lesarcs.com
www.hotel-le-taos.com
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MORE STARS
Michelin stars in Savoie Mont
Blanc: with 52 stars and 36
starred chefs and restaurants,
this is one of the areas in
France with the most starred
restaurants.
La Clusaz _ Le 5 © Françoise Cavazzana
Méribel - Laurent Azoulay - L’Ekrin © TristanShu
New stars in the 2015
Michelin guide are:
- René and Maxime Meilleur,
who have been awarded a
third star for their restaurant
La Bouitte in Saint-Martin-deBelleville;
- Benoît Vidal, who has earned
a second one for l’Atelier
d’Edmond in Val d’Isère.
Three chefs received one star:
- Laurent Azoulay for the Ekrin
in Méribel,
- Jérémy Gillon for l’Epicurien
in Val Thorens,
- Denis Carrier for l’Auberge du
Bois Prin in Chamonix.
Here is the full listing
of Savoie Mont Blanc’s starred restaurants
Flaine
Friendly Kitchen is the restaurant of the
new hotel Terminal Neige – Totem in Flaine.
For breakfast, guests can opt for a generous
buffet or for a coffee and croissant to go
from their grocery store, l’Epicerie. Lunch
boxes and tapas are also available from the
store. At lunch time, there is an à la carte
menu, with fresh pastas, their signature
burger, the Summit burger, and many other
Two-Michelin-star restaurant Le Kintessence in Courchevel has entered the
very exclusive club of Les Grandes Tables du Monde. 166 restaurants from 24
countries are in Les Grandes Tables du Monde and eight of them are in Savoie
Mont Blanc.
www.lesgrandestablesdumonde.com
Les mercredis du Montana: Jérémy Gillon has invited another chef from Val
Thorens to his restaurant l’Epicurien to cook a four-dish tasting menu together.
Those special dinners will take place on 10 February, 9 March and 6 April, and
will cost €65.
delicious dishes available. For dinner, there
is a choice between different ‘food corners’:
a soup bar, a healthy corner, Italian food,
Savoyard specialties, etc.
www.en.terminal-neige.com
Two new restaurants in Courchevel
La Casa Italia is an Italian restaurant in the
heart of Courchevel Village. The menu
includes home-made pastas as well as many
other delicious Italian specialties. La Casa
Italia has a wine bar, with a long list of Italian
wines, as well as other wines and drinks.
A new mountain restaurant called Les
Verdons is opening on the run des Verdons.
It will be a trendy place to eat, relax on the
large terrace and listen to music.
Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc
Le Tremplin is a new restaurant on the
slopes of Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc, in a
traditional alpine chalet which has been
beautifully renovated. Chef Hugues Chevalier
serves creative gastronomic cuisine.
www.saintgervais.com
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THREE STARS
Flocons de Sel (Megève)
Chef Emmanuel Renaut
La Bouitte (Saint-Martin-de-Belleville)
Chef René et Maxime Meilleur
TWO STARS
Le Clos des Sens (Annecy-le-Vieux)
Chef Laurent Petit
Yoann Conte (Annecy/Veyrier-du-Lac)
Chef Yoann Conte
Le Bateau Ivre (Le Bourget-du-Lac)
Chef Jean-Pierre Jacob
Albert 1er (Chamonix Mont-Blanc)
Chef Pierre Maillet
Le Chabichou (Courchevel)
Chef Michel Rochedy
Sainte Foy Tarentaise - Le Monal©SIR - Image & Associé
New restaurants
P
ierre Gagnaire pour Les Airelles
(Courchevel) – Chef Pierre Gagnaire
C
heval Blanc (Courchevel)
Chef Yannick Alléno
La Table du Kilimandjaro (Courchevel)
Chef Nicolas Sale
A
uberge Les Morainières (Jongieux)
Chef Mickaël Arnoult
J ean Sulpice (Val Thorens)
Chef Jean Sulpice
L
e Kintessence (Courchevel)
Chef Nicolas Sale
L
’Atelier d’Edmond (Val d’Isère)
Chef Benoît Vidal
ONE STAR
M
illion (Albertville)
Chef José de Anacleto
Le Belvédère (Annecy)
Chef Vincent Lugrin
L
a Ciboulette (Annecy)
Chef Georges Paccard
A
uberge Lamartine
(Le Bourget-du-Lac) Chef Pierre Marin
Atmosphères (Le Bourget-du-Lac)
Chef Alain Perrillat-Mercerot
La Grange à Sel (Le Bourget-du-Lac)
Chef Gilles Blonay
C
ôté Marché (Chambéry)
Chef Alexandre Ongaro
Le Bistrot (Chamonix Mont-Blanc)
Azimut (Courchevel)
Chef François Moureaux
Ô Flaveurs (Douvaine)
Chef Jérôme Mamet
La Ferme de l’Hôspital
(Saint Julien en Genevois/Bossey)
Chef Jean-Jacques Noguier
L’Auberge du Père Bise (Talloires)
Chef Sophie Bise
Le Farçon (La Tania)
Chef Julien Machet
Le Prieuré (Thonon-les-Bains)
Chef Charles Plumex
La Table de l’Ours (Val d’Isère)
Chef Alain Lamaison
1920 (Megève) – Chef Julien Gatillon
La Table de l’Alpaga (Megève)
Chef Christophe Schuffenecker
Le Sérac (Saint-Gervais-les-Bains)
Chef Raphaël Le Mancq
Le Bois Prin (Chamonix)
Chef Denis Carrier
L’Ekrin (Méribel)
Chef Laurent Azoulay
L’Epicurien (Val Thorens)
Chef Jéremy Gillon
Le Strato (Courchevel)
Chef Sylvestre Wahid
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Val d’Isère _ Macaron © Val d’Isère
Les Menuires _ Là-Haut © Gwladys Gros
Events for foodies
Gastronomic ski-touring tours
To celebrate its 80th birthday, Combloux is
organising a ski-touring tour for foodies,
between 30 January and 5 February. During
the tour, skiers will stop in eight mountain
restaurants to taste eight small portions of
local dishes.
www.combloux.com
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COOKING CONTESTS
Every February, Combloux organises a
food festival, La Semaine de la Gastronomie.
The peak of the week is the Concours de
Farcement. The Farcement is a traditional
local Sunday dish made of grated potatoes,
dried fruits and bacon.
La Semaine de la Gastronomie takes place
from 31 January to 5 February 2016.
A giant cake
To celebrate its 20th anniversary and the
beginning of the season, Chalet Chinal in
Orelle will bake a gigantic birthday cake at
2,350m that skiers will be able to share.
www.orelle.net
www.combloux.com
http://areches-beaufort.com
L’ASSIETTE SAUVAGE
Jean Sulpice, who has two Michelin stars for his restaurant in Val Thorens, is publishing
a new book. L’Assiette Sauvage (The Wild Plate) tells the story of what happened
when he met Stéphane Meyer, who specialises in collecting and supplying wild plants;
together, the two nature lovers have combined their knowledge and techniques to
create an incredible range of flavours and fragrances. Carrot tartare and milfoil, salsify
flower tempura, caraway tartiflette, acacia madeleine cakes… the book contains 45
original recipes that anyone can try.
The book is out on 29 October 2015 and costs €45.
www.jeansulpice.com
Val Thorens _ L’Epicurien © A.Cottarel-PF.Couderc
L Assiette Sauvage de Jean Sulpice © Le Cherche Midi Editeur
Arêches-Beaufort, the mecca of ski
touring, also organises tours for foodies.
From 1 to 15 of April, skiers will be able to
enjoy some tasting, cooking lessons, cooking
shows, etc.
Learn to cook in a grand hotel!
5-star hotel Le Royal Evian, which reopened
last July, is organising cooking lessons with
its chefs for 14, 21, 28 November and 12 and
19 December. Children have their own
cooking lessons on 7 November and 5
December.
Notre-Dame-de-Bellecombe in the Val
d’Arly will organise for the first time a
Concours de Rissoles. Rissoles is a traditional
Savoyard sweet treat. On 21 January, the
winner will be announced and everybody will
be able to enjoy some Rissoles!
www.valdarly-montblanc.com
In March, Val d’Isère will host the Concours
du Meilleur Macaron Amateur de France, a
contest for anyone who loves making
macaroons.
OTHER NEWS
Opened in 2010, the restaurant le 5 in
the Cœur du Village Hotel & Spa in La Clusaz
has been redeveloped to offer two types of
cuisine. There is now a bistrot and a gastro
restaurant. The gastronomic restaurant will
sit 25 people maximum, and should become
one of the best places to eat in the Aravis.
Starred chef Mickey Bourdillat has left Le
Bistrot in Chamonix to work in the kitchen of
the 5-star Hotel Mont-Blanc, also in Chamonix
and owned by the Taittinger family. Bourdillat
will bring his tasty cooking based on local
products to the Matafan, the restaurant of
this prestigious hotel.
Là-Haut has become the place to be in
Les Menuires. It offers refined cuisine based
on fresh products, in a spacious dining room
or on its sunny terrace. For a quick bite or a
drink, there is a cosy lounge with a fire.
www.valdisere.com
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NON-SKIING ACTIVITIES
Ski, swim, eat and play
The MiIIe8 development above Arc 1800
will fully open this winter after opening some
areas last season. This is a completely new
concept rather than just a regular base village
linked to a ski area.
Mille8 is a an activity and entertainment hub,
open at least 12 hours a day with indoor and
outdoor facilities and events and activities
taking place all winter. The outdoor facilities
include a toboggan, a freestyle area, a
secured area for children. The indoor facilities
include a swimming pool, a spa, a play area
for children. Mille8 is opening a new
restaurant called Le Lodge.
Thrilling activities
The Fantasticable in Châtel, a 1,200m-long
zip-wire, at 140m above the ground, will open
© Fantasticable hiver
www.beargryllssurvival academy.com
Wingjump is a new activity 100% made
in France. Rip’Air is a company based in Savoie
Mont Blanc which makes parapentes. They
have created and developed the wingump, a
fun activity for skiers of all ages. A wingjump
is an aerodynamic jacket that gives skiers the
feeling of flying on the snow.
This new activity will be launched in the ski
area of Praz de Lys Sommand, near Geneva,
on 19 December, and will then be available
there all winter.
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Biking
in the winter for the first time. Skiers will be
able to fly over the Plaine de Dranse at high
speed (up to 100km per hour) before carry
on skiing in the Portes du Soleil.
It costs €25 per person.
Several new zip wires are opening in La
Plagne, covering a total distance of 2km. There
are 10 zip wires in total, going from one tree
to another. Six stages are 110m or more above
the ground. Adrenaline addicts will enjoy the
final stage, which includes a 9m jump, similar
to a base jump! It costs €28 per person.
Glide for 1,300m and enjoy one minute and
45 seconds of pure pleasure in breath-taking
panoramic surroundings. From the top of the
Bouchet chairlift in Orelle at 3,230m, Les 3
Vallees’ highest point, over to the crest of Val
Thorens, 3,000m up at the top of the Thorens
Funitel. Suspended from a steel cable and sat
comfortably inside a fabric harness taking you
over 100km per hour, you will feel like a bird.
Access reserved for skiers via the Bouchet chairlift,
on the Orelle ski area. It costs €50 per ride.
If this is not enough for you, try sky diving
in Courchevel! Jump from 5,000m, with an
instructor, for 45 seconds of free fall, followed
by five minutes of tandem flight over a
stunning landscape of snowy mountains.
Launched last winter in a few resorts, the
fat bike will be the new trend of winter
2015/16. The fat bike is a bicycle with oversized tires designed for low ground pressure
to allow riding on soft snow. Fat bikes are
built around frames with wide forks and
stays to accommodate the wide rims
required to fit these tires.
Praz sur Arly and Les Saisies offer
different types of sessions to try riding
a fat bike on the snow. In La Plagne and
Le Grand Bornand, it is an après-ski activity.
Riders can take a gondola at the end of the
day to ride down the slopes.
La Plagne Fatbike ©Istock
The Bear Grylls Survival
Academy is launching
exclusive survival courses in La
Clusaz. Survive 24 hours in the
snow and freezing
temperatures with your team:
learn to make a fire without
matches, build an emergency
shelter, find food, cross
difficult terrain, etc.
It costs €250 per person.
© Mille8 - Luge
Praz de Lys Sommand Wingjum Active Carv© Rip Air
Mille8
Several resorts also offer electric
mountain-biking on the snow. In the Val
d’Arly, start at the top with a 360-degree
view of Mont-Blanc and the Aravis range and
ride down 7km of groomed slopes. Riders can
then head to the first bike park on snow in
France, where they can test their balance
and practise their turns. At sunset, they can
go for a last bike ride with headlights.
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Courchevel Aquamotion © Auer-Weber Assoziierte Gmbh
Val Thorens Le Pashmina Spa © Arro Architecture
NON-SKIING ACTIVITIES
Well-being
NEW LUXURIOUS SPAS
The Terminal Neige – Totem in Flaine has
a Pure Altitude spa with a fitness centre,
an outdoor Jacuzzi, a sauna, a relaxation room
and three treatment rooms. Pure Altitude is
a home-grown label which combines the
benefits of more than 200 mountain plants
and minerals with antioxidant and restorative
NEW: AQUAMOTION IN COURCHEVEL
Aquamotion is a new sport and aqua centre in Courchevel. It is the 22nd aqua
centre to open in Savoie Mont Blanc. Sport enthusiasts will love the swimming
pools, diving area, climbing wall and indoor surfing area. The spectacular surf wave
is the first indoor example of its size in France. In the fun area, you can run, jump,
shout and swim. Take on your friends on the three-lane water slide or stock up on
thrills in the 110m wild water rapids. The wellness area is equipped with a jetstream
pool, a salt-water pool and a bubble pool.
Aquamotion’s architecture is in complete harmony with the environment and enjoys
natural light on all sides thanks to its vast bay windows. The roof, which follows
the form of the land and looks like a vast green wave, is entirely covered with
vegetation. A wood heating system was chosen for all the buildings and pools.
Aquamotion will open early December 2015.
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properties. The Terminal Neige – Totem
offers the Pure Altitude signature treatments:
Blanc comme neige body scrub, Eclat de givre
facial, sports massages or a Rituel des Alpes
massage.
The new hotel La Mourra in Val d’Isère
has a Spa My Blend by Clarins. My Blend
by Clarins is used by prestigious hotels like
the Royal Monceau in Paris.
New 4-star hotel Le Taos in Tignes le
Lac has a spa by Nohèm. Nohèm products
combine rare and unique ingredients from
around the world, such as shea and rice.
These care products are made from fair-trade
organic products and aid relaxation. Before
or after a treatment, guests can enjoy the
indoor pool, the sauna and the steam room.
New 5-star hotel Le Pashmina in Val
Thorens has a 400-square-metre spa by
L’Occitane, with a pool, a sauna, a steam
room and several treatment rooms. The
treatments are 100% natural and respect
traditional massage techniques, which have
proved their worth over the centuries.
WELL-BEING SHORT BREAKS
NATURAL SPAS
Relax in the pretty village of Le Grand
Bornand: three nights in a chocolate-box
chalet, a lift pass, a tour of the ski area with
a ski instructor, a snowshoeing excursion
by night with a diner in a mountain
restaurant, a spa with a treatment plus a
free bottle of champagne.
It costs from €405 per person.
There are seven natural spas in Savoie
Mont Blanc. They can all be combined with
a ski holiday.
A girly break in Morzine-Avoriaz: a group
ski lesson on the Friday afternoon, guiding
on the Saturday morning and Sunday
afternoon, spa with massage and steam
room.
It costs €295 per person for the weekend.
Pampering for expecting parents in
Samoëns: three nights half-board in a 3-star
hotel, two massages for the pregnant mum
and a two-day lift pass for the future dad.
It costs €745 for two.
Saint Gervais-les-Bains is part of the
Evasion Mont Blanc ski area (445km of
slopes).
Brides-les-Bains is linked by a cable car
to Méribel and to the Three Valleys (600km
of slopes).
Down in the valleys, there are thermal
resorts that offer year-round programmes
of balneo-therapy and tailor-made spa
treatments, no more than 40 minutes from
a ski resort.
Evian-les-Bains and Thonon-les-Bains
are just 40 minutes from the Portes du Soleil
ski area (650km of slopes).
In the Tarentaise, La Léchère is a mere
20 minutes from the Grand Domaine ski area
(150km of ski runs).
Aix-les-Bains and Challes-les-Eaux are
30 minutes from the Savoie Grand Revard
ski area.
P.15
© Bananastock Jupiterimages
ACTIVITIES FOR FAMILIES
Courchevel Aventure invites children
aged six and over to learn how to drive a
real snowmobile. The activity takes place
on a specially adapted 700-metre circuit
near the Family Park, at an altitude of 2,000
metres. The concept was tested for the first
time last year, and was an immediate success.
It costs €45 per child for 20 minutes.
Avoriaz will organise the
snowball fights, and snowball
fights based on the strict
Yugikassen rules will take
place every Tuesday at 17.30
at the Lodge Mille8, in Les
Arcs.
P.16
New on the slopes
Baby swimming: The aqua
centre in Morzine-Avoriaz
organises baby-swimming
courses for babies from four
months old – accompanied by
their parents, of course!
The ESF (French Ski School) in SaintGervais Mont-Blanc is launching Freeski+
video courses. The mini riders will be filmed
by the instructors and will learn how to edit
their own videos.
Mickey on the snow
Val Cenis has a new children’s slope with
sculptures of the famous Mickey Mouse and
his friends. Children can learn to turn, slow
down and ski over bumps while having fun.
Savoie Mont Blanc T - Lansard
Yugikassen tournaments
already take place in North
America and Scandinavia, and
this fun sport is now coming
to Savoie Mont Blanc!
A third BabyPark is opening in Savoie
Mont Blanc. After Praz de Lys and Val
d’Arly, Les Saisies is the third resort to
Avoriaz _Riglet Park © Nico Lafay - Avoriaz Tourisme
Yugikassen is a snowballfighting competition in Japan.
Two teams of seven players
each compete on a 40 x 10m
pitch. Each team has a flag
and the goal is to capture the
other team’s flag. Players are
eliminated when hit by a
snowball.
have a BabyPark. Created by Frédéric Borgey
and Elsa Jougla, the BabyPark allows children
aged from three to seven to learn dog
sledding in a safe environment. The equipment used is adapted to little ones and the
dogs are specially trained to be with children.
The BabyPark has a chalet where children
can warm up after a session of fun learning,
or play when it snows. The BabyPark concept
has been franchised and is now being
exported to Germany, Italy and Norway.
© DR
A mini adventure
Learn while
having fun!
Learn about astronomy in Les Arcs every
Tuesday from 6 to 8pm. Children and their
parents can go for a short hike to an observatory
in a hut on the Cabane slope in Les Arcs. A
professional will show them the constellations.
This is a free activity, open to all.
Ski-Cool ski school in Val Thorens offers
the chance to learn a language while skiing
this winter. The bilingual ski instructors will
help you to learn a few words, increase your
familiarity, or hone your expertise in another
language during group lessons. Lessons take
place in French for English speakers and in
English for French speakers. €204 per week
(6 x 3 hours) during school holidays only
(groups limited to eight people).
www.ski-cool.com
Alpine French School in Morzine
combines skiing in the morning with the ESF
and French lessons in the afternoon,
followed by activities at night, such as wine
tasting for the adults. Prices start from €889
for a shared self-catered room and €1,100
half-board with a French host family.
www.alpinefrenchschool.com
Little ones can start learning French in
Les Menuires with the ESF. Piou-Piou,
Sifflote and Blanchot, the three characters
used by the ESF to teach skiing, are now
also teaching French! The ESF offers group
classes for children mixing French and
English.
P.17
SkiColor © Mojocom - OT Les Gets
Watch
SAVOIE MONT BLANC TOURISME
SUPPORTS THE WORLD CUP
EVENTS TAKING PLACE IN
ITS AREA
1
1-12 December
Ski Cross World Cup
in Val Thorens
1
1-13 and 17-18 December
Criterium de la Première Neige
in Val d’Isère
1
9-20 December
Women Alpine skiing World Cup
in Courchevel
1
2-16 January
Ski Cross World Cup in La Plagne
1
9-20 February
Kandahar
(Men Alpine Skiing World Cup)
in the Chamonix valley
www.savoie-mont-blanc.com
La Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc
The 2016 Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont
Blanc starts on 10 January from Les Carroz.
La Grande Odyssée is one of the most
difficult dog sledding races in the world. A
maximum of 25 mushers from a dozen
different countries, compete against each
other for two weeks of racing over 750 km
and more than 25,000m of height difference
in total.The race will go through the Giffre
(Sixt and Morillon), then through Les Gets,
Megève, Savoie Grand Revard to end in
the Haute Maurienne Vanoise. The final is
on 20 January in Termignon.
La Grande Odyssée is a beautiful event to
watch. For each of the nine stages, timetrialed (every two minutes) or mass (in
parallel) starts bring thousands of people
out into the snowy town center streets or
the most beautiful natural sites of the
Savoie Mont Blanc region.
www.grandeodyssee.com
International Ice Sculpting Contest
For the 25th year, Valloire will host this
unique event between 12 and 15 January.
Running over four days, 20 professional
sculptors will work hard to create stunningly
beautiful ice sculptures.
Take part
Freeride World Tour
On 2 February, watch the world’s best
freeriders compete on the Pentes de l’Hotel
face, on the Brevent side of the Chamonix
Valley, in the Swatch Freeride World Tour.
www.freerideworldtour.com
20th Venetian Carnival
Nicknamed the Venice of the French Alps
because of its beautiful canals, Annecy also
hosts a Venetian Carnival. Between 16 and
21 February, 350 people will parade around
the old town wearing beautiful Venetian
masks.
http://en.lac-annecy.com
Freestyle World Cup
Tignes will host the finale of the Freestyle
World Cup on 11 and 12 March.
www.tignes.net
To celebrate its 10th birthday,
the Espace Diamant ski area
is organising an online
competition to win a holiday
for 4, including accommodation
and lift passes, for the next
10 years!
And on 2nd January, the lift pass
cost €10 only.
Espace Diamant links 6 ski
resorts: Crest-Volant Cohennoz,
Flumet, Saint-Nicolas-LaChapelle, Hauteluce, Notre
Dame de Bellecombe,
Praz-sur-Arly and Les Saisies.
www.espacediamant.com
Combloux is turning 80!
To celebrate its anniversary,
the resort will bring back
the 40s with parties,
exhibitions, etc.
www.combloux.com
Saint-Sorlin-d’Arves, in Les Sybelles, is
organising a downhill mountain biking
race on snow. Teams made of five riders
will compete in a fun and spectacular descent!
This event will take place in February.
www.saintsorlindarves.com
The Yéti Race
The Yéti Race is a trail running race combined
with some other sports. Team of two people
will have to use orienteering skills, stamina
and determination. The first Yéti race takes
place in La Plagne on 12 December and the
second one in Les Menuires on 13 March.
(830 m), to its highest, the Saulire (2710 m),
alone or in teams of three, the participants
cover 13.9 km by bike, run 6.3 km and ski
4.8 km. Dynastar x3 is on 17 April.
www.courchevel.com
The Trois Vallées Enduro
is the chance for skiing fans to discover the
biggest skiing area in the world in a new
light, while competing in different sports
and fun events in teams of three. The 2016
event is on 2 April.
www.les3vallees.com
www.yetirace.fr
La Tél’M, in La Plagne, is an event for
telemark enthusiasts. La Tél’M is celebrating
its 10th anniversary on 2 April 2016. This is
the perfect opportunity to get an introduction
to telemark for beginners, or take part in
contest. This fun day will end with a concert
in the evening.
www.la-plagne.com
Dynastar X 3 in Courchevel is a unique
mountain triathlon combining cycling,
trail running and alpine skiing. From the
lowest point in Courchevel, the Carrey
© Corinne Dubreuil - Yéti Race
© Savoie Mont Blanc / Lardat
Valloire Concours international de sculptures sur glaces © P.Delannoy
8 BEGINNER SKI EXPERIENCES
EVENTS
www.valloire.net
P.18
P.19
SPRING SKIING
La Plagne Sublicimes © Elina Sirparant
Les Portes du Soleil Rock The Pistes © Sylvain Cochard
Arc Spring Final © Manu Reyboz
EVENTS
Spring skiing
Most ski resorts in Savoie Mont Blanc are
open until the end of April – some like Tignes
and Val Thorens are open even later!
Festivals and shows
Rock the Pistes is a unique festival in
Europe where concerts are taking place on
the slopes, all over the Portes du Soleil. After
Keziah Jones, the Babyshambles and Shaka
Ponk, the 2016 Rock de Pistes will be hot
too! Don’t miss it, between 13 and 19 March.
www.rockthepistes.com
The Radio Meuh Circus Festival in La
Clusaz, is a music festival, taking place from
30 March to 3 April. There will 3 live concerts
under a chapiteau de cirque, and DJ’s will
play on the slopes and in the village.
www.laclusaz.com
For the 10th anniversary of the Electr’
holidays in Les Menuires, holidays makers
and locals can choose who they want to see
for the final concert, by selecting an artist,
among 3 or 4 musicians. The selection is
made via social media.
www.lesmenuires.com
Same concept in Avoriaz 1800: throughout the season, Avoriaz will be signing up
young groups and DJs over the Internet to
compete against each other every Friday in
a live event on the piste in front of a large
crowd, on two stages in the middle of the
Igloo Village. Electro, rap, pop, rock: every
musical style will be featured. The grand
finale will take place on the weekend of 8
to 10 April 2016.
The line-up will be revealed on with live
updates and social media voting throughout
the season.
La Plagne Sublicimes © Elina Sirparanta
The new Mille8 area in Les Arcs will open
on 22 December with a spectacular sound
and light show.
Skiing in April has many great advantages:
it is often cheaper, less busy, sunnier and
warmer which makes it an ideal time to go
with young children, and the days are longer
to enjoy some fun après-ski in the sun! And
moreover, April is now packed with events.
Les Arcs Spring Final
The resort offers many activities in April:
slackline, ride’n golf, beach party at the
waterslide, freestyle show and concerts on the
slopes.
www.lesarcs.com
La Plagne Subli’cimes,
3 to 16 April
For the second year, La Plagne is taking spring
skiing to a new level. Six summits over 2,000m
will be transformed. Last year, there were a sandy
beach, a relaxing area, a mini Lapland, a summit
for adrenaline addicts, a children friendly zone
and an art exhibition.
www.la-plagne.com
Les Francofolies
Tignes, 11 to 14 April
Les Francofolies is a famous music festival in
La Rochelle. This year there will be a winter
version in Tignes.
www.tignes.net
Val Thorens Apotheoses Days
30 April to 2 May
Holidaymakers, locals and season workers share
three days of skiing, partying, entertainment,
shows and activities, including the waterslide
and the “bungee ejection”.
www.avoriaz.com
P.20
P.21
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vers Yverdon
LAUSANNE
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Fully linked ski area
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3047 m
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Pierres à cupules
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Contacts
UK
Montagnes Representation
Nadine Carle-Edgar
[email protected]
07905 25 24 60
France
Savoie Mont Blanc Tourisme
Céline Guillermin
[email protected]
+33 (0)4 79 85 96 99 - +33 (0)6 83 13 36 07
@
SMBIntl
f acebook.com/savoiemontblanc
www.savoie-mont-blanc.co.uk

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