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Val D'Isère in generalNewest Review: ... agent assured us that skiing would be available during the time that we wanted to book. 'Val D'isere is a snowsure resort' they say. We eventually booked the holiday in mid october for 10-17th of December and kept our fingers crossed that enough snow fell to give us a range of pistes to ski on. You can imagen our worry when coming up to the end of November there was only a few centimetres of ... more |
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by sam_mule2k - written on 18/01/06 (Very useful, 782 readings)
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I booked my stay in Val D'isere with a friend as we were both working full time on a gap year before going to University. Because of this we were on a students budget. After looking at various skiing packages during the summer months it was clear the best time we could go was in the pre Christmas months in December. This almost halved the price compared to the other packages offered in January and the following months. Booking over Xmas and New Year is a whole different story! Do not expect to pay less than £1000 for a week with expences on top. The reason the pre christmas months are alot cheaper than those offered afterwards are due to the unreliable snow ...
by mr_shagwell23 - written on 22/04/03 (Very useful, 472 readings)
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I've just spent 18 weeks in Val d'Isere and I'm still getting my breath back - and I returned two weeks ago! Its the most incredible place I've ever skied, or been not only for the fact that it is probably the best skiing area in France but also for the lively night life, the general charm of Val d'Isere and the contrast of people you meet out there (le Blizzard hotel is around £2000 a week to stay there, but pikies live in La Daille!). It really is superb, though expensive. I've heard that it is only second to Courchevel 1850 in the most expensive resorts to stay in Europe but trust me, the money is worth it. Val d'Isere is ...
by cabletow - written on 20/01/02 (Very useful, 555 readings)
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A bleak blast of alpine air winds its way through the gap left in the sky by two pink sentinel peaks. It cracks the sweaty, but now frozen, faces of our ski party as we wend our way back to val d'Isere. The sun starts to set on another day in paradise. Below us rise the stepped shapes of buildings cast in Legoland that abut rudely with the craggy walls of the valley. Dark foreboding masses of steps that house hundreds of like-minded individuals, who, at this time of day all have one thing on their minds. The night. This is the view and sentiments of most who ski down into Val disere along the long green run that leads into La Daille the northern most village ...
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