Tignes : Reach new heights of skiing all year round
If Courchevel and Megève can claim to be the most stylish ski station, and Chamonix with the first Winter Olympic Games and the Alpe d’Huez with the first ski lift can pretend to be the earliest one, Tignes is for sure, among all these worldly renowned station, the most active, innovative and dynamic one. Nestled in the Haute Tarentaise valley, in...
Les Saisies, family paradise
Straight to the west of the Mont-Blanc, sitting astride Savoie and Haute-Savoie, the Beaufortain massif is the geographic centre of the French northern Alps, but also its preserved heart. With peaks reaching almost 3000 metres in height, these valleys act as the forestage of the majestic spectacle of the Europe roof. This amazing and...
The villages of La Plagne : nature life
The ski resort of La Plagne is one of the most renowned in France, offering incomparable sport delight and family enjoyment, in a huge universe made of ten resorts, arranged between 1250 and 2100 metres high. In 2003, the Vanoise Express even stretched its limits by connecting directly La Plagne with the valleys of Les Arcs and Peisey Vallandry to constitute the almost infinite skiing area of...
Peisey-Vallandry, all the mountain pleasures, by nature
South of the Mont-Blanc, protected by the massifs of Beaufortain to the North, and Vanoise to the South, the two Savoy villages of Landry and Peisey are composed of small traditional hamlets, made of wood and stone. In the famous Tarentaise valley, these authentic station villages are settled from 700 to...
The Grand Bornand, happiness for kids only ?
In the myriad of ski stations giving French Alps its richness, it might seem hard to make its choice and to find the one that will meet all your needs of sledging, atmosphere, change of scene, pleasure, and in the end, of happiness. Each one has its speciality, and Immo Expat takes you to discover the pearl of Haute-Savoie, the station with only one purpose : bring happiness to everyone coming to...
Chamonix, land of conquest
Forever bedrock of Europe highest peak, the valley of Chamonix has seen conquerors of all times over its snowy land. The first to take possession of this unique stage, edged by the massifs of Aiguilles Rouges on the North side, and of Mont-blanc on the South side, are the Celts, in their conquest of the territory later called Gaule. The Allobroges, famous...
Châtel, Abondance as a tradition
An ancestral debate roams across the valleys of the Northern Alps from the moment people started to pamper their taste buds with the most delicious mountain dishes: Where does the Fondue comes from, and which one is the original one? If each side of the Franco-Swiss frontier remains firmly convinced of its primacy in the savouring of melted cheese, the best solution is still to...
Samoëns, authenticity in Haute-Savoie
Natural northern gate of the French Alps, Samoëns is a historical junction between the authentic mountain universe and the rest of the world via the plateaus of Haute-Savoie. Indeed, Samoëns is nestled in the Haut-Giffre valley, privileged access point to the winter and summer pleasures of high altitudes. The Leman lake, Geneva and its international airport are less than an hour away, through the...
