Vin Chaud and chocolate in Tignes
by Hilary Crundwell on 26/01/09 at 2:52 pm
We were recommended to go skiing in Tignes in France, last February, as this resort is so high we would be guaranteed great snow.
We had visited Val D’isere many years before and skied on the Tignes side but had always thought it was a purpose built resort with no actual heart. We were pleasantly surprised to discover that Tignes centre was very pretty and in the ‘heart’ of Tignes there were hotels and bars that were typical of the Savoie region in style.
We stayed at the Paquis Hotel which was a very cosy family owned hotel. We loved the Tyrolean style bar and dining room which overlooked the nursery slopes. The food was amazing! The Madame would welcome you each morning with her hot fresh home cooked croissants!
In the Hotel they had a heated ski and boot room near the reception, so it was great to have warmed ski boots to put on in the morning. A big treat for us was to be able to put your skis on outside the hotel and ski down to join the piste just a couple of hundred metres away.
Skiing in Tignes, and the surrounding areas, is stunning. From the centre of Tignes we could chose from a number of lifts or cable car. Our lift pass covered the whole area called L’Espace Killy with over 190 miles of pistes covering Val D’Isere and Tignes. We went over to Val D’Isere twice during our stay and enjoyed the long green and blue runs down to the town. We also took the cable car up to the Grand Motte Glacier. I had never skied on a glacier before and marvelled at the blue snow in the cracks. However, our favourite route was to take the lift up to Aiguilles percee (eye of the needle) and ski down to a picturesque village called Les Brevieres situated just below the big dam. Here we would sit out in the sunshine and sip our chocolate or vin chaud, soaking up the rays.
This is what ski holidays are all about, aren’t they?
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