Situated within Les Trois Vallées in the Tarentaise, Savoie area of the French Alps, Val Thorens is part of one of the largest ski areas in the world. Les 3 Vallées combined offer an astonishing 600 km of pistes with a total 174 ski lifts. Van Thorens itself with an altitude of 2300m is the highest ski resort in Europe. Created in the late sixties and early seventies, this purpose built resort began with a lack of architectural aesthetics, however new updates to the area have made a return to more traditional structures with local materials.
Val Thorens’ high altitude allows an extended winter season stretching from October/November through May. The slopes have excellent snow conditions helped by most runs facing north and north-west. This attracts a more dedicated group of skiers. Although there is less sunshine on the slopes, the resort itself faces south. This ensures that enjoyment can still be had outdoors on the terrace. There are 68 marked runs, offering most opportunities to the intermediate skier. Val Thorens also boasts five terrain parks where snowboarders can enjoy the boardercross courses, jumps and quarter-pipes. To help you get around there are 29 lifts. Other than the skiing and snowboarding the resort offers numerous other activities such as driving on ice, paragliding, tobogganing and snowshoe walks. Val Thorens caters to children and the disabled with ski lessons available with qualified instructors.
There is a wide assortment of accommodation available. With hotels, chalets, tourist residences and specially adapted accommodation for the disabled, the resort caters to every budget. There are many facilites offering ski-in-ski-out accessibility. With sixty restaurants and forty two bars on site there is plenty of entertainment on offer after a long day on the slopes. For a good aprés ski scene try the Malaysia and for late night clubs visit Dicks Tea Bar. The closest airports are Geneva and Grenoble both just two and a half hours drive away, making Val Thorens great for a quick weekend break.
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