Visitor reviews for Notre Dame de Bellecombe

• September 16, 2005
  Phil from BELGIUM
  

  I went to Notre-Dame de Bellecombe the first week of January 2005 and will go back there during the same week of 2006, largely due to my family desires. For extreme riders or all-night parties lovers, it's probably not the best place to go, but for families with a range of skiing levels, it is one of the best place I know in France. First, NDDB is located in a very pretty place, with lots of trees, beautifull views on the Mont Blanc and other summits. The scenery, the village and all the surrounding chalets spread around reminds me of Austrian Tyrol, with no high rise at all. So, the atmosphere is great. Regarding skiing facilities, it was good last year and it promises to be even better this year since the link with neighbooring Les Saisies will completed. The new Espace Diamant (NDDB, Flumet, Les Saisies, Crest-Volland) will totalise some 140 km in total. The runs are not very long, but you can find beautifull "reds" for intermediate skiers and reasonnable off-pistes. The "greens" for beginners, at Les Saisies in particular, are very nice as well. Another positive point is the the prices are very reasonnable if you compare to other French resorts. Off season, there are nobody on the pistes and you can follow "collective" courses at the ski schools with 2 ou 3 persons classes.
  Of cours, as you can't have everything at the same place, there is one "black point": the altitude. The highest "summit" you can reach is 2000 m high. We were lucky last year with the snow, but I'm sure that it will stress me again in the weeks preceeding our departure there... But I'm sure that if you liked Les Gets in "Les Portes du Soleil", NDDB will also become one of your favorite, a excellent compromise between good skiing, nice atmosphere, beautifull location and cheaper prices.

• July 13, 2004
  grace from UNITED KINGDOM
  

  Really really really enjoyed my stay! Went with school for the week, and had an amazing time! Now doing project about it in French at school! The instructor i had named Laurence was cool! i had a wicked time!! you really should go!!!!

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  Joe from UNITED KINGDOM
  

  I went to Notre Dame de Bellecombe over the new year with my family and we were quite impressed with what the resort had to offer. Having been to 'big' resorts at that time of year and generally finding them to be overwhelmingly
  busy, we decided to opt for a decent sized resort yet not as popular as others and Noter Dame de Bellecombe fitted the description perfectly. We stayed in NDDB 1450 which was a quiet hamlet of the main resort and quite pretty, set around mountains and trees.
  The ski area around Notre Dame de Bellecombe is an ok size with varied runs, yet all of them disappointingly rather short. The area is linked to the rest of the Espace Diamant by slow connections and, generally, there is lots of traversing involved. At 2069m, the high point of the area, the views are fantastic with great runs back to NDDB (access to the slopes down to Praz Sur Arly after a lot of traversing and the best runs in my opinion) the ones you ski when trying to reach les Saises.
  Overall, it's a good resort yet you start to understand why with its amount of runs it's not yet a big resort. Its links are flaky, the lifts are slow and the skiing, though it is good, it is not in the same league as others. I would recommend Notre Dame de Bellecombe to people who want pretty relaxed skiing and no crowds.