Peisey/Vallandry, France

Visitor reviews for Peisey/Vallandry

• March 05, 2008
  David Pomeroy from UNITED KINGDOM
  

  Have just returned from a week skiing in Peisey/Vallandry. The skiing is excellent as you would expect from a resort of this size linked to the Les Arc area. The fact the Vanoise Express gondola was not working did not affect the holiday in any way.
  Intermediates are extremely well catered for here with a huge variety of runs from smooth cruising blues to changeling reds. Beginners slopes could be a little better although there were beginners in our chalet who got on very well.
  The accommodation we found at Le Villaret (Plan Peisey) was excellent. Operated by a small company, called Go-Alpine, they really made you feel welcome and they catered extremely well for our young children (we travelled with two four year olds).
  The aim of the holiday was to get our four year olds on the snow and it certainly worked. Our chalet host found us a personal instructor (not as expensive as you may think) for the kids and they adored him. He did a fantastic job and represented ESF extremely well - so thank you David Vernay, our boys thought you were great!
  One negative point was the lack of a decent nursery slope – the boys loved having to go to the ‘top of the mountain’ but the nursery slope here was not ideal as it was a little steep in places.
  I would recommend this area for anyone and if you like the typically French villages to stay in then I think Plan Peisey would be perfect for you.

• February 13, 2008
  Matt from UNITED KINGDOM
  

  Can't say enough about the place, would well recommend it after spending a season there! Intermediate and advanced skiers will love the place - the trees above Vallandry are insanely fun especially when it's chucking it down with snow and you can't see your way around the pistes! The amount of great skiing to be had in and around Les Arcs and La Plagne is immense. There's challenging stuff with cliffs, moguls, steeps and trees to explore and dominate everywhere you care to look.
  For intermediates, the abundance of smooth, well groomed fast red runs to carve your way down above Peisey and Vallandry will be a bonus, while beginners should find the couple of long but gentle slopes at the top of the Peisey lift adequate to get to grips with snow on - be warned though, the beginners area is up at the top of the mountain, the terrain down near the resort itself is significantly harder.
  Being situated bang in the middle of the "Paradiski" area (encompassing something approaching 20 individual resorts in Les Arcs, Peisey Vallandry and La Plagne on one lift pass), you can't really beat it for accessibility to one of the biggest and most varied ski areas in the world. There's plenty of accommodation both in Peisey and Vallandry with chalet companies like Ski Beat and Ski Esprit among others and to save money you can even stay down the valley in rustic Peisey-Nancroix, getting a lift up to Plan Peisey at 1600m, where the lifts up to the slopes, Les Arcs and across the valley to La Plagne are.
  Evenings should be spent in the Mont Blanc Bar in Vallandry and / or the Flying Squirrel in Plan Peisey, Shiva Bar up from the Squirrel is also worth a look for "alternative" fun.
  Best months are March & April when the snow is still great up top, and the sun is out, it's beautiful.

• March 14, 2006
  Marco from NETHERLANDS
  

  Last week (from 4 till 11 march) stayed in Vallandry. We stayed in the new appartment complex, L'Oree des Cimes. This was very good, near the Grizzly 6-persons chairlift. From the top of the lift, you go very easy to the Les Arcs-ski-area. This is a very beautiful and varied ski-area. 200 km piste is more than enough. You can ski between trees and from the top of de Aguille Rouge (3226 m). I found this for me a perfect place to stay.
  In the past I've been in Solden, Fieberbrunn and Chamonix. Les Arcs was the best, thanks to the very good snow conditions.

• January 30, 2006
  Ski Addict from IRELAND
  

  Just returned from my first winter holiday to Vallandry (have been previously during the Summer).
  Excellent place to stay, especially in the new apartments, L'Oree des Cimes. Skied right to the door and had the 6 person Grizzly lift about 50 yards away in the morning, the perfect location. Also located about 200mtrs away from the link to La Plagne so it was easy to enjoy both areas.
  If I was based in Arc 1950 or 2000 it would involve a bit of travelling to get to this link so I wonder if one would really get much use out of a full area lift pass being based there. But Vallandry is right in the middle between the two massive areas, even though Les Arcs offered enough skiing alone for a week, and a one day extension on a lift pass to enjoy the slopes in La Plagne cost E25.
  As a vegetarian, I sometimes find it tricky to eat and usually end up eating pizza and omlette for the week. The Mont Blanc bar which is staggering distance from L'Oree des Cimes has a great choice of food. Self catering is always the best option if you have any special requirements.
  I was disappointed not to be able to get a bus to the Super U supermarket in Bourg Saint Maurice, but the local Sherpa (Convenience store) had a good choice of fresh food.
  Visited the new Club Med in Vallandry, not very traditional or my kind of holiday, but seems a popular choice anyway.
  A great place to visit, so much so that I'm going back again in March.