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January 07, 2014
Family of 4 from
Switzerland
Family of 4 from
Switzerland
Just returned from a week of ski holiday in Leysin, from Dec 28 to Jan 4, this is our first time in Leysin, but we have being skiing across the other side of the valley in Villars for many years.
Compared with Villars, Leysin seem to attract fewer skiers, which is fine with us; less crowded at the lift chair waiting lines.
In general, the ski area is okay. However, the cable car access is not very user friendly. You need to climb two levels of stairs to get to the cable car; a pain in the neck when you have the ski boots on.
For the slope, in general, is quite okay when there is snow. We are fortunate because most slope are not open until Dec 28 2013 due to lack of snow.
November 01, 2013
Virginia from
Switzerland
Virginia from
Switzerland
I love Leysin; I moved here and I will never leave, the village is a paradise on Earth.
It's great in the winter (skiing from mid-December to mid-April) and it's wonderful in the summer with several activities at top level, such as mountain biking, especially downhill, plus hiking and discovering hidden lakes and rivers, amazing spots for outdoor open fire cooking.
A big plus are the sport centres: ice skating, curling, pool, tennis, squash, gym, hammam.
And the Glacier 3000 is nearby (15 min drive) with great skiing from end of October to beginning of May.
March 24, 2013
Bill Glover from
United Kingdom
Bill Glover from
United Kingdom
We had been skiing for a number of years in Leysin and really enjoyed it; best proper mountain huts in all the resorts we have been to in the Alps and the Fromargerie, in town, was excellent. Easily accessible by train and cog railway from Geneva. It is not always snow sure and you can do most of the runs in 3 days. The first couple of times we went to Leysin, Diablerets and all pistes in that area were accessible because there was a daily shuttle included in the Glacier 3000 ski pass, brilliant. In our view, stopping the free shuttle bus is a huge mistake, a real disappointment and access to Col de Mosses is no substitute as it is low and the bottom of the runs is often sloppy or bare.
If Leysin Tourism doesn't reestablish the inclusive shuttle to Glacier 3000, we won't be going back.
February 03, 2013
paul from
United Kingdom
paul from
United Kingdom
Very disappointed with Leysin. Very unhelpful staff in the ticket office miss-sold us our lift pass, in my opinion. We bought the full pass, including Glacier 3000, but were not warned you need a car to get there or else you are looking at a 40chf journey by train/ bus which would take over an hour and a half! Not accessible in my eyes. Next the Solpraz chair was broken all week and the shuttle bus wasn't running at the foot of the Solpraz chair so we could not get to Les Mosses without a 45 minute public bus journey from Leysin. Ok, things break but the chair was down all week, surely a special shuttle from Solpraz to Les Mosses could have been laid on and then a return to Leysin so we could use the Les Mosses ski field we had paid for? So for 295chf, plus 5chf for the card, not great value for us. Will never go back. Apres very poor too, no nice apres bars at the foot of the home run.
January 04, 2013
Gordon Brown from
United States
Gordon Brown from
United States
December 07, 2012
Stefano Maida from
Switzerland
Stefano Maida from
Switzerland
I love Leysin; I moved here about 3 years ago and I will never leave.
It's great in the winter, we are having a huge snow fall right now, and it's wonderful in the summer with several activities at top level, as mountain biking, expecially downhill, plus hiking and discovering hidden lakes and rivers, amazing spots for outdoor open fire cooking.
September 17, 2011
Steve Sainsbury from
United Kingdom
Steve Sainsbury from
United Kingdom
I've just returned from my sixteenth visit! Like some other reviewers I knew Leysin well in the Club Vagabond/Grenier days, and spent almost a year living there in the late 80s. Later visits did reveal it a little run down, and of course the end of the Vag and Grenier. But things seem to be picking up again now, with a lot of very nice new properties going up. I haven't tried Le Lynx yet, but the Yeti Bar retains some Club Vag atmosphere, and is currently moving location. La Lorraine is quite nice and reasonable by Swiss standards. Even the old 'Bottom Pub', now the Saloon is okay, though extremely quiet at the moment! But the views and air never change and I'm still planning to spend another year there in 5 or 6 years' time. And if the Dalai Lama thinks it's the centre of the spiritual universe it must have something other resorts don't have, and I reckon he's right!
June 06, 2010
Martin from
United Kingdom
Martin from
United Kingdom
I went to Leysin in March 2010. It's small, quiet, and like the rest of Switzerland, expensive.
Transport is a cinch as Leysin is reached by a cogwheel railway from the nearby town of Aigle which has regular intercity connections to other Swiss cities, most notably Geneva and it's airport.
Leysin is a medium sized resort and I would say it is aimed at beginners and intermediates. There is only one black run which is not too demanding. I would classify myself as an intermediate and I managed to do all pistes several times in two days, so I would suggest Leysin is a good place for a short break rather than main holiday. Lift pass prices are at the higher end of reasonable, close to what you would pay across the border in Austria, but the prices of food and drink on mountain are extortionate. This is definitely one resort to take a packed lunch for the day. Leysin is very quiet at night and aimed at families, not the party crowd.
November 26, 2008
Darryl from
United States
Darryl from
United States
I lived in Leysin in 91/92 and have returned on occasion. I loved that place and the moniker "Magic Mountain" could not have been more appropriate. The mystique of living on the mountain was the most incredible experience of my life. However, when I returned in '03 I was completely pained by the downturn that the village had taken. Some of the all-time great places no longer existed; La Grota (greatest pizza in CH), Whispers and of course Club Vagabond- truly one of the best bars in the world.
To those who lived in Leysin during its heyday and have not yet returned, the town retains its natural beauty but all that we knew as Leysin is no longer. A sad end to an absolutely incredible story.
October 15, 2008
Alex from
Switzerland
Alex from
Switzerland
I've been back to Leysin this spring and it was a sad view! Many buildings look pretty tumbled down compared to the really great time I had in 1988/ 1989 till about the mid 90ies. Where once stood the "Le Grenier" (in 2002 or 03) there was at least still a Disco, but the door to get in wasn't even there anymore. The Whispers was closed (like it was in 03), everything was overgrown there. The Top Pub was also closed (open after 5 pm). The fountain in front looked in poor condition too, and the Nelson Pub was already the Western Saloon in 03). To think how much I missed that place and it's people, how I envied the people who could still be there, I can't imagine anymore! For me Leysin has lost a lot of it's glamour, seems like a Hollywood Star sinking down into darkness :-( sadly to say that it's rather a dead place now! But I still like to remember the great time I had there and I'm glad I was able to have lived there for 1,5 years.