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Puy St Vincent 1700, France
Description: Puy St Vincent is situated in Les Ecrins, the largest park in France with a staggering 92000 acres. The year round resort is split into four levels, 1400, 1600,1700 and 1800. Puy 1600 is larger than the rest. Sadly there is a bit of a concrete block right in the middle which we find at Snowbrainer find a bit ugly.Puy 1400 is the most relaxed of the four resorts and really a sweet little hamlet. Nearby you will find other hamlets like Le Villaret, Les Pres, Les Albers and the original village Le Puy with its churches. When you arrive at your chosen accommodation you will be given a Guest card which give syou some good discounts on ski school, lift passes, the cinema and numerous other activities.1700 has good access to the slopes.
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Puy St Vincent 1800, France
Description: Puy St Vincent is situated in Les Ecrins, the largest park in France with a staggering 92000 acres. The year round resort is mostly split into two levels, 1400 and 1600m. Puy 1600 is larger than 1400 and a better location for lift access. Sadly there is a bit of a concrete block right in the middle which we find a bit ugly with shops below.Puy 1400 is the more relaxed of the four resorts and really is a sweet little hamlet. Nearby you will find other hamlets like Le Villaret, Les Pres, Les Albers and the original village Le PUy with its churches. Puy 1800 is the newer part of the resort wher you tend to find chalets built in the traditional style. When you arrive at your chosen accommodation you will be given a Guest card which give syou some good discounts on ski school, lift passes, the cinema and numerous other activities.
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Arosa, Switzerland
Description: Arosa is set on the shores of two picture postcard lakes. It is a beautiful rail journey from Chur which takes under an hour. A well heeled clientelle enjoy its relaxed ambience. There are lots of good restaurants, a casino and winter walking paths so things to do if you are not a skier.
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Westendorf, Austria
Description: Part of the Kitzbuheler Alpenskipass, Westendorf was voted the most beautiful village in Europe in 1998. It is a cosy cosmopolitan alpine village which sell itself as a good quality family resort.
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Val Louron, France
Description: Val Louron is a ski resort in the Aure-Louron area of the Haute Pyrenees in France.
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Albiez Montrond, France
Description: Lying at the foot of the Aiguilles d'Arves are two charming villages Albiez-Montrond and Albiex-le-Jeune. Albiez Montrond is an authentic old French village in Maurienne Valley, with some spectacular panoramic views
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Le Seignus-D'Allos 1500, France
Description: Le Seignus d'Allos, at an altitude of 1,500 metres, is known for being a family resort.
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Val D'Allos - Le Seignus, France
Description: Valle D'Allos - Les Seignus is a family resort at 1500m situated in the Southern Alps. It is a 10 minute drive from La Foux D'Allos A popular resort with French families and currently no package holiday companies, makes this a great little resort
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Guzet, France
Description: Nestled in a wooded area this is a sweet little French resort where you will find wooden chalets and lots of charm.
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Pralognan la Vanoise, France
Description: Pralognan La Vanoise is one of the oldes resorts in the Tarentais Valley is situated in the French Alps in the Vanoise National Park. The nearest town to Pralognan is Courchevel.
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Pila, Italy
Description: Pila is situated in the Aosta valley. There are some good slopes for skiing on which are usually pretty quiet due to the fact that most people who come here are Italians. So you could say its a good secret and you'll enjoy the uncrowded slopes. There is a gondola that links the town below but in Pila itself you will find a handful of restaurants. More information to come on Pila - keep tuned!
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Lofer, Austria
Description: Lofer is a traditional Austrian village lying not far north from Saalbach.
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Thollon les Memises, France
Description: Thollon Les Memises is situated in the Haute Savoie with a beautiful view over Lake Geneva. It's cradled on the plateau and is described in the Michelin guide as "The most beautiful observatory of Leman" The resort is very sweet with a village atmosphere and good for families
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Bormio, Italy
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Champagny, France
Description: Set within the forest the modern architecture has been tastefully done to make this a pretty village. It's easy enough to take a car or taxi and have a day trip to Courchevel
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Areches, France
Description: Areches is located in the heart of the Beaufortain massif and only 25 km from Albertville. Against the backdrop of Mont Blanc, Arêches-Beaufort is small village .
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St Leger les Melezes, France
Description: St Leger Les Melezes is a small mountain village in the Champsaur Massif in the Haute Alps. It is not far from Gap.
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Gourette, France
Description: Gourette is a Pyrenean ski resort located at the foot of the ski slopes, in the Ossau valley at an altitude of 1400 m. The resort faces due south so it catches lots of sunshine. There is car parking for 2000 cars. www.n-py.com A great event in the season is the mountain biking on ice, so go and give it a try!
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Panticosa, Spain
Description: Most visitors are Spanish locals to this small rural village. Modern facilities and beautiful settings create a firm following. It is quite good value with excellent Spanish food
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Astun, Spain
Description: Located in the valley of Aragon, Astun is a pretty village 80km from Pau in France. You can expect some beautiful scenery.
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Luchon Superbagneres, France
Description: Whilst you stay at Luchon you can take the gondola which is takes you to the ski field of Superbagneres, which is only 8 minutes away. The resort is located in the Pyrenees. Luchon is well known for its thermal spas and its close proximity to Spain .
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Molines en Queyras, France
Description: A family ski resort near the Italian / French border and it is the regional park of Queyras.
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La Feclaz, France
Description: This is a popular resort for cross county skiing. La Feclaz is a small resort in the Parc des Bauges, Savoie in the Northern Alps. The resort is only 20 minutes away from Chambery.
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Autrans, France
Description: Autrans is 10km north of Lans en Vercors in the heart of the Vercors
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Courmayeur, Italy
Description: A fabulous place to go if only to watch the world go by. We at Snowbrainer really love this traditional Italian village/town which is just over thw boarder from Chamonix. The village itself is traffic free in the centre and the the apres ski is just brilliant whilst alse being very refined. A little advice, leave your skis and boots up the mountain at the end of day rather than having to walk back into town with them on.
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Kaltenbach, Austria
Description: Why Kaltenbach? Well a good reason would be that it gives you direct access via an 8 passenger gondola to Hochzillertal which has 155km of pistes to play with. Known as the Zillertal ski area it comes highly recommended. Great for weekend with 4 airports all in within 2 hours transfer time. If you buy the right pass you can also ski Fugen, Hippach, Mayrhofen (17km away) and Zell am Ziller
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Predazzo, Italy
Description: A small resort where the Val di Fiemme and the Val di Travgnola meet. From Predazzo it is easy to reach the ski fields of Latemar from the cable car. There are around 50km of runs with night skiing at Obereggen and added attraction. The ski area Latemar belongs to the extraordinary Dolomite Superski - twelve ski areas linked together by a unique skipass in the Val di Fiemme. There are also 100km of cross country tracks
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Bellevaux - La Chevrerie, France
Description: Bellevaux is a great little family resort situated near Thonon Les Bains and only a short transfer time of 45 minutes from Geneva. It is based in the Chablais area of the Northern Alps, part of the Haute Savoie department.
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St Johann im Pongau Alpendorf, Austria
Description: St Johann - Alpendorf lies about 60km south of the city of Salzburg and is the main town in the district. It gives you access to the largest ski fields in Austria. Located 2 miles from St Johann Wagrain - the ski resort of Wagran is plit into two areas, Graffenberg and Gribkareck which are on either side of the village. The Graffenberg area links to Alpendorf. There are a variety of runs to suit all abilities
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Wagrain, Austria
Description: Wagrain - the ski resort of Wagrain is split into two areas, Graffenberg and Gribkareck which are on either side of the village. The Graffenberg area links to Alpendorf. There are a variety of runs to suit all abilities St Johann - Alpendorf lies about 60km south of the city of Salzburg and is the main town in the district. It gives you access to the largest ski fields in Austria. Located 2 miles from St Johann
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