Just spent two weeks in La Plagne Village, probably the best of the 10 villages that make up the La Plagne ski region with my wife and two daughters aged 12 and 8. Vey impressed with the resort. Excellent ski schools with multi lingual ski instructors who are EFS staff and teach to a recognised level of ability. We’ve been fortunate to ski a fair bit over the years in Europe and Canada and we all agreed that La Plagne was one of the best resorts we have been to.
We stayed in lovely, new and spacious clean apartments called Odalys Resience Le Fonts de Neige. Ski in and out, ski lockers, pool and spa, very clean, great staff and in a mega good location. Restaurant in the complex who also have top food and folks working there would are really accommodating. The apartments are self catering and there are plenty of Spar mini markets that are well stocked in a little expensive but you must expect that given the location. Take what you can if possible or there are large supermarkets in the valley, inc SuperU.
We drove to La Plagne, stopping in Dijon over night. It’s an easy drive, but we would take the tunnel rather than the ferry next time to Dieppe. Over all it’s quicker and simpler. Make sure you have the right location in your sat navigation as we had a bit of an adventure up a mountain pass that ended in a gravel road..... yikes!
Apres Ski for us was nothing more than dinner out or drinks late afternoon in one of the many bars in the Village or La Plagne Centre, which is connected by a free TeleBus (2 min Gondola ride). The Centre has loads of facilities, shops, bars, hire and sports shops, libraries, gym, dentist, doctors and pharmacy.
So, the business end is the skiing. It really does have something for everybody from beginner, happy day blue run cruisers like my wife and adrenaline chasers who crave the reds, blacks and off piste powder. There is also a lot of none skiing activities so there early is something for everyone. There are many many miles of pistes, visit www.la-Plagne.com for full detailed pies the maps.
In summary, we loved it and the quicker we can get back, the better. I hope you find this review useful and that you love La Plagne as much as we did should you choose to visit.
