Tignes France wintersport

Our first and unfortunately also our last wintersportholiday went to Tignes in France.

We stayed in a very beautiful apartment from CGH Residences & Spas Le Telemark.
The appartment is very beautiful, two bedrooms with each their own bathroom, a fully utilised kitchen en a balcony where the sun shines in the afternoon, lovely!

We picked up our rental ski's and sticks in the village which is a 10 minute walk from the appartment . Groceries and such is wise to buy those at the foot of te mountain, before you go up to Tignes, because those are expensive in Tignes!

The others went skiing, it is almost ski in ski out here at out apartment.  If you are a very good skier than you can ski in ski out, but if you are a little unexperienced you cross the road, which is in total I guess ten steps from the apartment and then you are in the snow, perfect! I went for a walk from Tignes le Lac to Tignes Val Claret, the weather was perfect and I met some "Marmot" who where playing in the snow, if you look really careful at the picture you can see them on te left.

I wanted to do a walk around the Lac (the Lake), but the whole path was snowed under, so after I disappeared twice ende the snow, I changed my mind and walked on the road ;-). 

After my walk and the others their skiing adventure, we checked out the welles from CGH. There is a very lovely pool, even nicer saunas and teamcabines, what a treat!!

Closing the day with a nice glass of wine and a little brie, how much nicer can life get!

If you want to get cheaper groceries, you have to go down the mountain, this is a 45 minutes drive, it is only a few kilometers, but it takes 45 minutes!!

If you go the other direction, you can go to Italy. We tried too, but we were stopped at La Rosiere, because of all the snow! La Rosiere is a bit of a ghost town when we were there, you can get your picture taken with a Sint Bernharddog here, but there was no dog and no humans at the time we were there. No Italy either, that was a bit of a bummer. Only 8 more kilometers, but unfortunately.....

A bit disappointed we drove away and took the samen dangerous road back, little bended roads and such. We went to Albertville instead, but we stopped on the way and behind the trees we found this little oase and so we stayed here for a while. It was beautiful here!

Once we were in Albertville, we got an icecream and we went to the Carrefour. My tic is that in every country I am I have to visit the Carrefour, just to see what they sell. Albertville is very nice for a visit, so you can pay Albertville a visit, you won't be disappointed.

Our view from the balcony:

Impressive right! Le Telemark, is very special, the people that work there make you feel really special, as if you are a regular VIP! They speak very good English and want to do the world for you. You can borrow a fondue or a raclette, games or dvd-player with dvd's! 

The kitchen is super, with a very good oven! The balcony was great. In the morning you are skiing, in the afternoon you can enjoy the sun on your own balcony. Apres ski is very nice in Tignes, there are several places where you can relax and enjoy a good beer and music! Our apartment was on the third floor, on the first floor is your own barn, where you can keep your wet ski equipment, which is dried there, so no snow or wet in your own apartment! The welnesscenter is really nice with a very big pool, bubblebaths, two saunas and a Turkish steamboat free of charge! You could also enjoy a massage or other treatment, but those are not free.

The front of le Telemark:

Tignes the place to be this wintersportseason!