Bourg Saint-Maurice
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Bourg Saint-Maurice is the main town in the Tarentaise Valley and is surrounded by numerous ski resorts that together attract more than 10 million skiers each year. If you are looking for a slightly different ski holiday experience to a tradtional resort, then this lively and active town is the one for you.
Those who enjoy skiing as well as soaking up the surroundings will be in their element.
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Buy your own MGM apartment in Bourg
Saint-Maurice:
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Bourg Saint-Maurice
Bourg
Saint-Maurice offers easy access to Arc 1600,
allowing you to then explore the whole of the
Paradiski area.
Les
Arcs-Bourg St Maurice has acquired the Famille Plus
label for its child and family friendly services and
facilities (awarded by the French Tourism Ministry).
For more information on the excellent childcare
facilities please contact the tourist office.
Paradiski
is the world’s largest ski area and offers a
very wide variety of pistes, to suit every
skier’s/snowboarder’s ability.
Probably
the easiest ski village to reach from the new London
St Pancras International rail terminal with a direct
Eurostar high speed service likely to be quicker, as
well as far more pleasant and convenient, than
arriving by air.
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Skiing in Les Arcs/Paradiski
Arc 1600 is set in the tress with views across to
Mont Blanc and has a small scale atmosphere but from
here you can access 425km of lift served runs, spread
over 10,000 hectares.
The terrain will suit all levels of skier: Arc 1600
is based in thickly wooden terrain, surrounded by
largely gentle trails through the trees; Arcs 1800
and 2000 are located at the tree-line with wide open
sunny slopes above. Intermediates may benefit the
most from this super ski area as they will be able to
tackle most of the slopes. Experts will be kept more
than happy and can challenge themselves on the
extensive off-piste terrain.
From Peisey-Vallandry, you can hop on the double
decker Vanoise Express cable car and within 4 minutes
up to 200 people will have reached La Plagne and the
joint Paradiski area.
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Snowboarding in Les Arcs/Paradiski
Snowboarders
have five snowparks,
three boardercross
courses and a half-pipe to enjoy.
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Cross country skiing in Les Arcs/Paradiski
There are
plenty of cross-country skiing routes to be explored
in Les Arcs and Peisey.
The
closest of the routes departs from the funicular
train departure point in Arc 1600. In Arc 1800 a loop
starts from the top of the Jardin Alpin chairlift and
in Arc 2000 leaves from the main area on the lower
slopes.
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Ski Schools in Les Arcs/Paradiski
There
is a wide selection of ski schools to choose from in
the Les Arcs.
In
Arc 1800 the ESF offers a wide variety of lessons for
both adults and children.
ESF
is the dominating ski school in Arc 2000.
There
are over 115 ski instructors in this area offering
lessons in alpine skiing and snow boarding.
ESF
is also dominants Peisey-Vallandry
With
120 instructors to teach you alpine skiing, carving,
snowboarding, snowblading, telemarking, freeride and off-piste.
Children
aged 4-10 years old can do cross country skiing as
well as alpine skiing.
Children
over 10 years old can also learn how to
snowboard.
For more
information about pre-booking Ski School in Les Arcs
and Peisey-Vallandry please select
here
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Lift Passes for Les Arcs/Paradiski
Lift
passes give you access to Les Arcs and the whole of
the Paradiski ski area
For
more information about Les Arcs lift passes, please
click
here.
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| The Skiing |
| Bourg Saint-Maurice is directly linked by the 'Arc-en-ciel' funicular railway to Les Arcs and is only a few minutes drive from some of the world's other leading ski areas, including La Plagne, Tignes, Val d'Isere and La Rosiere. The funicular railway from the town reaches Arc 1600 in only 7 minutes and runs every 20 minutes from 0730. Although there is no ski run back to Bourg Saint-Maurice the funicular runs until 2000 Mon - Thurs and 2100 Fri - Sun, so no need to rush back. From Arc 1600 you can explore the 425km of terrain that is the world's largest ski area: Paradiski. You may even choose to make use of the double-decker Vanoise Express cable car over to La Plagne. There is skiing to suit everyone, no matter what your ability. |
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| Après Ski |
| A good selection of approximately 20 restaurants and bars can be found in Bourg Saint-Maurice as well as a cinema and even a mineral museum. With typical villages, local crafts and traditional gastronomy there is plenty to keep you entertained. |
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| Amenities |
| Bourg Saint-Maurice offers plenty of shopping...150 shops to be precise! They include a supermarket, butchers, bakers, tabac, banks, hairdresser, pharmacy, doctors, dentist and a hospital. |
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| Activities |
| Lots of various activities can be enjoyed in Bourg Saint-Maurice and Les Arcs such as paragliding, snow shoeing, horse riding, ski joring (being towed on your skis by a horse!), snow-mobiling, ice climbing and at Arc 2000 even quad biking on snow can be experienced. La Plagne offers the famous bobsleigh run that was built for the Albertville Winter Olympics - for the dare-devils, you can even ride down the run in a proper bobsleigh behind a professional driver...or for the slightly less adventurous, you can ride down with friends in a self sterring raft which goes a little slower....but still fast enough! |
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| Getting there |
Driving distance: From Calais: 670 miles, approximately 9 hrs.
Airport access: Chambéry: 70 miles, approximately 1 hr 15 mins. Grenoble: 113 miles, approximately 2 hrs. Lyon Saint Exupéry: 117 miles, approximately 2 hrs. Geneva: 119 miles, approximately 2 hrs.
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| Ski Facts |
| Village height: |
850m (2,789ft) |
Slope range: |
1200m (3,937ft) - 3,326m (10,913ft) |
Ski area: |
Paradiski |
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| Piste coverage |
425 |
| Ski lifts |
144 |
| Ski runs |
236 |
| Green |
11 |
| Blue |
123 |
| Red |
65 |
| Black |
37 |
| Snow cannons |
626 |
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| Beginners |
*** |
| Intermediates |
**** |
| Experts |
**** |
| Boarders |
**** |
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| Tourist Office |
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Click to Bourg Saint-Maurice website
