Tignes, France ski holiday resort including ski resort reviews.

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TIGNES THE RESORT

Starting from a perspective of the Tignes glass of vin chaud being half full, the resort offers outstanding convenience. Tignes is made up of three principal zones around Tignes le Lac, Le Lavachet and Val-Claret. All are located above 2100m and offer exceptional snow conditions. Access to and from the lifts and slopes is impressive from nearly all accommodation and amenities have are distributed with convenience in mind rather than in an effort to create atmosphere. Wood and stone materials are appearing more and more and new developments area far cry from the originals. OK, being less positive and from a half-empty outlook, it takes a stay in Les Menuires to see anything positive about the original developments in Tignes.

THE GOOD, THE BAD

  We like:
Excellent access to the slopes and lifts

  We don`t like:
Tignes is in the premier division of Alpine architectural misadventures

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TIGNES RESORT INFORMATION

Whilst Les Menuires has the feel of a 1970’s city centre polytechnic campus and Aime La Plagne mimics a (Star Wars) Imperial Star Destroyer, Tignes evokes memories of a regional television building. To award any of these resorts the distinction of most unsightly French Alpine development, would be to truly underestimate the blight on the local alpine beauty that the runners up had achieved. In short, for those wanting a ski holiday in a charming and attractive resort, then look beyond Tignes.

Review by alex miller
holiday taken February, 2005

Resort attractiveness

2 / 5  

Resort facilities

4 / 5  

Resort atmosphere

4 / 5  

Resort prices

3 / 5  

Review by mat - ineedsnow staff
holiday taken January, 2008

Resort attractiveness

1 / 5  

Resort facilities

3 / 5  

Resort atmosphere

3 / 5  

Resort prices

3 / 5  

Not pretty