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The MTB passports du Soleil - Over 3000 mountain bikers are meeting to celebrate the start of the season in the Portes du Soleil area. The mountain biking Pass’Portes du Soleil is an outing through the mountains between 1000 and 2250 metres high to explore the fabulous mountain biking area of Portes du Soleil. Mountain biking between France and Switzerland is a concentration of shared and good-humoured sporting moments. Leaving from seven different stations, the itinerary unveils the most beautiful paths in the area. Major changes in level are dealt with effortlessly by using the ski lifts and you can enjoy the downwards slope at your own pace whilst taking advantage of the sublime landscapes! Six supply points along the trail are the ideal place for an invigorating break and tasting regional products and specialities from each village. Make your way quickly to www.passportesdusoleil.com

28th- 29^th June 2008

13TH INTERNATIONAL MECHANICAL MUSIC FESTIVAL

On the theme of Mechanical Music and Image.

Once again this year, the Village streets will resound with the sounds of barrel organs. With shows, concerts, exhibitions and events, the festival retraces the high points of changes in image and sound: barrel organs with their magic lanterns, living pictures, phonographs, mechanical musical instruments accompanying silent films and then used in talking films.

An original way of discovering Mechanical Music!!!

18th-20th July 2008

Lift details - Partial opening of the ‘MTB Paradise’ area. The Chavannes Express chairlift will be open on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 07/06/2008 to 27/06/2008. Total opening of the ‘MTB Paradise’ area on the 28/06/2008, all the ‘MTB Paradise’ cable cars and chairlifts will be open. The 28th is also the start of the 5th MTB Pass’Portes du Soleil. Partial closing on the 31/08/2008. The Chavannes Express chairlift will stay open until the 07/09/2008 when the MTB Paradise area will close.

For your comfort, some lifts are reserved for pedestrians and others for MTB and their bikes.

MTB – Chavannes Express Chairlift, La Grande Ourse Chairlift, Mont-Chery Chairlift

Hiking and paragliding – La Pointe Chairlift, Mont Chery Chairlift, Les Chavannes Chairlift

Pedestrian Prices:

Cable car single (Chavannes or Mont Chery) - €4 adult, €2 child, €3 senior/junior

Return cable car trip (Chavannes or Mont Chery) - €6 adults, €3 child, €4 senior/junior

Chairlift single (La Pointe) - €2.50 for all

Single trip on cable car + chairlift (la Pointe) - €5.50 adult, €3.50 child, €4.50 senior/junior

Return trip on cable car + chairlift (la Pointe) - €7.50 adult, €4.50 child, €5.50 senior/junior

12 trips - €24 for all

24 trips - €48 for all

Mountainbikers prices:

Cable car single (Mont Chery) - €6 adult, € child, €5 senior/junior

Single trip La Grande Ourse chairlift - €4.50 for all

Single trip for Mont Chery cable car + La Grande Ourse chairlift - €7.50 adult, €5.50 child, €6.50 senior/junior

Single trip Chavannes Express chairlift - €6 adult, €4 child, €5 senior/junior

(CHILD AGED 5-11 ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT, JUNIOR AGED 12-15, SENIORS AGED 60-74, FREE FOR UNDER 5’s AND OVER 75’s)

Visit the goat farm every Thursday at 6 p.m. Price = €5

Mechanical music museum. Open daily from 10.15 a.m. to 12.15 noon (in July and August) and from 2.15 to 7.15 p.m., Last guided visit at 6 p.m.

• Carillon bells, pendulums and music-boxes

• Animated scenes and automatons

• Street-organs (dance and fair-ground types)

• Orchestra scores and violins

• Mechanical and wind pianolas

• Phonographs and gramophones...

All displayed in their historical context in the museum’s various halls. Group visits by appointment, possibility of morning visits.

Adults €7, -16 years €4

Retrospective ski exhibition - Skiing through the ages. Free exhibition housed at the top of the Mt Chery cablecar. Free entry during cablecar opening hours

New pedestrian area in village centre – pedestrainised and 100% car free

Development of town hall square and centre of the village – Next year or so will see the refitting of the Rue du Centre. These actions, leading towards sustainable development, are part of the 2003/2013 village project

Market in Les Gets – on Thursday morning