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The
bustlingresort of Les Deux Alpes
has a varied après ski scene which caters for
all ages with various inviting bars and clubs. In
addition to a heated outdoor swimming pool, outdoor
ice rink and sports centre, Les Deux Alpes offers a
tanking centre with flotarium, sauna and Turkish
baths to help relax any aching limbs at the end of a
hard day’s activity, what else could possibly
make Les Deux Alpes skiing holidays
better.
The free shuttle bus service in Les Deux
Alpes saves on some long walks from one
end of the resort to the other. Well-worth a visit is
the charming little village of Venosc with direct
gondola link (8 minutes) to Les Deux Alpes.
Les Deux Alpes is a mere one-hour drive from Grenoble
(75km).
Why Les Deux Alpes?
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High altitude skiing and excellent snow record. One
of the largest glaciers in the Alps and
Europe’s largest summer skiing area.
·
Above average sunshine conditions.
·
Excellent for all standards of skiing with massive
off-piste potential.
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Very good après ski with plenty of bars,
restaurants and discos.
Children
Crèche Les
Deux Alpes
Tel: +33 4 76 79 02
62
Nursery nurses and
qualified staff welcome your children from 6 months
to 23 months in a comfortable and recently equipped
environment (beds, cots). There is a possibility of a
hot lunch. Medical or vaccination records are
necessary. The number of places is
limited, from 8.30am to 5.30pm.
Places must be reserved a day in advance before
5.30pm.
At the beginning of your stay, an adaptation period
of 2 half days will be necessary in order to help
your child settle. If there are still difficulties at
the end of these 2 days, the care of the child will
be decided by the team with the parent's
agreement.Open
8.30am-5.30pm.
Full day plus meal c
€30
½ day without
meal c €16
½ day with meal
c €19
½ day with
snack c €17
(Guide prices for
2007/2008)
Bonhamme de Neige Day Nursery Tel: +33 4 76 79
06 77
For children from 2 to 6 years. Sports, play
and cultural activities to suit the age of the
child. Open Monday – Sunday 8.30am-5.15pm
½ day with meal c €20
Full day with meal c €30
6 days with meals c €145 (Guide prices)
During the season, every day, at the centre or by
phone from 8.30am to 11.30am and from 2pm to 5pm.
Open: From 27th October to 5th November 2007and from
1st December 2007 to 26th April 2008
Off season there is a telephone receptionist from
9am to 11am, Monday, Tuesday, (if no reply, please
leave your details on the answer phone.)
Enrolment- at the centre every day from 8.30am to
11am and from 2.30pm to 5pm: Medical certificate must
be shown, stating that the child's health presents no
problem to his/ her integration in the nursery and
that the child's vaccinations are up to date.
Proof of the parents or guardians identity is
required.
Children do not do a full day on their first
day.
The rest of the child's stay will depend on his/ her
adaptation to the centre.
Children must arrive before 10am and leave before
2.30pm.
Activities:
Art and craft, cooking, model making, reading, music
...
The children go outside in the morning and afternoon
to play in the snow (sledging, snowshoes, igloo) and
discover the mountain setting.
A programme of activities for the older children is
drawn up each week respecting the weather forecast.
Activities in Les Deux
Alpes
Snowshoeing, ice climbing (on ice waterfalls),
paragliding, climbing, quad, ice-skating, ice grotto,
the ‘white cruise’ (discover the glacier
on a tracked minibus), snow scooters,
ice-driving…
Eating Out and Après-Ski in Les Deux Alpes
Over 40 bars and 3 nightclubs –
‘Avalanche’ open 10.00pm to 5.00am,
‘l’Opera’ open 10.00pm to 4.30am,
and ‘le Wasa’ open 10.30pm to 5.00am.
Entry fees may vary from € 5 to € 12,
depending on days and season.
There are also quieter places too, plenty of choice
of restaurants from budget Italian to 4 star classic
French, a cinema… Les Deux Alpes is a very
lively resort.
Other amenities in Les Deux
Alpes
Open air heated swimming-pool (with 3 baths, incl a
paddling pool), Olympic sized ice-rink, two sports
centres with indoor pool, squash court, gym…),
bowling, cinema, donkey farm with Ski-joering (let
yourself be pulled along on skis by a donkey or mule)
library.
Cash points, doctors, pharmacies, physiotherapists,
several shops, bakeries… All the facilities
and services that you would find in a large ski
resort.
Les Deux
Alpes Tourist Office
Open: Mon to Sun 8.00am to 7.00pm. (High Season)
Mon to Fri 8.00am to noon / 2.00pm to 6.00pm (Low
Season)
English spoken
Tel +33 476 79 22 00
www.les2alpes.com
Access
By Road: Driving distance from Calais to Les Deux
Alpes 587 miles (approx 8hrs25)
From Calais, take A26 Motorway towards Reims and
Troyes, then Dijon, Lyon, A480 Motorway to Grenoble,
exit no8 (Stations de l’Oisans), then N91 road
to Briancon via Bourg d’Oisans. At the Chambon
dam, take D213. It takes approximately 1 hour from
the motorway exit to Les Deux Alpes.
By Rail: Grenoble station 85km – Shuttle
bus +33 476 80 51 22 www.vfd.fr
Click here to check schedules for this
service
We can also arrange
car hire from Grenoble station
Airports: Grenoble Airport is 120km from Les Deux
Alpes -
www.grenoble.aeroport.fr - Shuttle bus Monnet +33
476 93 40 00
Lyon Saint-Exupery is 160km from Les Deux
Alpes –
www.lyon.aeroport.fr - Shuttle bus Satobus
Airport Transfers
Pre-book your private taxi transfer with Peak
Retreats
Les Deux Alpes from Lyon, Grenoble, Chambey and
Geneva
For prices click here
We can also arrange car hire
from Lyon or St-Etienne airport
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