Oisans - Vaujany

This very pretty, charming and peaceful village is built on a sunny slope in an area with a micro-climate which ensures optimum sunshine conditions.

Après-ski facilities are impressive too - a new sports centre has a 25m swimming pool, sauna, steam room and fitness hall and there is an open-air ice rink too.

It also has a superb and inexpensive day nursery (minimum age 6 months) and a small, caring ski school. Not surprisingly it holds the ‘Famille Plus Montagne’ label for its children facilities.

Easily accessed from Grenoble (50 km) by main trunk road.

The Ski Club of Great Britain recently named Vaujany in France as Europe's most family friendly resort (October 2008).

Vaujany Resort Opening Dates

Vaujany opens on 13/12/08 and closes on 19/04/09

Alpe d’Huez opens on 06/12/08 and closes on 26/04/09

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Why Vaujany?

·          Charming mountain village

·          First class skiing for all with good snow conditions

·          One of the best resorts for children with new sports centre

·          Southern Alps climate with above average sunshine

Childcare in Vaujany

Vaujany has acquired the Famille Plus label for its childcare facilities. Please click here to view more information on the Famille Plus label.

“Halte-Garderie” nursery (6 months to 5 years old)

Opening hours: 9hr – 17hr (everyday in ski season – booking only)

A day care centre, open to revive the little ones during the season.  Different arrangements are proposed: morning; or morning and afternoon with a midday meal and afternoon snack.  The day care centre offers indoor and outdoor games, walks, visits and manual activites.

Please note you must bring your child’s health record (red book). He or she must be immunized for DT POLIO and BCG (against tuberculosis). If your child is not vaccinated against all or any of these you must bring a recent letter from your G.P. saying the child is in good health and can attend the nursery.

Book in advance with Peak Retreats (£9 booking fee applies)

The Vaujany Leisure Centre for children 6-11 years Tel: +33 4 76 79 23 54 or +33 4 76 80 77 53

A qualified team awaits your arrival to take part in various activities: swimming, ice skating, sledging, walks…  Prices from c €4/hour or

c €13/½day. 

Vaujany Activities      

Sports centre (multi-gym, sauna, steam room and Jacuzzi), Swimming pool (25m), ice rink, snowshoeing, ice-climbing, paragliding

(Above) Leisure centre close to La Cascade, with water slides, sauna, Turkish baths and fitness centre (click on the picture for more information).

Vaujany Leisure Centre

Tél. +33(0)4 76 79 83 83

Open every day from 10.30am to 8pm, with one evening late opening (9pm).

Pool, sauna, hammam, spa and fitness room.

• Pool with water games, slide, paddling area, sporting pool.

• Weights room: More than 20 machines.

• Sport hall: a 600 m2 hall for all kinds of sports and cultural activities.

Library

More than 3 000 books (comic strips, novels, non-fiction, etc) and board games are available. Loaned free of charge.

House of the fauna

Learn the secrets of the wildlife of the Oisans. Qualified staff lead this fun and realistic wildlife discovery, using interactive terminals offering a choice of virtual walks with activities featuring mountain wildlife .

Heritage Museum

100 years of history of Vaujany told by the inhabitants through photographies and evidences.

Hydraulic Museum

The history of hydroelectricity through the ages and the amazing story of the building of the Grand’Maison Dam.

Eating Out and Après-Ski in Vaujany

6 bars, 6 restaurants, shops.

Alpe d’Huez, nearby, offers nightclubs and a cinema for those who enjoy a lively nightlife.

Other amenities in Vaujany

Mini-supermarket, cash point, self-service laundry, bakery, two sports shops.

All the above information is for information only. For the most up-to-date information please visit the resort tourist office website

Vaujany Tourist Office       

Maison de Vaujany

Tel +33 476 80 72 37

www.vaujany.com

Access to and around Vaujany

By Road: Driving distance from Calais 566 miles (approx 8hrs)

From Calais, take A26 Motorway towards Reims and Troyes, then Dijon, Lyon, Grenoble. Follow the RN91 towards Briançon and then Vallée d’Olle to Vaujany. Vaujany is 50km from the motorway exit to Grenoble.

By Rail: Grenoble (3hrs from Paris by TGV).

VFD bus company (0033 8 20 08 38 38) or see http://www.transisere.fr

Airports:

Grenoble (St Geoirs) 96km (1 hour)

www.grenoble-airport.com

Chambery Airport is 121km from Vaujany (1 ½ hours)

www.chambery-airport.com

Lyon Saint-Exupéry 144 km (2 hours)

www.lyonairport.com

Geneva 205 km (2 ½ hours)

www.gva.ch/en

Access around the resort of Vaujany: Covered car parking: at the shopping arcade and central village square. Free.

Airport Transfer

Pre-book your taxi transfer with Peak Retreats

From Grenoble Airport to Vaujany – from £82 per person return based on 4 people sharing. 

For all other transfer prices please click here

Access Plan

Vaujany

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Resort Map

Vaujany

What makes the Massif des Grandes Rousses so satisfying is its many-sided slopes. They face in all directions, so skiers can always find the best snow and conditions by simply following the sun! 

The skiing is spectacular with fantastic vistas all round from glaciers and forests to villages nestling in the valleys below. 

Vaujany itself has a substantial choice of pistes and nursery slopes to delight beginners and intermediates - all easily accessed via the village centre gondola.

While off-piste enthusiasts have a great choice too, including a run with a vertical drop of 2600 metres. 

Home to the longest black slope in the world – SARENNE – which is 16km (10 miles).

Terrain parks – Situated on the “Montfrais” area above Vaujany, this is a snow park for the beginners where you can learn jump, slide... and approach the slopes rules.

Snow Cannons

The Grandes Rousses massif covers 8 villages, with 236 km of marked slopes. Already equipped with one of the largest snow-production plants, the area now has a second automatic snow production unit, supplying a further 16 km of slopes via 285 snow canons.

Vaujany Lift Pass

Save Time in resort and budget ahead by pre-booking lift passes. See below for prices.

PRE-BOOK* your 6 Day Grandes Rousses Lift-Pass

*Proof of age will be required for reduced price passes.

Special family reduction:  6 day Visalp Grandes Rousses: £146/adult (+13yrs), £105/child (5-12yrs). The offer applies to a minimum of 4 people (2 adults + at least 2 children under 20yrs) when proof of direct family affiliation & co-residence can be provided. €2/pass for hands-free card included in above.

Photos only required for 9+ days and free passes

The Grandes Rousses lift pass will also allow you to ski on the other Grande Galaxie domains (Les 2 Alpes, Serre Chevalier, Puy Saint Vincent, Italian Milky Way)

**With the 6 day lift pass we can include the VISALP option (£11-13 extra) which gives you entry to the swimming pool and sport centre in Vaujany and swimming pool (use of sauna and steam room before 4pm), ice rink, night skiing, concerts, golf practice and much more… in Alpe d’Huez.

Please note that there is also a cheaper lift pass covering Vaujany ski area only although we cannot pre-book this. Beginners are advised to buy this pass in resort

Vaujany Ski School

PRE-BOOK* your 6 Half Day Group Ski/Board Lessons

Please note that a booking fee of £9 per party will be charged            

1 SKI - Mornings or afternoons: 2 1/2 hours (09.15-11.45)-(14.15-16.45).

SNOWBOARD – Afternoons ONLY: 14.30-16.45.

Please note that you must arrive 15 minutes before the start time

2 Transfer to local Garderie by Ski school instructors after lunch

Vaujany Individual Lessons (08/09 prices, NOT pre-bookable)

Please not that prices are an indication only and are subject to change

Individual ski lessons can only be booked directly through the ski school

Ecole du Ski Francais Vaujany : +33 476 80 71 80

Snowshoeing

Alain Hilion - Tel : 0033 476 79 88 71

½ day trip - €20

Full day trip - €30

Mountain restaurants in Grandes Rousses

Le Vaujaniat, Les Airelles, le Chalet du lac Besson, la Forêt de Maronne, la Combe Haute, la Bergerie, la Cabane du Poutat, l’Auberge Campagnarde, l’Altiport …

Cross-country in Grandes Rousses

50km of cross country piste.