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Les Carroz is a spacious, sunny, family resort with
pavement cafés and interesting little shops
centred around a main square. Les Carroz has a
pleasant 'lived-in' feel and has been popular with
French families since the mid 1930s for its superb
children facilities, including a children’s
club, and a baby-club. In Les Carroz there is a
swimming pool complex with 3 pools, paddling pool,
water slides, bouncy castle, volley ball, trampoline,
restaurant and bar, surrounded by a large expanse of
green lawn. The 18 hole Golf course boasts fantastic
views, open every day in July and August, and at
weekends in other months. Other golfing challenges in
the area include an 18 hole course at Les Gets, a 9
hole course at Avoriaz, and a practice range at
Samoëns with a driving range over water and a
putting green.
Les Carroz is well provided for with shops, post
office, library, medical centre, pharmacy, tennis
courts, archery, mini-golf cinema, art galleries,
museums, and ping-pong! The gondola in Les Carroz is
also available to take you up to the fabulous
scenery, leaving you to descend at your leisure. The
Tourist Information Office in Les Carroz keeps a
wealth of informative literature and will help keep
visitors entertained during their stay. Les Carroz is
one of the most accessible resorts in the Alps with
very easy access from the motorway, train station or
Geneva airport.
View here for a map of walk trails and lifts open in
the summer months in GM
For Les Carroz lift opening dates please see
information on Les Carroz Resort News on right hand
panel.
Places of interest in Les Carroz
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Chateau des Rubins: In the direction of Araches and
Cluses this Nature Centre has interactive displays,
exhibitions, games, and videos showing the wildlife
and flora of the Alpes.
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Museum de la Frasse: History of watch making,
agriculture, cabinet making, and other traditional
crafts from centuries ago.
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Museum d'Arâches: A collection of tools,
watches, clocks, religious items, and other articles
from the past.
Childcare in Les Carroz
Les Carroz has acquired the Famille Plus label for
its childcare facilities. Please click here to
view more information on the Famille Plus label.
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Swimming pool complex
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Pony riding
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Climbing lessons
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Children’s club
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Babies club
Your children are welcome at the La Souris Verte
crèche and the children's “Club des
P'tits Fûtés” to suit you - daily,
half-daily or all week … from Monday to Friday
From 3 months to 3 yrs old : La Souris
Verte is open from 8.30am to 6pm
Tel : +33 (0)4 50 90 08 00
100 m from the residence Fermes du Soleil
From 4 to 12 yrs old : Les P'tits
Fûtés children's club is open from
8.30am to 6pm. Tel : +33 (0)4 50 90 24 58
Located 600 m from the residence Fermes du Soleil
Amenities in Les Carroz
Mini-supermarkets, cash points, doctors, 1 pharmacy,
physiotherapist, dentist, hairdresser, beauty salon,
bakeries, several sports shops…Library, 2 art
galleries.
Eating Out and Entertainment in Les Carroz
Bars, restaurants, nightclub, cinema, shops
Les Carroz activities highlights and contacts
Golf - With a wide selection of courses, why
not unwind with a relaxing game of golf.
Golf Pierre Carre 18 holes +334 50 90 85 44 or visit
www.golf-pierrecarre.com
Golf de Flaine – Les Carroz. 18 holes,
length 4063m, par 63.
Green fees (daily) 18 holes c €30, 9 holes c
€19. A spectacular mountain course at an
altitude of 1900m. Fantastic views over the Alpes.
Tel : 00 33 4 50 90 80 74
Practice de Golf du Lac aux Dames, Samoens.
Length 150m. Driving range over water + 9 hole
putting green. Tel : 00 33 4 50 34 40 28
Golf des Gets 18 holes, length 5264m, par 70. Green
fees (daily) from c €29€ to c €38,
weekend passes available. Mountain golf course
with a superb panoramic view Tel: 00 33 4 50 75 87 63
Golf d’Avoriaz, Morzine. 9 holes, length
2923m, par 36. Green fees (daily) c €21 Tel: 00
33 4 50 74 17 08
Mountain golf links at the entrance to the resort of
Avoriaz. Superb panoramic view.
Water Sports – For those more
adventurous, there is a good choice of water sports
to get the adrenaline pumping!
Bureau des Guides - White water,canyoning, rafting,
walking, climbing, mountaineering, pot holing, via
ferrata. Tel: +33 450 34 43 12
www.bureaudesguidesdescarroz.com
Adventures Payraud White water, cano-rafting, rafting
Tel: +33 450 93 63 63
www.adventurespayraud.com
Ecolorado Rafting for all water activities Tel: +33
450 34 45 26
www.ecolorado-rafting.com
Espace Montagne for all water activities as
well as climbing, mountaineering, potholing and via
ferrata
Tel : +33 5 45 21 84 57
www.espacemontagne.fr
Info:
Canyoning, with a guide, is going down steep streams,
naturally carved water slides, abseiling down
waterfalls and jumping into pools. White-water
rafting takes place either on the Arve or the Giffre
depending on river flow with specialist professional
guides from April through to September.
Sixt aventure passion
- Choose
from canoing, kayak, airboat, rafting, canyoning,
walking, climbing, mountaineering and via ferrata
Tel: +33 450 34 16 85
www.hautesavoie-rafting.com
Indiana Parc – (in Samoens). Live hours
of adventure and evasion, overcome the obstacles,
face the test, in a magnificent and unusual forest of
bridges, scales, tarzan ropes, etc. For
children +6 and 120cm. All safety equipment is
provided. Prices - €15/child (6-16yrs),
€18/adult
Tel: +33 450 74 01 88
www.indianaventures.com
Paragliding
- Air Samoens +33 450 34 95 80 www.parapente-samoens.com
(paragliding)
Hot-air balloon
Flights take place early morning with our pilot
confirming the take-off the previous evening.
One hour costs 200€ per person.
Bookings taken at the Tourist Office.
Office de Tourisme Communal Les Carroz
d'Arâches
9 Place Ambiance
74300 Les Carroz-d'Arâches
Tél : 04 50 90 00 04
Fax : 04 50 90 07 00
From 15/06/2009 to 13/09/2009
Caving – ½ day from €29
Bureau des Guides Tel: +33 450 34 43 12
Rambling – 1 day for €12.
Hire a donkey! €42/day.
Climbing – 1 session €24/child
€28/adult Bureau des Guides Tel: +33 450
34 43 12
Riding school – Open from May to October
– 1 hour for €18.30 Tel: Centre equestre
“Cheval et Montagne” +33 450 90 02 50
Pony rides – for children aged 2-11
years. Prices from €6.50 -
€9.50. Open 10am-12pm and 3pm-6pm.
Tel: Raymond et Bertile Renand +33 4 50 90 02 58
Cinema
Bauciné
74300 Les Carroz-d'Arâches
From 01/07/2009 to 30/08/2009
Mountain Activities – Ice Rambling from
€60; Via Ferrata from €40. Save money
and ask the tourist information centre for a
“multi-activities” pass, ie: Canyoning,
Caving, and Via Ferrata. Bureau des Guides Tel:
+33 450 34 43 12
www.bureaudesguidesdescarroz.com
Mountain biking
Les Carroz
takes pride in offering excellent facilities for all
cycling sports. Our telecabine will carry you and
your mountain bike to the top so you can race down
the grassy slopes – you can hire road bikes
– and “BDD” are specially designed
bikes with fat wheels and disc
brakes…
NEW! A
downhill trail for mountain bikers
To be discovered from 5th July. All levels.
- altitude variation: 600m
- from the top of the Kédeuze
Télécabine 1750m to the
bottom 1150m
- 3894 m long
CONTACTS:
Zig Zag
Le Thoral
74300 Les Carroz-d'Arâches
Tél : 04 50 90 98 12
From 01/07/2009 to 31/08/2009
Hiking
Choose your
route from amongst the 200km of marked footpaths in
the Grand Massif.
The Grand Massif hiking map is on sale at the Tourist
Office: 6€
Contacts:
Bureau des Guides
Place de l'Ambiance
74300 Les Carroz-d'Arâches
Tél : 04 50 90 06 55
Fax : 04 50 90 06 55
From 06/07/2009 to 31/08/2009
Climbing
CONTACTS:
Bureau des Guides
Place de l'Ambiance
74300 Les Carroz-d'Arâches
Tél : 04 50 90 06 55
Fax : 04 50 90 06 55
From 01/07/2009 to 30/08/2009
Sports centre
"Le Serveray"
Sports Centre offers a pool, tennis courts, a skate
park, a brand new fitness and exercise circuit, a
beach volley ground etc.
The pool temperature is maintained to 26°
whatever the weather conditions! The Sports Centre
welcomes you from 10:30 am to 7pm everyday from
mid-June to beginning of September.
Lift opening dates
Foot or mountain bike, the Kédeuze
gondola in Les Carroz is open from
4th July to 30th August 2009 to take you to the heart
of the Grand Massif, with a clear view towards
Mont-Blanc.
Open everyday from 10am to 12.30pm and from 2pm to
5pm.
Single from €5, return from €6.50.
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Presentation of 2008/2009 winter season ski pass
(Grand Massif or Massif) entitles you to a 50%
reduction.
All the above information is for information only.
For the most up-to-date information please visit the
resort tourist office website
Les Carroz Tourist Office
Tel +33 450 90 00 04
www.lescarroz.com
Access to Les Carroz
By Road: Driving distance from Calais to Les
Carroz 539 miles (approx 7hrs30)
From Calais, take A26 Motorway towards Reims and
Troyes, then Dijon, Mâcon then ‘Autoroute
Blanche’ Motorway (A40 Mâcon –
Cluses) exit Cluses Centre (no 19), follow N205 road
towards Sallanches. After 3 km follow signs to
‘Les Carroz d’Araches’ and turn
left towards Les Carroz on the D6 road. Beware!
No petrol
station in the resort! The nearest is
the BP station on the N205 near the motorway exit
12km from les Carroz
By Rail: Cluses 20km
Shuttle bus +33 450 98 07 81 or taxi (please enquire)
Airports:
Geneva Airport is
73km from
Les
Carroz (1 hour)
www.gva.ch/en
Shuttles between
Airport and resort. One way €45.50, return
€78. Everyday with SAT company via Taninges or
direct at weekends.
From Les Carroz
– Geneva booking is essential 48hours in
advance from Tourist Office.
Chambery Airport is
111km from Les Carroz (1 ¼ hours)
www.chambery-airport.com
Lyon Saint-Exupery
is 193km from
Les Carroz (2
hours)
www.lyonairport.com
Grenoble is 200km
from Les Carroz (2 hours)
www.grenoble-airport.com
Getting around the resort – summer
shuttle
To get easily
to the walks departures, to the telecabine or to the
pool, a free shuttle bus runs every day except on
Saturdays.
A free shuttle bus runs in the village towards Col de
Pierre Carrée or Agy. For
all including bikers and hikers.
Need an Airport Transfer? Prices from
£58 per person based on
4 sharing a private return taxi from Geneva Airport
to Les Carroz. Call our reservations team for details
on 0844 576 0170 or email
reservations@peakretreats.co.uk
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