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Les Carroz d'Araches
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Les Carroz, Grand Massif
Village Height 1140m
Activities
Mountaineering, Climbing
Via Ferrata, Potholing, Bob Carts, Paragliding, Hot air ballooning, Horse riding
Water Activities, Canyoning
Rafting, Hydrospeed. Marked mountain walks. Golf - 3 courses, Practice driving range over water and putting green
Driving distance from Calais to Les Carroz 539 miles or 7hrs30
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Resort Info
Les Carroz d'Araches
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Perched on a plateau at 1140m overlooking the Cluse de l'Arve, Les Carroz d'Arâches is a traditional alpine village in the heart of the Grand Massif area. Close to the village there is a clear view of the mountains of La Croix de Fer and Les Grandes Platières, with the narrow valley below.
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.
- Opening Dates
- Child Care
- Activities
- Apres Ski/Eating
- Access
- Resort News
- Other Amenities
Opening Dates
Les Carroz is open from end of June/beginning of July to end of August. Exact dates to be confirmed in 2012.
Child Care
Les Carroz has acquired the Famille Plus label for its childcare facilities. Please click here to view more information on the Famille Plus label
· Swimming pool complex
· Pony riding
· Climbing lessons
· Children’s club
· Babies club
Club des petits
The Green Mouse, multi-center hosting Carroz welcomes children from
3 months to 3 years to the day, half day, week....
Open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 pm. Closed from August 27 to September 4, 2011.
From 02/05 to 26/08 - 2011, excp Sats and Suns.
Sign up from May 2011.
From Monday to Friday, various activities for one day, half-day or for one week. Themed weeks at the P'tits Futés Club, for your schooled children aged 3 to 12 yrs old.
Open 04/07 – 02/09 - 2011
Booking available from 14th June 2011
Tel : +33 (0)4 50 90 24 58
Located 600 m from the residence Fermes du Soleil
Sign up from June 14th 2011
16€ ½ day without lunch. 20€ full day meal and snack.
A list of babysitters is available from the tourist office.
Activities
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 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 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… Come and enjoy our blue downhill biking trail starting at the top of the Kédeuze télecabine and the new black trail right at the beginning of the blue one. View here. Blue – 600m altitude variation, 894m – all levels Black – 210 altitude variation, 850m Kedeuze gondola open for pedestrians and mountain bikers from 2nd July – 28th August 2011 from 09.30-12.30 and 1.30-5.30. Closed during rain. Cycling Routes Climb a mountain pass! Many a cycling enthusiast, following in the path of Tour de France “pros”, has attempted to climb these legendary passes! The latest to join the list of twenty or so “notable hill climbs” is Les Carroz’s Pierre Carrée pass! From now, the “Balme - Les Carroz - Col de Pierre Carrée” climb is lined with GSM beacons and kilometre markers to indicate the average gradient, maximum percentage incline and distance. Microchips are on sale from the Tourist Office. 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€ Bureau des Guides Climbing CONTACTS: Bureau des Guides 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.
A heated pool complex: 3 pools, slides, paddling pool, large lawns. Beach volley ball, ATB trail, skateboard area, 5 tennis courts, 1 short tennis court, club house, multi purpose hall fitted out for cultural and sporting events 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
9 Place Ambiance
74300 Les Carroz-d'Arâches
Tél : 04 50 90 00 04
Fax : 04 50 90 07 00
74300 Les Carroz-d'Arâches
Contacts:
Place de l'Ambiance
74300 Les Carroz-d'Arâches
Tél : 04 50 90 06 55
Fax : 04 50 90 06 55
Place de l'Ambiance
74300 Les Carroz-d'Arâches
Tél : 04 50 90 06 55
Fax : 04 50 90 06 55
Apres Ski/Eating
Bars, restaurants, nightclub, cinema, shops
Access
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. From Mid-July to late-August.
Car parks
Car parks are free! In the village 340 free spaces
Télécabine: 550 spaces + spaces for motorhomes with services from beginning of July to end of August ONLY. Free.
Need an Airport Transfer? Prices from £76 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
| Place des Aravis | 100 spaces | except on Tuesdays (market) |
| Base de Loisirs | 100 spaces | |
| Rte du Pernand | 70 spaces | |
| Le Laÿs | 70 spaces | 800m before the resort centre on the road to Arâches |
Resort News
Other Amenities
Mini-supermarkets, cash points, doctors, 1 pharmacy, physiotherapist, dentist, hairdresser, beauty salon, bakeries, several sports shops…Library, 2 art galleries.
Les Carroz d'Araches
Les Chalets du Jouvence
Luxury Apartments. Sleeps 2-8
Indoor Pool
Les Chalets de Jouvence prestige is located in a commanding position slightly above the centre of the village (5 minutes walk away).
Luxury Apartments. Sleeps 2-8
Indoor Pool
Les Chalets de Jouvence prestige is located in a commanding position slightly above the centre of the village (5 minutes walk away).
Les Fermes du Soleil
MGM Apartments. Sleeps 2-6
Indoor pool
Les Fermes du Soleil is located very close to the heart of the rustic village of Les Carroz.
MGM Apartments. Sleeps 2-6
Indoor pool
Les Fermes du Soleil is located very close to the heart of the rustic village of Les Carroz.
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