About Les Arcs

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Resort Summary

Resort recommended for: all skiing standards: beginners, intermediates, advanced; moguls; cross-country; off piste; ski touring; snowboarding; snow-showing; families; mountain restaurants; purpose-built convenience; snow-sure resorts; ski to door

Resort altitude: 1200m

On the snow: top: 3226m - bottom: 1200m

Lifts in area: 141 (16 cableways, 66 chairs, 58 drags)

Pistes/ trails: 425km

Nearest airports: Chambéry - 2 hours, Geneva/ Lyon - 2.5 hours, Bourg-St-Maurice - 0.5 hours

Resort website: www.lesarcs.com

Amenities

Les Arcs (Arc 1800) not only offers a wide range of winter and summer activities, but has everything on tap to make your stay enjoyable, easy and safe:- cash points; chemist; doctor; post office; bowling alley and cinema. It also has a huge variety of shops, bars and restaurants to suit everyone's needs - old or young. Both on the slopes and in the village centres of Arc 1800, numerous restaurants are accessible by foot or by ski lift, inviting you to experience mouth-watering tastes and a variety of different cooking traditions. At the bottom of the slopes and the foot of the residences is a friendly area where children and parents can get together to enjoy the toboggan run in safety.

Buses

Throughout the winter, there are free regular shuttle services between the resorts of Les Arcs (Arc 1600, Arc 1800, Arc 1950, Arc 2000 and Le Cabriolet). Your nearest bus stop is on the main road in the centre of Arc 1800. There is a shuttle bus that runs up and down from the centre of Arc 1800 to the Les Alpages complex as well.

Background

Set spectacularly high in the Arc mountains, Les Arcs is a wonderful modern resort with inspiring skiing. It boasts an amazing snow record and has excellent skiing for all abilities. The variety of skiing is huge from steep blacks to wide open cruising runs. Since December 2003 the Paradiski cable-car opened, linking Les Arcs with La Plagne to form one of the largest ski areas in the world (over 425km of piste skiing!). Les Arcs is made up of four villages - Arc 1600, Arc 1800, Arc 1950 and Arc 2000. Arc 1800 is the largest village with a lively atmosphere and excellent access to skiing.

Situated between Mont blanc and Vanoise, Les Arcs Bourg St Maurice is faithful to it alpine heritage which it has succeeded in preserving. Set in a superb and preserved environment, the resort harmoniously blends tourism and tradition. Its residences are in harmony with the surrounding forests, encouraging you to fully enjoy the wide open spaces around you. With its shopping centres, numerous activities and entertainment that is planned throughout the season, your holiday is sure to be a lively, colourful one. The pedestrian resort is situated at the centre of the Arc 1800 ski area and thanks to modern, high-performance ski lifts, its runs take you to the heart of Paradiski.

Paradiski

The Vanoise Express, the centrepiece of the Paradiski ski area is now open. This is an opportunity for all holiday-makers visiting La Plagne, Les Arcs and Peisey-Vallandry to experience the cable car that has been hailed by the media worldwide as the most prestigious in the world. The cable car linking the Les Arcs and La Plagne massifs opened on 20 December 2003 and made more than 400,000 trips during its first winter. Surveys conducted during this period confirmed a very high level of satisfaction amongst its users. The quality of service, the comfort and above all the panoramic views satisfied more than 95% of people who took the cable car.

In summer, family outings, hiking expeditions or mountain bike rides will give you so many opportunities to experience the Vanoise Express. Beyond the technical performance of the car, which links a distance of nearly 2km without any intermediary pylons between Peisey-Vallandry and Montchavin-les-Coches, the famous double-decker cars and their amazing glass surface offer outstanding panoramic views of over the highest summits on the Alps, from a maximum height of 380 m.

Tourist Office

Arc 1800 - La Pagode, Le Charvet Village, near Place Miravidi  09:00-12:30 and 15:30-19:00hr +33 (0)4 79 07 61 11 - our apartments are number 8 - St Bernard.