Residence Le Hameau De Pierre Blanche, Les Houches

Advantages: Variety and excitement for skiers of all ability
Disadvantages: Chose to get the car out but ski buses serve all aeas

...We stayed in Chamonix Easter week 2008. My Dad who is 77 skied for the first time at le Savoy and le Tour. My Mum (74) did not ski but had a great time. We stayed in a 3 bed apartment 'Le Beau site' in the centre of Chamonix with fantastic views of Mont Blanc. We ate out a couple of times, once at a traditional restaurant where my mum ate trout caught in a local river..delicious.. and at Valentinos where we ate superb pasta and salads with very friendly service. One of the highlights was a trip via the Montenevers rack and pinion railway to the 'mer de glace'. It was worth the 300 steps to see the glacier close up and have a photo with Alaska the smelly dog in the ice caves. Maybe next time we wil join the skiers on the Vallee Blanche. We also visted Italy via the Mont Blanc tunnel and walked around an almost deserted Courmeyer... Read review

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Advantages: holiday apartments, ideal for families, a lot of activities
Disadvantages: expensive extras

...to the club village Cap Esterel in Agay (Saint Raphael, Côte d'Azur, close to the Esterel mountains), where we have spent two weeks of our summer vactation this year. Most of it will be applicable for other Pierre et Vacances locations as well (as we can see from the catalogue). Cap Esterel is one of the largest club villages of Pierre et Vacances, it covers an area of more than two square kilometers (almost as large as Monaco / Monte Carlo). It is a car free village. On the day of arrival and departure, however, you are allowed to drive close to your house to load and unload luggage. You can enjoy a breathtaking view over the Mediterranean Sea and the Esterel Mountains. There are two parts of the village (Le Village and Le Hameau) with apartments and houses from 24 to 75 m² for 2 to 7 persons. In addition, there is a hotel as well. Within... Read review

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Advantages: Great fun
Disadvantages: ?

...VIENNE (AFP) - La cohésion de l'Opep et sa capacité d'intervention sur le marché semblent mises à mal à une semaine d'une réunion ministérielle du cartel à Beyrouth, estimaient mardi les analystes. "Pour la première fois depuis le sommet de Caracas, en septembre 2000, l'Organisation des pays exportateurs de pétrole (Opep) apparaît divisée", affirme Pierre Terzian, de la revue Pétrostratégies à Paris. "Il y a ceux qui, comme l'Arabie saoudite et les Emirats arabes unis, sont prêts à produire plus pour faire baisser les prix et ceux qui, comme le Venezuela et l'Algérie, estiment que c'est l'offre de produits raffinés et non celle de pétrole qui est insuffisante", ajoute-t-il. Mais, selon lui, "la question fondamentale n'est pas celle d'une mobilisation immédiate des capacités de production non-utilisées du cartel, qui tournent autour de... Read review

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