Advantages: Off the beaten track; good extensive pistes, when the weather's good Disadvantages: Suffering from under-investment in the services on the slopes
...poor. The year we skied Valloire (2007) it was c**p.
Which is a shame because it really isn't Valloire's fault. Indeed, the residents of Valloire, whose livelihood largely depends on those three or four months each year when their village gets invaded by thousands of visitors, have more to lose than anyone by Global Warming. We can go anywhere to get our skiing fix. They're stuck.
And that's a shame really because Valloire is quite a nice little ... ...small town than a village. Valloire and its sister community, Valmenier are, like St Sorlin which we visited a couple of years ago, not located in the most popular ski areas in France. Valloire is located south of the Maurienne Valley in the Tarentaise Region. It is reached by travelling up the valley, past St Jean de Maurienne where you turn off to reach St Sorlin, until you reach St Michel de Maurienne. Here you turn right (assuming you are coming ...
grahamft 07.08.2008
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Advantages: good value and lovely pistes Disadvantages: jerky drag lifts
I stayed in Valloire in 2003 with a large group of friends aged from 5 to 49, with most of us being on our 2nd or 3rd ski trip.
The village itself is very pretty with a great market on Fridays, its also quite cheap so great for the shoppers .
The ski area was great, lovely wide runs and some going through the woods,all of them beautifully pisted. The only drawback was the drag lifts, they are very jerky and the children found the ski instructor ...
flyflitflo 22.10.2007
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: somewhat helpful Review of Valloire
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