Val d'Isère ski resort is a traditional French Alpine village with centuries of history and beautiful stone chalets, which contrasts starkly with neighbouring Tignes' purpose-built apartment blocks. Skiing began here in the 1930s, but really took off after WWII.
Today Val d'Isère is a lively resort, with busy shops, restaurants and a buzzing nightlife. The resort centre has been extensively redeveloped in recent years and is now largely pedestrianised. It is especially popular with the British and Scandinavian ski crowd.
Val d'Isère ski resort is also a leading competition venue. It held several events during the 1992 Winter Olympics and most recently the 2009 Alpine World Ski Championships. Staging these two events, along with regular World Cup competitions, place it in an elite group of five resorts worldwide that have staged all three levels of world-class international competition.
Together with Tignes, it forms part of the 10,000-hectare (25,000-acre) Espace Killy ski area, home to some of France's best on- and off-piste terrain and one of the world’s biggest lift-served verticals.
Location:
Val d'Isère is located in the southeastern French region of Savoie in the Western Alps, close to the Italian border.
Today Val d'Isère is a lively resort, with busy shops, restaurants and a buzzing nightlife. The resort centre has been extensively redeveloped in recent years and is now largely pedestrianised. It is especially popular with the British and Scandinavian ski crowd.
Val d'Isère ski resort is also a leading competition venue. It held several events during the 1992 Winter Olympics and most recently the 2009 Alpine World Ski Championships. Staging these two events, along with regular World Cup competitions, place it in an elite group of five resorts worldwide that have staged all three levels of world-class international competition.
Together with Tignes, it forms part of the 10,000-hectare (25,000-acre) Espace Killy ski area, home to some of France's best on- and off-piste terrain and one of the world’s biggest lift-served verticals.
Location:
Val d'Isère is located in the southeastern French region of Savoie in the Western Alps, close to the Italian border.
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