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Maggies Says: If you've just had a few months long winter you desperatelly look for the sun and use every minute you have to take more from it.
Maggies Says: You always need to take a break while skiing the whole day. Why not finding some good reason for celebrating and having a champage on the slope. And if you don't feel like having champagne you can always have a beer.It's essencial to have a friend who will be very glad to...
Maggies Says: There are beautiful views of the Alps all around. And you can see majestic Mont Blanc above the other ranges (weather permitting).
Maggies Says: Having your hotel on the slope is a really great thing. You don't need to take any buses to go to the lifts, you don't waste time for getting to some station and you can go back to your room whenever you want, in case you get cold, too hot, hungry, tired... and so on. And...
Maggies Says: It's great to sit in one of many bars on the slope, have a coke or a beer and take some sun. Just be careful and put high factor sun block (even if it's cloudy)... otherwise you'll be red like a lobster.
Maggies Says: Bellecote glacier is the highest place for skiing in La Plagne. The lifts go up to 3250 meters and there are some great slopes going from the top... plus, there are the views to die for.
Maggies Says: It's unbelievable how the weather changes in the mountains. Being up on 3000 meters you never know what to expect. In one moment it's warm and sunny and in few minutes it starts snowing... So you better be ready for anything. I was here at the end of March being sure it will...
Maggies Says: There are 225 km of slopes in La Plagne:132 pisted runs: - 9 blacks - 37 reds- 75 blues- 11 greensThe colors don't really mean the same as in Austria or Italy. I don't know exactly how it works but a blue piste doesn't necesarily need to be flat but it's usually well...
Maggies Says: La Plagne is an absolute paradise for off piste lovers. You can go down almost in any place you want. It's a great fun.
Maggies Says: La Plagne has quite good infra-stucture. There are 108 ski lifts : - 2 cable cars - 8 gondolas - 34 chairlifts- 45 button tows- 19 grab-on tows - 2 moving carpets Some chairlifts are bit old and very slow though and none of them have covers so it's not too nice if it's cold...
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Noone should leave Savoie without having tried a "fondue savoyarde" at least once, unless you are allergic to cheese.
The fondue is melted cheese cooked with white wine in a big pan type thing. You deep pieces of bread in the pan and eat them. Note that this not a dish suitable for people on a diet. But then again, who would come to France while on a diet?
You are also meant to drink white wine with a fondue, rather than water. The main reason is the alcohol of the wine mixes much better with the cheese's fat than water does and makes the meal easier to digest.
Written Feb 3, 2003
Maggies Says: As Aime 2000 is a huge hotel with many corridors, you can actually use them as a partying spot. The party usually starts when somebody sits in front of the room and smokes (not to smoke in the room). More people come and join and the party begins.
Maggies Says: You can start partying just after finishing skiing. Just sit on the bank in front of your hotel room (just in case you get tired), bring some beer and the party goes on. Skiing clothes and ski/snowboard boots.
Maggies Says: Hotel room is a good place for preparty. The rooms in French Alps are usually very small but this time it was even 30 people partying in one room. You need to organize it somehow if you go for a trip with 40 friends.
Maggies Says: To get to Aime 2000 from Plagne Centre you can take a cable car Telemetro. It works till 1 am so you can stay in Plagne Centre for the Apres Ski party and I bet you will find Telemetro very helpful then.It also comes in handy when you go down from your hotel on the sleigh at...
Direct flights from the UK and Sweden
bzh Says: The closest airport is Chambery-Aix. In the winter, quite a few cheap airlines, including Buzz and Excel, fly direct to Chambery.Direct flights from the UK include London Stansted, Newcastle, East Midland, Leeds Bradford.Direct flights from Sweden include Malmo and...
Any good butcher in Savoie will have a selection of local dry sausage and cured ham.
What to buy: Everything. My personal favourite are the "grelots aux noix", small ball like dry sausages with walnuts inside.
What to pay: It varies widely depending on where you go and what type of sausage you buy but you can expect prices to start around 5 euro.
Updated Feb 3, 2003
La Plagne offers facilities for all types of winter sports, including snow blades, bobsleigh, telemark, etc.
Equipment: If you have skiing equipment, bring it. Otherwise, you can rent everything there at places like Sport 2000.
Updated Apr 4, 2011
bzh Says: If you fly into Chambery airport to go to Aime, have a look at the strange airplane hanging from the ceiling. This aircraft is the Blériot XI. It is the plane that Louis Blériot flew accross the English Channel in 1909 thus demonstrating to the world that transport by air...
bzh Says: I quite like Aime's train station. It is one of those typical small stations you find all over the place in France. But the one unusual thing it's got is its setting in the middle of the mountains.
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Mountains and cold white stuff
Aime is a small village in the Savoie region of France. It is the closest town to the La Plagne ski resort, which is the reason why I went there in the first place so this page is mainly about La...
White and blue,as far as you can see and beyond
The best thing about Aime La Plagne and French Alps in general is living just on the slope. The mountains are majestic and it's great to be right there in the middle. Jumping down from your balcony in...
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