The Resort

Courchevel’s little sister La Tania has grown up to be an attractive and welcoming place since her inception in 1992 for the Winter Olympics. On the 80 minute journey from the airport into the village you’ll pass the perilous ski jumps in Le Praz before entering the woods in which the village of La Tania nestles. There are pleasant chalets around the horseshoe shape making up the base of the slopes,as well as a selection of French and English bars and restaurants as well as ski-equipment shops and ski schools. This area is car-free, making it an easy place to wander with children after skiing.

The Skiing

This pretty, family-friendly resort boasts delightful intermediate pistes. La Tania has easy access to neighbouring Méribel and the rest of Les Trois Vallées. For beginners there’s a mini-drag for first ventures into skiing, moving up to long, winding greens and the undulating blue Folyères when they progress to the gondola. For intermediates La Tania also offers a good selection of quieter runs and, within two lifts, access to the whole of the Courchevel valley. For experts, there are long steep blacks leading down to Le Praz, and in the ‘Dou des Lanches’ sector,where there’s usually some untracked off-piste. The tree runs into Le Praz and La Tania are the best place in all the Three Valleys to spend your time in snowy weather. Red-run skiers are welcome to join our free Ski Guiding service from La Tania, which takes in all the best runs around the whole Three Valleys during the week.

The Chalets

Situated away from the main street,the Le Ski chalets in La Tania are in quiet locations, yet none more than three minutes from the pistes. Chalet Michèle is located right on the slopes, which you can cross to access the village. Our larger chalets, Le Rabel and MarMau, are situated slightly up the hill, but again very close to the village centre (see village map for details). Both these chalets sleep 23 and include flexible accommodation in family rooms. Chalet MarMau is home to the purpose-built Le Ski crèche which takes children from 6 months to 12 (see next page for details), and guests from all three of our chalets are welcome to book their children in to be cared for by our wonderful team of nannies.

The Kids

There’s great access to the rest of the levels of Courchevel. Using the free buses, the opportunities to keep the children entertained could involve iceskating, shopping or bowling up in 1850, not forgetting good old bumboarding which you can do closer to home. You could also organise dogsledding with real huskies and there’s often a firework display going on during peak weeks.

The Adults

Despite its family-friendly status,adults aren’t ignored in La Tania.There’s a mixture of French and British-owned bars, often featuring live music during après-ski or later in the evening. There are a number of restaurants varying in price and menus, ranging from take-away crepes or chips, via pizza and steak up to Michelin-starred fare.