Your holiday destination

Flaine is a pedestrian ski resort in the Haute Savoie, situated between Geneva and the Mont Blanc. It is at the same time an astonishing and attractive resort, where all is accessible by ski. Flaine is a resort with a contemporary architecture, designed to please the eye and at the same time blending perfectly into its surrounding natural setting. It offers an astonishing cultural heritage for it is a true open-air museum, where you will find sculptures by Picasso, Vasarely or Dubuffet in a park, as well as an art exhibition at the cultural centre. Many of its buildings are also classified as historical monuments. Flaine is a modern and practical ski resort of the Haute Savoie for a care-free skiing holiday. The ski slopes of this Northern Alps resort are part of the Grand Massif skiing area with its 265 km of skiing.

Skiing area

The ski resort of Flaine, in the Haute Savoie, shares its 140 km of ski slopes with the ski resorts of Savoie: Morillon, Sixt, Samoëns and Les Carroz . It is the Grand Massif skiing area. 265 km of ski slopes in a natural setting with a remarkable amount of snow, in a magnificent settin, with a view of the mythical Mont Blanc. All levels of skiing are catered for in this skiing area of the Haute Savoie resort which offers gentle slopes for beginners, steeper descents for skiers of a good level and fun zones for snow-surf and free ride fanatics. Flaine, this pedestrian resort, offers you total peace of mind for a 100% skiing holiday with the family.

Flaine skiing area

- Minimum altitude : 1600 m
- Maximum altitude : 2500 m
- 63 ski slopes over a total of 140 km - 8 green, 28 blue, 22 red, 5 black
- 13 ski tows, 11 hair lifts, 3 telecabins
- 1 snowpark : the jampark of Flaine

The Grand Massif skiing area (Flaine, Les Carroz, Morillon, Samoëns, Sixt)

- Minimum altitude : 1140 m
- Maximum altitude : 2500 m
- 135ski slopes over a total of 265 km - 17 green, 54 blue, 50 red, 14 black
- 29 ski tows, 34 chairlifts , 5 télécabines, 1cable car, 1 télébenne, 3 rope tows, 2 sloping lifts
- 2 snowparks

The resort's attractions

- Snow scooter
- Kite snow
- Paragliding
- Driving ion ice
- Dog sleigh
- 6,5 km of footpaths or snow-shoeing
- 13 km of cross country skiing tracks
- Bowling
- Cinéma
- Disco
- Skating rink
- Climbing
- Sledging

Your holiday rental

The residence, which is made up of chalets and apartments, is just next to an 18-hole golf course. The main building comprises the reception, a bar, a restaurant, a health and fitness centre, as well as several boutiques.

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At your disposal

Indoor, heated swimming pool and cardio training room (free access). Well-being spa, with entrance fee (to be reserved): hammam, bubbling bath, sauna, massage and oriental treatment. Bar, restaurant, fee-paying under-ground car park.

Attractions of the residence

FREE Indoor, heated swimming pool in the residence

Accomodation

The apartments, from the 2-roomed apartment for 4/5 pers to the 6-roomed apartment for 12/13 pers, and the individual 4-roomed chalets, for 8 pers and 5-roomed chalets, for 10/12 pers, are all fully equipped : kitchenette (vitroceramic hotplate, microwave, dishwasher), bathroom with toilet, free television in living room and bedroom(s) and generally a balcony or terrace

All the apartments and chalets are south-facing with a magnificent view over the mountains.

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Leisure activities

FREE in July and August
- Children's activity club for ages 4 to 11 (5 half-days a week)
- Adosphère: Free teenagers club for 12 to 15 year olds (5 half-days a week)

- Guided hiking (2 half-days per stay)th

Restaurant

Bar-restaurant (option 7 dinners and half-board available).
Special price for children under 13
Children under 4 ans: free

Supplement for Christmas and New Year weeks

Special offers

Flaine golf course: option of unlimited green-fees from Monday to Friday

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Places to visit

- The contemporary architecture of Flaine, its classified buildings and works of art (Picasso, Vasarely, Dubuffet)
- Flaine's cultural centre
- Geneva, Switzerland
- The Mont Blanc
- Chamonix, Saint Gervais, Megève

Useful information

SKIING SCHOOL
ESF (French shool of skiing) - Flaine Forum - Résidence Aldébaran - Tel. 04 50 90 81 00 - Fax. 04 50 90 81 54
The "Rabbit Club" and the "Club Piou Piou" (reservation recommended)

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Miscellaneous

- Deposit (2 separate payments : apartment + cleaning) and tourist tax to be paid on the premises.
The deposit is given back after inventory on the day of departure or by post.
The accommodation should be left perfectly clean. Otherwise a statutory sum will be kept from the deposit.

Pets admitted : up-to-date vaccination certificate and tattoo required. Dogs are to be kept on a lead within the residence.

Rental conditions

Price in euros, per accommodation and per week (7 nights).
Arrival on Saturday between 4.00 and 7.00 pm
In case of late arrival, you MUST inform the residence, who will give you the procedure to follow
Departure on Saturday, before 10.00 am

Possibility of stay from Friday 16/12 to Friday 23/12/11.

Included in our prices

- Apartment rental
- Bed and bathroom linen
- Free services

Not included in our prices

- The deposit
- The tourist tax
- The optional insurance
- Drinks, meals and personal expenditure

Optional services:
- Ski pass (ski lifts)
- Ski hire
- Ski lessons
- Baby equipment hire (high chair, cot and bath)
- Supplement for pets
- End of stay cleaning on request
- Fee-paying massage area and balneotherapy
- Well-being centre: swimming pool, sauna, hammam, treatment cubicles, sports' room
- Covered car park

How to get to the resort

By car: Motorway A40 direction Geneva/Chamonix, exit N°19 Cluses centre. Turn right, N205 direction
Sallanches for 2 km then 1st left, D106 direction Flaine/Les Carroz.

By train
Cluses railway station (TGV from Paris).

By plane
Genève Cointrin), Annecy, Lyon Saint Exupéry airports.

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Address of your holiday home

Odalys - Résidence Le Refuge du Golf
Lieu-dit Les Gérat 74300 FLAINE

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