Your holiday destination

Between the Mont Blanc and Switzerland, near Chamonix, Vallorcine is an authentic little village in the Haute Savoie region of the French Alps firmly attached to its traditions and made up of several little hamlets, built on the mountainside and surrounded by splendid forests. Vallorcine has preserved its exceptional natural setting and typical regional architecture and is thus able to offer skiing holidays in a magnificent setting, overlooked by the Mont Blanc, on the threshold of the Aiguilles Rouges and the Vallon de Bérard nature reserves.

Skiing area

The ski resort of Vallorcine in the Haute Savoie region of the French Alps offers two skiing areas for your skiing holiday. A small skiing area specially for beginners, situated at 1 km from the village, with 3 slopes that are ideal for for your first steps in skiing as a family : the Poya skiing area. And a much more extensive skiing area, for all levels of skiing, with splendid views over the Mont Blanc, the Swiss Alps and the Emosson dam : the Balme skiing area, which can be reached via the Vallorcine telecabin. 19 slopes and several off-piste areas in the forest for the pleasure of all skiers.

Domaine de La Poya (fermeture: 1 avril)

- Minimum altitude : 1300 m
- Maximum altitude : 1400 m
- 3 slopes over 3 km
- 1 green
- 1 blue
- 1 red
- 2 ski tows, 2 rope tows

la Balme skiing area (closed on 24th April)

- Minimum altitude : 1300 m
- Maximum altitude : 2300 m
- 21 slopes over 21 km
- 11 blue
- 9 red
- 1 black
- 4 ski tows, 2 chairlifts, 1 telecabin

The resort's attractions

- 10 km of cross country skiing tracks
- Climbing
- Glacier hiking
- Snow shoeing
- Ski joëring
- Dog sleigh
- Skating rink

Your holiday rental

This 4-star, luxury residence is situated 17 km from Chamonix, at Vallorcine in the Haute Savoie region of the French Alps,at the foot of the ski slopes and of the telecabin. This very comfortable residence offers a heated, indoor swimming pool, a fitness area and a sauna and hammam.

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At your disposal

Heated, indoor swimming pool. Fitness area, sauna and hammam with entrance fee, restaurant, launderette (with charge) and free outdoor car park (1 parking spot per apartment). Small supermarket at Argentière (6 km).

Attractions of the residence

FREE indoor, heated swimming pool

Accomodation

These comfortable and spacious apartments, which range from the studio apartment for 2 to the 5-roomed apartment for 10 pers, are all fully equipped: kitchenette (microwave oven/grill, dish washer), bathroom, free WiFi, free television and DVD player (except in the studio appartments).

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Leisure activities

FREE : Cildren's clubs: "Les Oursons" for ages 3 to 5 and "Les Pandas"for ages 6 to 13
Entertainment, games, indoor and outdoor activities (depending on the weather)…
6 half-days per week, from Sunday to Friday, morning or afternoon. Possibility of combining the children's club enfants with the "special beginners'"f offer, proposed by the French skiing school. Supervision by specially trained monitors. Reservation on the premises at your arrival.

Restaurant

Restaurant (Option 7 dinners of half-board available). Children under 4 : free, accompanied by paying adult.
Special Offer for Christmas and New Year

Special offers

- Children's skiing offer with the ESF : Special 6-day course for beginners
The offer includes, from Sunday to Friday :the shuutle, midday meal and afternoon tea (with child-minding), skiing lessons and ski lifts. Friday: picnic and grilled meats on the ski slopes.

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Places to visit

- The Bérard water fall
- The Barberine centre (18th century house), the museum of Vallorcin
- Stage coach route, theme trail going through the different hamlets of Vallorcine
- The « Eau Noire » river
- The Emosson dam
- Chamonix (at a distance of 17 km) the sea of ice, the train of Montenvers,
-The Aiguille du Midi, Tairraz centre (cristal museum)

Useful information

Tourist Office
Le Betté Chef Lieu
74660 Vallorcine
info@vallorcine.com

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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.

Please note: only small pets are admitted.

Rental conditions

Price in euros, per accommodation and per week (7 nights).
Arrival on Saturday from 5.00 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 outdoor car park (1 parking spot per apartment)
- 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
- Cot hire
- Fitness area, Sauna and hammam (forbidden for children under 16, even accompanied)
- Launderette
- Pets (only small pets are allowed)

How to get to the resort

-By car : Direct access by the "Autoroute Blanche" (A 40), linked to the European motorway network, to Chamonix, then N506 to Vallorcine (17 km), towards the Swiss border.

- By train : TGV to Saint Gervais Mont Blanc and Express Saint Gervais – Vallorcine.

- By plane : Geneva (120 km), Annecy (115 km) airports.

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Address of your holiday home

Odalys Vacances
Résidence l'Ours Bleu
Lieu-dit Le Plan de l'Envers 74660 VALLORCINE

This is an informative document, and has no contractual value