{"id":1138,"date":"2017-04-28T15:56:11","date_gmt":"2017-04-28T15:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1138"},"modified":"2017-04-28T15:57:42","modified_gmt":"2017-04-28T15:57:42","slug":"see-courchevel-by-hot-air-balloon-or-plane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/04\/see-courchevel-by-hot-air-balloon-or-plane\/","title":{"rendered":"See Courchevel by Hot Air Balloon or Plane"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the best ways to see Courchevel is to take a hot air balloon flight over the resort. This is a wonderful way to cap a chalet holiday in this world-class ski resort.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Courchevel Altiport<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Head to the resort\u2019s altiport \u2013 one of the most famous landing strips in the Alps. With only a very short runway of 537m and a gradient of 18.6%, traffic is limited to small fixed-wing planes and also helicopters.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s only since 1992 when Albertville hosted the Winter Olympics that it has been made of tarmac \u2013 previously being simply a strip of grass.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1139\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cou_altiport-1024x261.png\" alt=\"cou_altiport\" width=\"510\" height=\"130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cou_altiport-1024x261.png 1024w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cou_altiport-300x77.png 300w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cou_altiport-768x196.png 768w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cou_altiport-190x48.png 190w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cou_altiport-60x15.png 60w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cou_altiport-400x102.png 400w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cou_altiport.png 1575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Flights over Courchevel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You can of course take a plane and fly above all of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/france\/les-trois-vallees\">Les 3 Vallees<\/a>. That flight takes about 20 minutes or you can take a simple 10 minute flight over the valley of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/courchevel-1850\">Courchevel<\/a> itself.<\/p>\n<p>According to one user on YouTube, it\u2019s the most dangerous landing spot in the world:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"THE MOST DANGEROUS LANDING IN THE WORLD COURCHEVEL ALTIPORT\" width=\"510\" height=\"287\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6pK9uqF4y7c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hot Air Balloon flights in Courchevel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A more peaceful and leisurely way to view the resort is to take a hot air balloon flight. Taking off from the altiport, flights take 1-2 hours.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not really possible to \u2018fly\u2019 a hot air balloon \u2013 you really are at the mercy of the prevailing wind &#8211; so a ground crew will follow you by car to your landing point.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1141\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cou-hot-air-balloon2-1024x437.png\" alt=\"courchevel-hot-air-ballooning\" width=\"510\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cou-hot-air-balloon2-1024x437.png 1024w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cou-hot-air-balloon2-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cou-hot-air-balloon2-768x327.png 768w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cou-hot-air-balloon2-190x81.png 190w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cou-hot-air-balloon2-60x26.png 60w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cou-hot-air-balloon2-400x171.png 400w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cou-hot-air-balloon2.png 1522w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Wonderful Views by Hot Air Balloon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Each balloon can take up to 5 people and the cost is \u20ac1700 per flight. For larger groups you can have up to seven balloons in the air at once.<\/p>\n<p>Bear in mind that flights can only be taken in the mornings (9am to midday) and are subject to weather conditions.<\/p>\n<p>It can also be very cold up there, so make sure you wrap up warm, but it\u2019s worth it for the incredible views on offer.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1140\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cou-hot-air-balloon-1024x433.png\" alt=\"courchevel-hot-air-balloon\" width=\"510\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cou-hot-air-balloon-1024x433.png 1024w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cou-hot-air-balloon-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cou-hot-air-balloon-768x325.png 768w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cou-hot-air-balloon-190x80.png 190w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cou-hot-air-balloon-60x25.png 60w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cou-hot-air-balloon-400x169.png 400w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cou-hot-air-balloon.png 1534w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Catered Chalets in Courchevel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For help with booking a catered chalet for your holiday in Courchevel, please<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/contact.php\"> contact the Chaletline team<\/a> of experts on 01822 617761 We\u2019ll find the right chalet for you and once you\u2019ve booked we can assist in booking your special flight over the resort.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/04\/see-courchevel-by-hot-air-balloon-or-plane\/\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cou-hot-air-balloon-190x80.png);\" class=\"thumb_crop\">https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cou-hot-air-balloon-190x80.png<\/a><p>One of the best ways to see Courchevel is to take a hot air balloon flight over the resort. This is a wonderful way to cap a chalet holiday in this world-class ski resort. Courchevel Altiport Head to the resort\u2019s &hellip;<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/04\/see-courchevel-by-hot-air-balloon-or-plane\/\">read more<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1140,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[81],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1138"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1138"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1144,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1138\/revisions\/1144"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}