{"id":349,"date":"2014-03-17T14:22:17","date_gmt":"2014-03-17T14:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/?p=349"},"modified":"2014-03-17T14:24:13","modified_gmt":"2014-03-17T14:24:13","slug":"the-uks-five-favourite-french-ski-resorts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/03\/the-uks-five-favourite-french-ski-resorts\/","title":{"rendered":"The UK&#8217;s Five Favourite French Ski Resorts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The British love skiing in France.<\/p>\n<p>In fact more Brits travel to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/france\">France<\/a> than any other ski country, with 35% of us travelling there compared to 28% for Austria and 15% for Italy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Five Top French Ski Resorts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to the Ski Club of Great Britain&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.skiclub.co.uk\/assets\/files\/documents\/snowsportsanalysis2012.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">industry report<\/a>, the top five ski resorts for British skiers (in alphabetical order) are:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">La Plagne<br \/>\nLes Arcs<br \/>\nMeribel<br \/>\nTignes<br \/>\nVal d&#8217;isere<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Looking at the list, it&#8217;s easy to see why these resorts came out on top &#8211; all offer great accommodation in large ski areas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Paradiski<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>La Plagne and Les Arcs are both part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/france\/paradiski\">Paradiski<\/a> ski area, linked since 2003 and now offering access to 400km of marked pistes, as well as glacier skiing.<\/p>\n<p>Another reason for the inclusion of these two resorts is probably because between them they account for seven resorts-within-a-resort. \u00a0In La Plagne, there is Plagne Centre, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/la-plagne-belle-plagne\">Belle Plagne<\/a> and Plagne 1800. \u00a0While in Les Arcs, you could include <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/les-arcs-2000\">Arc 2000<\/a>, Arc 1800, Plan Peisey and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/les-arcs-vallandry\">Vallandry<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"Paradiski ski area\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/images\/resorts\/la%20plagne%20centre%20main_1_maxi_x685y321.jpg\" width=\"685\" height=\"321\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Meribel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Meribel was founded by Briton Peter Lindsay back in the 1940s and has remained popular with our nation since. \u00a0 Particularly well known for its chalets, Chaletline offers 54 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/meribel\/catered_chalets\">catered chalets in Meribel<\/a>, ranging in size from 6 to 30, plus 2 chalet hotels accommodating 50 or more guests.<\/p>\n<p>Located in the middle valley of the world-famous Les 3 Vallees ski region, Meribel is perfectly located to explore the world&#8217;s largest ski area, whether on a day trip to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/courchevel-1650\">Courchevel<\/a>, Les Menuires or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/val-thorens\">Val Thorens<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 695px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Chalets in Meribel\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/images\/resorts\/meribel%20motteret%20meribel%20main_maxi_x685y321.jpg\" width=\"685\" height=\"321\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chalets in Meribel<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Espace Killy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/tignes\">Tignes<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/val-d-isere\">Val d&#8217;Isere<\/a> make up the stunning Espace Killy ski area, named after the Olympic winning French ski racer Jean-Claude Killy.<\/p>\n<p>There is a wide choice of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/tignes\/catered_chalets\">chalets in Tignes<\/a> and in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/val-d-isere\/catered_chalets\">Val d&#8217;Isere<\/a> &#8211; between them there are over 120 chalets on offer and it&#8217;s probably this wide choice that leads to its popularity with the British.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 695px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Val d'Isere has over 80 catered chalets on offer\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/images\/resorts\/Val%20dIsere%20main%202_maxi_x685y321.jpg\" width=\"685\" height=\"321\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Val d&#8217;Isere has over 80 catered chalets on offer<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Let Chaletline find you the best chalet for you<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Where-ever your favourite ski resort is, if you are looking for the right catered chalet for your ski holiday then please contact the Chaletline team.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll use our expert knowledge to help you find the right chalet for you. \u00a0Just call us on 01822 617761 or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/contact.php\">contact us<\/a> online.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;d be delighted to help you.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Article by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/107961348339974741522\/about?rel=author\">Iain Martin<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/03\/the-uks-five-favourite-french-ski-resorts\/\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/la-plagne-centre-main_1_maxi_x685y321-190x89.jpg);\" class=\"thumb_crop\">https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/la-plagne-centre-main_1_maxi_x685y321-190x89.jpg<\/a><p>The British love skiing in France. In fact more Brits travel to France than any other ski country, with 35% of us travelling there compared to 28% for Austria and 15% for Italy. The Five Top French Ski Resorts According &hellip;<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/03\/the-uks-five-favourite-french-ski-resorts\/\">read more<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":171,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71,25,38,139,140],"tags":[15,142,29,141,30],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349"}],"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=349"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":351,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349\/revisions\/351"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}