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What Skiers Say About Val d'Isère
Val d'Isère attracts predominantly intermediate to expert skiers and snowboarders, with many reviewers noting the extensive ski area (particularly when combined with Tignes) and high-altitude, snow-sure terrain. The resort is consistently praised for its après-ski scene, especially venues like Cocorico and La Folie Douce, and the quality of piste grooming. Beginners report mixed experiences, with some finding suitable runs at altitude but others noting that routes back to the village are red or black, requiring gondola access. Nearly all reviewers mention high prices for accommodation, dining, and lift passes, though most consider the overall experience worthwhile despite the cost.
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- extensive ski area
- snow reliability
- après-ski scene
- piste quality
- high altitude terrain
- lift infrastructure
- high prices
- limited beginner runs to village
- busy during school holidays
- expensive dining options
Lift system is modern and well maintained with high altitude skiing in both Val dIsere and Tignes
Nightlife is lively with the original Folie Deuce
Folie douce for apres is fun and there are some fun bars on piste.
Long season and pretty much guaranteed snow.
Hard to beat for me
Fantastic selection of bars and restaurants for food and sunshine both on and off the piste and some excellent apres. Great to hit the folie douce after a full day skiing!
It is costly but a great option.
Plenty of food and drink options and tignes is really close too.
Great transport buses running through town regularly.
My girlfriend and I are still currently in Val DIsere and we have had the best time, staying at Club Med, all inclusive, where the service is exceptional, it is quite pricy but everything is pretty much included except if you need to hire ski equipment. You get lessons, ski passes, and the food is very very very good considering it is buffet which I am not usually a fan of.
For Apres Ski, the place to be is La Folie Douce and then on to Cocoricos! And there are plenty of great bars around with good atmospheres!
Whilst here we had some heavy snow fall, which made for a good few powder days however towards the end of the day there was a lot of huge moguls which made skiing even Blue Runs difficult for my girlfriend who is intermediate level. So it was not as enjoyable for her then.
I will continue to come back to Val DIsere and Tignes as it holds a special place in my heart as its where my grandad took me many times growing up, and will look forward to one day bringing my children here to experience such a special place that is the Espace Killy.
Highly recommend to anyone to come here and experience the 300km of great skiing in a truly beautiful mountain range.
Overall, i would give val disere a 4/5 rating.
Val dIsere town has everything you need including supermarkets, a pharmacy, swimming pool, restaurants and bars.
The highlight for me is aprés at Cocorico! Excellent live bands every afternoon, after (as aprés should be) the lifts close, you can ski in but it can also be walked up to from town. So much fun!
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