Val d'Isère Reviews & Ratings

Great place for guaranteed snow early in the season with a huge amount of runs with great skiing all round.

Amazing resort, great for apres and a good variation of runs for beginners to advanced. Lots of ski in ski out chalet options as well as hotels just slightly outside of the centre. Efficient and frequent bus service making getting around very easy

We (party of 10 7 adults and 3 children) had a brilliant time at Val D’Isere at the beginning of January 2026. Pistes were beautifully maintained, the quality of the piste grooming was excellent. I feel like the lifts could have been improved by adding some bubbles to the chairlifts (it got really cold on windy days without them).
It snowed an incredible amount and the amount of tractors/ diggers/ ploughs out clearing the roads and footpaths was really impressive.
Excellent dining options and delicious food. Stunning town centre with beautiful twinkly lights.
Would return in a heartbeat.

Have visited Valdisere most years on family ski holidays as both a teenager with family/friends an as a couple into late 20s. The resort has something for everyone be it groomed well connected easy blues to great off piste if conditions allow. The lift pass access allowing both Valdisere and Tignes means you could ski all week and not cover everything,

Food options offer a wide variety be it those on a budget wanting a quick bite (would recommend “la Garage” for good sports bar vibe pizzas) to fine dining such as “refuge” at the top of solaise lift.

Apres is also 10/10, if the famous folle douce is your vibe for overpriced drinks and glitz and glam to get that instagram story then great! But for more down to earth good vibes then Cocoricos in the centre is perfect at the end of the day or for indoors La Petite Denois is fantastic for classic feel good happy house apres with daily bands or into late night DJ set.

Finally accommodation has something to offer for all, a bit more on the pricy side vs other resorts but still some great deals to be had along with a lot of major UK chalet & hotel operators still having places. Or for those after luxury there’s a lot on offer if you’ve the money to splash!

Overall my favourite resort for all sorts of reasons.

A great resort with a massive ski area connecting to Tignes. Amazing infrastructure on the mountains including funiculars and an enormous gondola that reaches 3456m. Long well groomed green, blue and red pistes as well as challenging black runs such as La Sache. Good Apres Ski in Cocorico bar or later at the Black Sheep. Snow sure conditions.

Val d’Isère is a great place for skiing and snowboarding. The mountains are beautiful and the snow is usually very good. There are many slopes for beginners and advanced skiers. The lifts are fast and easy to use. The village is lively, with nice restaurants and shops. It can be a bit expensive and busy in peak season, but the experience is worth it. I really enjoyed skiing here and would like to come back again.

Val d'Isere and the connecting ski areas or Le Fornet and La Daille are popular for good reason - the runs are plentiful and varied, the lifts and largely modern and efficient and the skiing is well linked. Coupled with this there is of course easy access to Tignes, another large ski area in its own right. There is skiing for all abilities and it's big enough it doesn't feel congested.

The town hasn't changed much - the buses still do a great job of moving skiers up and down the valley whilst there are plentiful shopping and eating options so suit most budgets. It is not, nor does it try to be a 'cheap' resort, it doesn't need to be. That being said you don't have to break the bank to ski there - just make wise choices about food & drink and where you stay.

All in all it's one that everyone should ski at least once in their lives and for those who go back regularly they will tell you it has enough to keep you entertained for years!

Great ski resort! Would recommend especially end of season when there are less skiers. The general ski level is quite good.

Great time, first time at Val and first time boarding abroad it was just amazing. Couldn't recommend Val enough, also great opportunities for season work.

Amazing place with such great atmosphere.
I always like to go and spend time at this resort for the variety of the slopes, and the quality of the apres ski venues.
L'ourse blanc for food, is always a winner and Mbar for good cocktails

Love love love the resort. Great runs, great aprés ski and exciting town. Not too bad queuing either!!

An awesome place to spend a few days exploring the whole of Espace Killy.
Our favourite runs of the week included Sache and Descente (but the whole glacier is great).
Shout out to Restaurant Le Garage for apres and chill.

I have been skiing the Tignes Val D'Isere area since 1979 and despite skiing in the US and a lot of Europe I keep coming back, on this occasion I was skiing with my wife who has suffered a couple of bone breaks in the last 18 months so was a bit cautious which meant we kept to mainly blue runs - not my normal level of skiing but we found Le Fornet especially was quieter and the Blue runs were fun and the views amazing. On the two days I could ski with my other friends I found exactly what I expected, great snow coverage and well maintained runs with lots of choice off piste, it remains my favorite resort even compared to the classics such as St Anton, Kitzbuhel, the three valleys and many more.

Visiting val for over 30 years, now coming with grand children. Great options for all.

Piste are always extremely well groomed and plenty of offpiste.

It was my first time learning to snowboard and was fantastic can’t wait to go again so beautiful fun snow was great amazing memories

Was my first time skiing here. So many variations and the full experience was amazing
Definitely on my return list
Staff were excellent

Love this resort, amazing runs, good apres and atmosphere, also great access to Tignes, beautiful views

We were unlucky with snow but an all round excellent resort. Some of the best après in the Alps and great terrain for when the powder appears

The sheer variety of runs in Val d'Isere is overwhelming. In addition you can purchase, with your ski pass, the option of also skiing the Tignes area. A lot of runs back into the resort are red runs; if however you have tired legs, you always have the option of taking the gondola back down the mountain. Because of the popularity of Val d'Isere, it does mean that the resort, and the slopes, can become very busy. There are lots of places to eat but be aware that nothing is cheap. Top tip is to check out the apres ski times to ensure you secure the best deals on drinks.

Insane fun both sking and non plenty of things to do other than sking insane value for money and brilliant access to large ski area