La Tania at New Year.

Dorset Boy wrote:Just do the sensible thing and take them out of school for a week - it won't do their education any harm!

Well thats the plan for us in feb.......i can't do it twice....as much as i would like to.

Snapzzz,
We stayed in the centre of Meribel over New Year and it wasn't really that expensive for the 3 V's, but it wasn't exactly luxury accommodation.

4 person S/C apartment Maeva les Ravines = £750
Eurostar direct out cheap day back night luxury seats = £189 p.p
Return bus from Moutiers to Meribel (3/4 hour) = £20

Cost per person for 3 people = £459

I did notice that the snow on the lower slopes was a bit like crushed concrete - quite hard to ski on. Presumably that was because it was melting a bit in the day and refreezing at night. So if it was like that when you were in La Tania I shouldn't think Little Snapzzz would be that keen on ski-ing back down, but you could always take the gondola.

But the slopes weren't overcrowded until the night of the big storm after which half the pistes were closed for a couple of days. And because the apartment was so close to the piste we could easily ski back for lunch, which saved us a load of money as the mountain restaurants were really expensive, and crowded.

Best of luck with finding somewhere for a reasonably priced ski holiday :D

Ally

Snapzzz wrote:

Dorset Boy wrote:Just do the sensible thing and take them out of school for a week - it won't do their education any harm!

Well thats the plan for us in feb.......i can't do it twice....as much as i would like to.

Yes you can. Don't let the schools threaten you. Look at the money you'll have to fork out going in school holidays. 1 week later and a £4k holiday will be under £2k

Visited La Tania during 2011 and can highly recommend it. We visited in early Feb and even though there hadn't been any new snow for almost a month the piste bashers managed to keep the snow in great condition across the Three Valleys including right down into the centre of La Tania.

We stayed at the Hotel Telemark which is a great value catered hotel in La Tania. It isn't five star luxury but does provide a great cheap base for you ski holiday and the food was great. The bar in the hotel was also great with sky sports on the TVs.

From the hotel it was a very short ski down the piste to the gondola, and from their it was two short lift rides up to the top of the mountain where you could either ski down into Courchevel or Meribel.

I have also reviewed this Hotel on my new website so feel free to check it out.

I had a great time at La Tania last year,we popped over there a few times from Val Thorens this year . I'm now trying to talk a few mates into going there again next year .www.latania.co.uk/

People were friendly and food was good and the atmosphere in the ski lodge made us go back to it every night and having Courchevel and Merebel on the doorstep was just the icing on the cake . :)