Dining out in Tignes
Bagus Café (Le Lac) – Savoyard restaurant with a North African twist serving pizzas, pastas and tagines
Le Caveau (Val Claret) – Cosy underground restaurant serving a fusion of French and Asian cuisine.
Clin d’Oeil (Le Lac) – Intimate restaurant serving an inspired menu that changes regularly.
L’Etoile des Neiges (Les Brevieres) – Oysters and scallops as well pizzas, paninis and pastas.
Tignes Cuisine (Le Lac) – Take-away/delivery including curries and Asian dishes or stop by during the day for some tasty noodles or a pasty.
Bars in Tignes
Brasero (Le Lavachet) – Happy hours, sport on the TV and the occasional live band – busy for après and later on.
Couloir (Val Claret) – 40 flavoured vodkas, live music and DJs make this bar the place to head for a fun night out.
Lavachet Lounge (Le Lavchet) – Lounge bar with sofas, cocktails, and a range of cakes – also an internet café with free Wi-Fi for customers.
The Loop (Le Lac) – Sunny terrace, sofas and a pool tables – the perfect recipe for après-ski.
Melting Pot (Val Claret) – Popular nightclub with a music policy that manages to steer clear of euro-pop.
Mountain restaurants in Tignes
L’Arolay (Le Fornet) – Not really a mountain restaurant but one that makes for a great mountain lunch when in Le Fornet.
Alpage/Lo Soli (Tignes) – Sample some of the rustic yet tantalising cuisine at the table-service restauant here.
Folie Douce (Val d’Isere) – Self-service with a large terrace usually filled with skiers dancing to pumping music.
Le Signal (Le Fornet) – Popular restaurant that has been recently renovated into a modern and chic lunch stop.
La Toviere (Tignes) – Self-service that offers basic fare but in large portions. Also a good place to meet friends.
Where to stay in Tignes
Val Claret (2300m)
Stay in luxury in the highest village of the resort – near all the bars, restaurants and shops with
Ecrin du Val Claret which offer spacious luxury apartments. For a package holiday, Crystal run the central Curling chalet hotel.
Le Lac (2100m)
The Village Montana has both
apartments and
hotel rooms and is popular with hotel guests. On the Grande Motte road, the
Hotel Diva offers affordable accommodation with a spa. Mid-priced independent hotels that are worth checking out include the British-run
Alpaka and for something more upmarket, try the
Campanules hotel. Snowboarders should check out
The Dragon Lodge – a chilled chalet with fantastic views over the lake and the Toviere.
Le Lavachet (2100m)
Family-friendly tour operator
Mark Warner operate the chalet hotel Les Tovieres in Le Lavachet. British-run website,
Tignes.co.uk rent out a variety of affordable apartments in the resort with many of them in Le Lavachet.
Les Boisses (1850m)
Ideal for weekend accommodation, Les Boisses has direct slope access and a free ski bus up to the main villages of Tignes. Stay at
Hotel Marais for a traditional French experience or at Les Melezes for a friendly mid-priced hotel.
Le Dome is a large chalet that offers good value flexible breaks.
Les Brevieres (1550m)
Chalet Chardons in Les Brevieres is the place to head for budget conscious backpackers or single travellers.
Travel to Tignes
Closest airports to TignesChambery – 142km
Geneva – 200km
Grenoble – 210km
Lyon St Exupery – 220km
Alternatively, take the train from the UK to the nearby Alpine station Bourg Saint Maurice, with the Eurostar ski train or Rail Europe’s Snow Train.
To get from the airport to Tignes, you can take a transfer, hire a car or take an airport bus.
Skiing and snowboarding in Tignes
Beginners:The nursery slope Le Rosset in Le Lac is served by a chairlift and is conveniently located for a much-needed drink at the Loop Bar. When you’ve gained some confidence, try the gentle blues from the Palafour lift.
Intermediates:Get some mileage and head all the way over to Le Fornet – taking in greens and blues all the way there. For those with strong legs, ski all the way from the top of the Grande Motte at 3656m down to Val Claret at 2300m.
Advanced:For some ski tourism, advanced skiers should do their best on the
Face - an icy and steep black Olympic run down into Val d’Isere. Best skied first tracks after snowfall. Alternatively the
Sache is the most difficult black in Tignes with a very steep and bumpy last section.
Off-piste:Head to the SPOT area at the bottom of the Grattalu chair for free off-piste training and some controlled off-piste areas. With a guide, explore the many accessible routes found all over the ski area from the north face of the Pramecou in Tignes to the Tour du Charvet down to Val d’Isere.
Download our skiing day trips covering all of the Espace Killy ski area.
Tignes ski schools and ski hire
- Alliance – British snowboard school.
- Evolution 2 – Large ski school who also run activities.
- Snocool – French ski school with great local slopes knowledge.
- Snow Fun – Part of the Favre Sports chain, these shops are everywhere in resort.
- Flatline-Tignes Board Rental – mobile snowboard rental
Non-skiing activities in Tignes
- skidoo around the mountains at dusk, stopping for a welcome vin chaud along the way
- shop for local produce from the Savoyard La Grange shop in Val Claret
- ski off the side of the mountain and float down to reality on a paraglider
- go diving under the frozen lake in Tignes for a surprisingly warm experience
- gallop along the pistes on the local horses
Families in Tignes
Stay…
with Ski Esprit who have a range of chalets around the resort and a dedicated crèche.
Learn…
with Evolution 2 who run a variety of children’s lessons and present certificates and medals at the end of the week.
Play…
on the trampolines in Le Lac and Le Lavachet.
Lunch…
at the Panoramic restaurant on the Grande Motte for sensational views and affordable self-service.
Eating out…
at L’Escale Blanche for their large menu of child-friendly dishes of pizza, pasta and meat.
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