La Tania (France)

Skiing in the Three Valleys

A tranquil village with easy access to winding green and blue slopes, La Tania is popular with intermediate skiers as well as families. From an expert skier's point of view La Tania is quite small, although it does have limited off-piste terrain and one or two black slopes. That being said, you're not exactly suffering: advanced and expert skiers who venture further afield have the whole Trois Vallées ski area at their disposition, including the resorts of Courchevel, Méribel, Brides Les Bains, Saint Martin De Belleville, Les Menuires, Val Thorens and Orelle. Coming back to La Tania at the end of the ski day, you'll pass through the pretty wooded slopes of Folyères, Plan Fontaine and Moretta Blanche. This is a good area to spend time in when it's snowing as the trees will provide some reprieve. Many of the slopes at La Tania also have snow cannons in case the snow cover is lacking.

Off the slopes in and around La Tania

The region surrounding Courchevel and La Tania has several dozen kilometres of cross-country skiing and winter hiking trails. You can also find non-skiing activities like dogsledding and yoga. Neighbouring Courchevel has the full range of usual winter activities, including tobogganing, paragliding, ice skating and even learning to drive a snow cat. La Tania is a compact ski resort with only a few bars and a couple of nice restaurants serving good food so it's not the place for lively après-ski. If you want to stay up all night, you'll have to visit the neighbouring resorts of Courchevel and Méribel.