Reviews Paradiski

La Plagne 1800 is a small village with a few bars, restaurants and ski rental shops. We stayed at the Residence Edelweiss and had a lovely time!

We're in our sixties now and find that Les Arcs 1950 suits us best. The ski area is appropriate for all levels, and the village has a certain mountain charm to it.

• Pleasant, luxurious village

• Nothing to say

The best of many places I have skied in France, Switzerland, Italy, and Austria when looking for multiple options to cruise non-stop blue runs over long distances, linked with all of the Les Arcs area also. A paradise for all Blue Run Cruisers, but not so good for steep red and black junkies.

• Amazing, long, wide blue runs.
• Very scenic
• Great choice of accommodation - Ski to door
• BIG area, linking to Les Arcs

• If you are going to ski it all in 6 days, you need to keep moving
• quickly.

We returned from holidays in Feb in La plagne and the conditions were about as good as anyone could ask for this year. Although it's not a record year for snow, most runs was open and the ski conditions were pretty good. La Plagne has made some good improvements over the last few years by installing new lifts and changing some routes to free up the bottle necks. Traffic was much better in general. We had a mixed group of experienced skiers and lower intermediates and we were all able to ski together on the varied slopes and meet up at the bottom. Due to high avalanche risk which is in place over most of the Alps this season, we didnt venture off-piste - although when conditions allow, this is highly recommended. We stayed in Montalbert which is a nice little village connected to the ski area of La Plagne.

After years skiing in Italy, Les Arcs was a delight. Great choice for end of season sunny skiing with good snow almost everywhere except the inevitable end of after brown patches and slush in sunny spots. Really good choice for intermediate skiers but blues are a bit tough for the beginners. The red runs are fun but the black runs looked pretty scary as covered in moguls - not many french resorts understand that some skiers like steep but not necessarily steep covered in huge bumps! Some good, if a little ugly, accommodation on the slopes which was great - skiing back to your door is such a luxury! Apres ski was very quiet but some nice cozy restaurants with friendly staff. Very low key ski resort which is nice as we hear that many french resorts have got a bit of a chip on their shoulder!

• No attitude
• good mid range skiing

• Too many moguls
• not enough green runs

Les Arcs, we have finally found our dream ski resort and we now come back every year - if possible off-season because in February, otherwise you have to fight with the crowds! You come to Les Arcs to ski miles and miles and to enjoy the altitude, the view of Mont Blanc. "Paradiski" ski area is very aptly named! Although Les Arcs is not particularly pretty, he village of Arc 1950 is a gem of mountain architecture, with plenty of great shops and good restaurants.

• Endless skiing
• Fantastic off-piste
• Great restaurants

• Gets very busy

We have been regulars at La Plagne and the Paradiski area since the kids were small and its so great here, there's no chance we getting tired of the skiing, the area is so huge. Skiing is one of the few activities that our teens still want to do with us, so we took advantage and spent some really fun times on the slopes! They even talked us into trying the boardercross and a small part of the easy snowpark! And there's so many other great activities for kids - of all ages in La Plagne! Every year, there seems to be something new to try - maybe as they are growing up too! This year they tried climbing on frozen waterfalls and the famous bobsled which was, I admit, terrifying! Watch out though as this is not a cheap ski holiday for parents ...

• Paradiski - just what it says on the label
• Great choice of activities for all ages

• Expensive

This resort is great and the ski area is vast, the name says it all - Paradiski! We skied and snowboarded! We had heavy snow while we were there and not great conditions but the slopes were still really well maintained and hardly any runs closed! The accommodation was great, we stayed in a self-catering flat but we went out eating and drinking most nights - plenty of choice on this front.

• Huge ski area
• Well maintained slopes even after heavy snow
• Lots of activities for our bored teenagers

• None

We stayed in La Plagne Soleil which is just a little higher than La Plagne where we made the most of doorstep skiing (perfect for the kids). There's tons to do to stop the kids getting bored. There are some great mountain restaurants although there are a bit pricey - by the end of the week, we had started to ask around and planned our skiing day around the slightly less expensive ones!

• Tons of skiing

• Bit expensive and the ski resort isn't particularly attractive

Huge ski area but pistes can be dull to ski if there's no powder to go off piste

• Huge ski area

• Modern and lacking atmosphere in the 'village'