Three valleys in Savoie: home to Beaufort, La Folie Douce, and the Grand Couloir, where I possibly achieved its fastest descent … find out how in the posts below.
Supernova is the newest concept store and café in Val Thorens. The owner, Amélie Simond, was a professional freeride skier from town. With Supernova, she has complimented the dominant Savoyard cuisine with organic, vegetarian and refreshing dining alternatives.
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Alpen Art is restaurant by night, tea salon in the afternoon and artistic lounge simultaneously. Aurélie Rey, the daughter of the resorts first mountain guide, opened this fusion that serves high quality, food with traditional roots and creative but fine twists. It's definitely worth a visit, for an authentic but modern pause in Val Thorens!
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This year we tested a French ski resort after many years of Swiss skiing (Saas-Fee in the Valais and Zuoz, a five-lift idyll in the Engadin), which never
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• Town • Food • Shopping • Feeling • I missed this town as soon as we had left; it enraptured our ski holiday. Although I at first was disappointed by
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Chez Pépé Nicolas is probably the most authentic mountain restaurant you can find in Les 3 Vallées. Its worth the complicated detour to dine Savoyard plates, like the Beaufort Fondue, in this alpine chalet with spectacular views of the valley.
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