Info on Les Menuires

I have booked a trip at les 3 vallées in Feb...am staying at hotel Le
menuire. I have never been there before so I would appreciate any info
on the best areas for skiing, how easy it is to go between valleys,
how about lift lines, the town (restaurants and bars), any other info.
Thanks in advance.

Luc

"Luc Desroches" wrote in message
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I have booked a trip at les 3 vallées in Feb...am staying at hotel Le
menuire. I have never been there before so I would appreciate any info
on the best areas for skiing, how easy it is to go between valleys,

Access from Les Menuires to the rest of the 3 valleys is pretty good. A nice
days skiing would be to cross over to Meribel and work your way up the
valley (preferably taking in the Mont du Vallon) to come back across higher
up and into Val Thorens from where you can ski back down to Les Menuires.
Alternatively you could go all the way over to Courchevel and back but then
you do have to worry more about catching lifts in the afternoon to get
'home'.

La Masse in Les Menuires is one of my favourite areas in the 3 valleys and
very quiet because few people from the other resorts bother to go there.
Also good are the "fourth valley" - Orelle, and the Cime de Caron both of
which are easily accessible from Les Menuires.

Skimaps.com have a good high res piste map of the whole area he
http://www.skimaps.com/map2587

Luke


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(Luc Desroches) wrote in
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I have booked a trip at les 3 vallées in Feb...am staying at hotel Le
menuire. I have never been there before so I would appreciate any info
on the best areas for skiing, how easy it is to go between valleys,
how about lift lines, the town (restaurants and bars), any other info.
Thanks in advance.

Luc

Les Menuires itself (the resort) is very ugly, but it's very easy to get up
to (the also ugly) Val Thorens and over to Meribel and Courchevel. The lift
system is efficient, so it's no problem getting to Courchevel and back in a
day and still skiing the good pistes (that's sometimes a problem, going
from Verbier to Veysonnaz and back leaves you frustrated because the slow
lift system in between makes you spend a large part of the day skiing
transports).

I don't remember the name of the restaurant, but there's one in/outside a
small village below Les Menuires that has very good food for very decent
prices. It hasn't any star in Guide Rouge, but not because of the food but
for other reasons (like too low prices...). Very recommended, if just
someone can help with the actual name of it.

/Tommy P.

I don't remember the name of the restaurant, but there's one in/outside a
small village below Les Menuires that has very good food for very decent
prices. It hasn't any star in Guide Rouge, but not because of the food but
for other reasons (like too low prices...). Very recommended, if just
someone can help with the actual name of it.

/Tommy P.

Tommy

Maybe you mean Brewskis in St Martin de Belleville, I had Chicken Tandoori
pie on Christmas day, and it was fabulous.
IMHO the best skiing around Menuires is on La Masse, very underrated part
of the 3 Vallees and some decent off piste accusable from it.
Bill

"Bill Seddon" wrote in
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I don't remember the name of the restaurant, but there's one
in/outside a small village below Les Menuires that has very good food
for very decent prices. It hasn't any star in Guide Rouge, but not
because of the food but for other reasons (like too low prices...).
Very recommended, if just someone can help with the actual name of
it.

/Tommy P.

Tommy

Maybe you mean Brewskis in St Martin de Belleville, I had Chicken
Tandoori pie on Christmas day, and it was fabulous.
IMHO the best skiing around Menuires is on La Masse, very underrated
part of the 3 Vallees and some decent off piste accusable from it.
Bill

While I don't remember the name I'm pretty sure it wasn't Brewskis. It's a
place that from the outside look (or at least looked 3 years ago) like an
old barn. There's only a few houses there, looks like nothing at all. The
parking isn't classy, to say the least, but when you enter it looks like
you entered a mansion and gone back maybe 100 years in time.

Everything looks nice, the service is very good, the food is great (typical
French menus but pretty healthy food and very arranged on the plates). We
took a 4- or 5 course dinner, but got 7 with the complimentary "in-
betweens". Maybe 40-45 Euros/person, including the wine, for a truly great
meal.

/Tommy P.