Wow, well how can you sum up a week like we just had? I suppose there were several bits to it.
Firstly, the journey.
We went by EuroStar from St Pancras all the way to Bourg Saint Maurice....
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...which was amazing, because B-S-M was only about 20k (took us half an hour) from our final destination of Les Arcs 1950. This was a BIG advantage over the various airports (Chambery and Geneva) which were at least a 3 hour transfer.
Of course being on the train meant that we could move around, get up, change seats, wander to the restaurant car/bar, and go to the loo when you wanted(!) so I think it's a much more relaxed kind of travel than flying!
The only thing we did wrong on the journey out was not plan to bring butties or any refreshments ourselves. We had to buy everything from the train. However we rectified this on the way home with fromage et jambon butties, crisps, biccies & pop.
So in summary, yeah we'll deffo be doing the EuroStar snow train again!
Next, the hotel & the resort.
Well what can I say, we got off the coach at Arc1950 after our half hour jaunt up the mountain from Bourg-S-M and were led by the Inghams rep through a hotel, out the other side into a winter wonderland village (
check out some of the pics) we all kept saying 'it's like Christmas!' across some snow and into our hotel where we proceeded to check in. We were then given our room number, 608. Of we traipsed....into the maze of corridors, up a lift, across a bridge(!), up another lift. Finally we arrived at the door of 608. Looked like any old hotel corridor....until you opened the door. First thing we all noticed was that we had a staircase within the room. Turns out the 'room' (well apartment actually) had 3 stories within it. 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms and
a view to die for. We were all VERY chuffed with the place.
The resort itself was SUPER. A very small village - purpose built - but with every amenity. Shops, bars, restaurants, and the most important thing....ski-in-ski-out facilities.
