Tignes reviews

Tignes and Val D'isere together are one of the absolute best ski resorts. The skiing is just as everyone wrote fantastic. Lovely plateau in Marmottes which has slopes in all directions. Also really good slopes in L'aiguille peerce. Lift close off piste can be found a little everywhere. You do not have time for everything in 1 week. Make sure and take a ride from the Grand Motte glacier. Fantastic views and a really long ride.
But this was about Tignes. The lifts from the village go in all directions and the queues are short. Tignes does not have a difficult plateau that you get out to good slopes quite quickly.

Unlike Valdi, here is a more mature audience. Still full speed but no teenage disco. In the after-ski way there is Folie Douche where you can start the afternoon. However, it quickly becomes chaos in the Tommeuses lift when everyone is going home. Expect people to step on your skis. Take it easy home it's just one piste down to the village. On the way down, you can make a quick stop at the Bollin après bar. However, it tends to be in the shade in the afternoon. Once you're down in Val Claret, there's the infamous Cocorico. Outdoor after-ski with pumping techno and own drinks. Cocorico is also in the shade so it gets cold quickly. A tip is to step into the round bar with red roof. Good prices and a nice atmosphere.

Restaurants, here it is important to book a table at least when it comes to Val Claret. If you want to keep the price down, Tex Mex Tignes is good. For the evening there are lots of good bars. Favorite is Arobaze and 24/7.
For those who want to party properly, there is Blue girl and Avant gard in Val Claret that will not disappoint you. Of course, the British are here but also a lot of French. In short, Tignes has it all.

Went with Langley and stayed at Langley Tignes 2100 Easter Sunday 23rd with daughter. Recommend everything about our trip. So good that I booked the exact same trip today and we're leaving in a week. If you have the opportunity to prioritize so that you can spend the money, I highly recommend half board at Tignes 2100. The food was very good and the hotel is very well located on the hill.

Went here Easter week 2022 and stayed in Val Claret. Best skiing week ever with fantastic spring sleet and sun.
Val Claret is a rather poor village with huge concrete complexes, but you still go here for the skiing.

Val Claret ski-in & ski-out. Best ski week ever. The train that goes up to the glacier was very efficient. Many different types of slopes, lifts everywhere, no congestion on the slopes even though it was Easter. I was alone in the lift on several occasions. High mountains that protect against wide, almost windless with radiant sun. The proximity to Val d'Isere, you know exactly how to go, there are only a few slopes up and down. Long beautiful slopes.

Val Claret - best ski week ever.

- large selection of slopes,
- close to Val d'Isere,
- lifts everywhere,
- no lift queues,
- consistently very good infrastructure - lifts did not stand still or stopped for a quarter of an hour,
- long slopes,
- beautiful environment,
- the train passing through a tunnel in the mountain to the glacier,
- the high mountains make it not windy, almost windless everywhere.

Will more than happy to return to the over 300 km large area.

Were four friends in Tignes during January 2022. Very good ride both there and in Val d’isere which you ride on the same lift pass. Good order in the systems so we basically never stood in a long lift queue. Expensive to eat and drink but not worse than at home… There are cozier villages but Tignes is fresh and has everything you need. Some nice restaurants if you do not want to eat at the hotel every day. Can recommend Grizzly's bar in Val Claret for lunch or if you bring your big wallet, Le Refuge is magically nice when you take the cabin straight up from Val d’isere. Went with Langley and stayed at their own hotel 2100. Very good everything that said. Well worth a visit! Awesome with the high height so you are basically always over the tree line.

Tignes is always Tignes. Would probably choose Valdicer today, but they share the skiing. Interesting and beautiful anyway.

Visited Tignes (lived in Claret election) the first week of March. I have never been aware that there has been so much snow, in 6 days it snowed 5 times. Each time it came 20-30 cm. Very easily accessible off piste, liked sharply and happy to go there again.

Fantastic Tignes / Val d'Isere has delivered again !!
Week 52 2018 made no one disappointed. The weather was cruel, about 0 degrees in Val Claret and a few degrees below the peaks every day. We spent eight days in the slopes, one of which was a magical day in the off-piste when it snowed all Christmas Eve. One meter of snow in the "valley" and two meters on the peaks made about 90% of the slopes open.
In addition to very good skiing quality, you can find lunch on the slopes at humane prices and good quality. Large portions for hungry skiers are served in every place we have visited. Maybe not so many restaurants as in Italian ski systems but those that are there are good. The accommodations are small but functional in Tignes. If you book late you can make clips, our apartment cost 5,000 SEK for a week. We had ski in / ski out and the balcony was five meters from the piste.
On Christmas Eve you had carnival and torchlight and invited Vin Chaud (warm wine) in the village.

If you want to be sure of access to snow and very off-piste then you go to Tignes / Val d'Isere!

// Madde and Stefan

Tignes is included in the ski area "Escape Killy".

Plus / minus with Escape Killy compared to other ski areas:
+ Snowproof in high altitude and glaciers
+ Large system that fits well and swallows many skaters
+ Suitable for everyone (be careful which city in the ski area you choose)
- Well-known and thus always a lot of people and high prices

Plus / minus with Tignes compared to other locations in Escape Killy:
+ Plenty of simple apartments and there are good food stores
+ Possibility to first come up in a good part of the system
+ Bathhouse included in lift pass (a visit to weekly card)
- Low soft factor
- Far to some parts of the system

We booked flights to Grenoble week 4, 2017 and chose the city the week before departure based on snow access. The lot fell on the ski system Escape Killy and the town of Tignes which is a charming building (complex), but practical if the priority is skiing, in front of restaurant or nightlife.

The snow supply was at the bottom when we got up. Luckily so much of the week snowed, mostly in the evenings and nights, some ski days suffered from poor visibility due to snowfall, but otherwise it was good.

We who went in search of loose snow in front of the piste and did not go at all in the park. There are many well-known loose snow areas for all riding levels. There are also lots of nice pistes in all colors (slopes).

Tignes is situated on one edge of Escape Killy, if you want to go lift to and from Le Fornet, which is at the other end, so it takes most of the day. Tignes and Val Claret, located next to each other, are seen as a motorway a short distance from Val D'Isère, which is the area's main town and considerably more cozy than Tignes. The ski bus that is included in the lift pass does not drive all the way, but you can supplement with a regional bus.

Should I try to compare Escape Killy with something else, then it is of the same caliber as Chamonix.
Chamonix benefits from a short transfer from Geneva. The advantage of Escape Killy is that the lift system is connected. I thought Tignes reminded a little about Val Thorens and then I do not just think of outdoor après ski, La Folie Douce which is located on both towns.

In conclusion, "Escape Killy" is a safe card and feels very complete as a ski system. A good choice if you are going for a week or more. For a short week, there are more appropriate alternatives.