Val d'Isere reviews

I had Booked into the free ride rentals shop earlier in the week and I can’t complain one bit, the staff were super friendly and got us in and out without any issues. Thanks again
Andy

Spent v1 2024 in Val d'Isère, and can only say wow. What a place! We were blessed with several decimetres of snow during the week, and there is off-piste skiing from just about every lift in an area so huge that a week is not enough to ski it all. If you go with a guide, you can also find untouched scratches some time after snowfall. I recommend Henry at Alpine Experience.

Even afterskin was super fun, and Cocorico reigns supreme there.

Plus
+ Incredibly cozy village, Anrik. Don't forget to take a stroll through the old part of the village.
+ Fantastic pistes, but above all that there is great off-piste in basically every direction.
+ Go to Cocorico, especially after 18 when the live band ends (or before also if you like live bands)
+ Huge system, don't forget to take advantage of Tignes which in my opinion had the most fun off-piste lines.

Minus
- The prices. No surprise perhaps, but you have to search with candles and lanterns for cheap places to eat. Les Marmottes under the Borsat lift was probably the most affordable. Self-service and just over €18 for a pasta + canned drink. Even the grocery stores were very expensive.
- Crazy lot of Brits. Hardly more needs to be said.
- The lifts are of an older model, and often have 4 seats, which meant that lift queues often arose. Can probably be avoided by not going on peak weeks.

All in all, I can't do anything but recommend this amazing place, and if you have the money to use all the (allegedly) amazing restaurants as well, that's an added bonus.

Nice ski resort that is good for intermediate skiers and beginners. Fairly flat slopes with the exception of several gold nuggets of course. Flat slopes are good for snowboarding.

A genuine ski resort with fantastic slopes for everyone.
Unfortunately, it is very expensive to holiday in Val d'Isere, but otherwise a great ski resort.

Cozy village, big mountains and fantastic skiing, what is there not to like about Val d'Isere? That would be the price level then ...

After several visits, I can only state that valdi rarely disappoints, regardless of the conditions, the large area offers long slopes and unlimited easily accessible off-piste. The small downside is that the price level is generally high and it can be difficult to find good lunch places for a reasonable amount of money. But with a little research and other local tips, there are also cozy restaurants up on the mountain. As for après ski and nightlife, there is also so it will be over, personally I would recommend skipping foil (or give it a visit to see the spectacle) and take a nice hook near the snow square in the village instead!

Is relatively okay with accommodations that offer ski in ski out but nothing is that far from the snow square and the lifts either.

There you have a relatively positive review of a really good ski resort!

Spent a whole month in Valdisere. My friends fixed a small room with an old aunt for me and I really enjoyed this little nest to paradise.
We skied between 5-9 h per day and a lot of randonee. One of the best trips of my life.
Valdices is so beautiful and unfortunately very expensive.

Loved the slopes and off-piste, the village was not the biggest but incredibly cozy and everyone was kind and nice.
It was also easy to get to Tignes via the lift system. The ski buses were easy to find and went on time as well. Overall: fantastic experience and would love to go back again!

After not being in Val d Isere for over 40 years it was time again v10 2020.
Here are slopes that fit everyone in abundance. Unfortunately, it snowed a lot during the week we were there and the piste machines were only out once it seemed that. So it became a lot of humpback and generally difficult skiing. I think bad considering that the lift ticket costs a lot. Snowmobiles and others with strong legs appreciated it for sure, but we who on old days want a little Manchester did not have much to pick up this week. Has been mostly in Italy for the last 10 years and there you see piste machines 3-4 in width directly after snowfall.
Otherwise you can't complain about Val d Isere with lots of restaurants and bars. Hard to miss the apricot La Folie Douce in the hill above La Daille - it is heard and seen long way.
Stayed at the Hotel L´Aigle des Neiges in the center of walking distance to the lifts. Nice place with SPA, fine restaurants and fantastic staff - can be recommended.

Val d'Isere is the ski resort that I recommend to all friends who want a ski trip with everything close at hand. It is the ski resort that suits everyone, from beginners and families to advanced skiers. Preferably in combination with UCPA week. It is a relatively snow-safe place and it is of course much more exciting snowy days. The powder level is then!

The lifts are centrally located and are ready to take you in all directions and edges. It is a relatively large system that also takes you to Tignes and to Bonneval for those who wish. (On the other hand, you will have to get away from home with heli or an unnecessarily long taxi ride.) Valdis system is large and consists of long, fine pistes, lovely off-piste just beside the piste and more advanced ones. Since the system is widespread, there is a large range of off-piste that does not require any major effort - one of the great advantages of just Valdi. It can be difficult to navigate but with a piste map at hand everything can be solved. The biggest drawback I would say is that the big piste that leads to town, Solaise express, stands for. There it always gets excited and cracked forward in the afternoon.

The city has a nice après ski nightlife, a relatively large city center with shops and restaurants. The famous Follie Deuce is a must. The place is located in the middle of the system and offers an après ski out of the ordinary, the music is already heard in the lift and / or on the slopes as you approach and the atmosphere is always on top. Then you roll down the Grand Marnier, a narrow little notch just below Solaise for wine chaude along with everything and everyone. If you want to go into the night fog there are several night clubs a stone's throw away from each other.

If Chamonix is the best city in the Alps to live in, then the best ski resort of the Val d'Isere Alps is all together. My internal jury is still out on that one when it comes to Valdi vs Serre Chevalier but I'll explain why.

Valdi has just everything. Awesome high alpine ride, good woods, good pistachio (as long as you stay away from Face Bellevarde or Solaise in the afternoon. Up at Pisaillas, I can gladly lie and race the pistol for a full day without getting tired. But what makes me think Valdi is The best part is that the complete skiing is combined with a real city. There is no tourist complex on a mountain side. There are plenty of good restaurants and there are nightclubs and pubs. In Valdi there is something for everyone.

The fact that you often get more of the snow falling than you get in the neighboring village of Tignes does not make matters worse either.

Val d'Isere may be a little difficult to see if you are new. The system is enormous and I'm hard to navigate my mind. It may also be because I only went with UCPA and therefore never had to wonder about navigation.

However, the huge size also means that the offpiste variations are almost infinite. However, the cushion is also quite big, but the times you've been there (4 different trips) we've always gotten something untouched, no matter how the weather has been. If you can get it, you'll have to go down the back of Pisaillas towards Bonneval and then fly the helicopter home. Such a trip can be highly recommended and the firing down to the center afterwards when everything is nypistat and empty is a bonus in itself. Such a day ends with the advantage of Grand Marnier, where after 2 wine chaude you are very excited. After there are many ways to go for a nice evening

Then there was that with the comparison with Serre. Valdi is clearly better than Serre when it comes to high alpine skiing and the party. An afternoon at Follie Deuce turns everything Serre can offer with horse lengths. But you have to knock on the foot when it comes to slopes and forests. What is a priority is of course a flavor.