Authentic Alpine village, located at an altitude of 1113 meters above sea level - this is how we can briefly say about the ski resort of Megeve (France). But connoisseurs of the ski mecca will immediately add: an original alpine town opens up an hour's drive from Geneva airport, which has managed to maintain its individuality and has a whole range of services of the highest quality that can provide a premium class vacation!

Characteristics of the Megeve resort

As Megève regulars say, winter sports feel like royalty in the resort, and the villagers have the true art of real French living!

• Elevation difference in Megeve - 1113 - 2226 m
• Length of hiking trails - 50 km
• Number of lifts - 117
• Total length of ski slopes - 445 km
• The length of the longest descent -3.6 km
• Cross-country ski trails - 43 km
• Sledge tracks (toboggan) - 2 pcs. by 520 m

Approximately 4,500 people live in the town, while the number of places in hotels for tourists exceeds 44 thousand! The ski resort offers 82 restaurants, 200 shops and boutiques, many spas and wellness centers.

An important fact testifies to the quality of the ski slopes and the accompanying service: Megeve is a member of the prestigious group of ski resorts "Best in the Alps", which unites 12 European ski centers (St. Moritz, Kitzbühel (see the Bavarian Alps of Germany and Austria), Chamonix, Davos, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Seefeld, Zermatt, Lech (Lech Zürs am Arlberg), Cortina D´Ampezzo, Grindelwald and St. Anton am Arlberg. Each of They provide exceptional service to tourists throughout the year.

Megeve ski areas

• Rochebrune (Rochebrune, 1754 m) - 49 pistes, 20 lifts
• Mont D "Arbois - Megeve (Mont D" arbois (1840 m) - Megev) - 11 lifts, 27 slopes
• Jaillet - Portes du Mont Blanc - 8 lifts, 22 pistes
• Combloux (Combloux, 1757 m) - 8 lifts, 30 slopes
• Gietta (Giettaz, 1930 m) - 7 lifts, 28 slopes
• Côte 2000 (Côte 2000, 2014 m) - 1 lift, 1 slope

Number of lifts: 78

• large cabins - 3
• small cabins - 5
• chairlifts - 28
• rope tows - 42

Amazing Megeve location - in the heart of the ski area alpine peak Mont Blanc has become a favorable factor for the development of skiing and tourism, it is called the Eldorado for skiers and snowboarders, for curious tourists and connoisseurs of primitive nature, for those who crave peace and relaxation.

From Megeve, taking a bus, you can go to Geneva (about 1.5 hours drive), or directly to Chamonix - wander through its small streets full of charm, admire the Mont Blanc peak - the most high peak in the Alps and Europe. Another beautiful town nearby is Annecy, which is called the Venice of the Alps. It is worth visiting the famous markets of Annecy, and in your spare time taking a walk along the picturesque streets, decorated with endless flower balconies.

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Entertainment and apres ski

Megeve hosts a yearly great amount variety of cultural events and important events world level.

Among the entertainments typical for the resort are walks in real carriages driven by well-groomed horses, sleigh rides and dog sledding, flying on an airplane over the top of Mont Blanc. For shopping, Megeve has prepared luxury boutiques, exquisite antique shops, sophisticated jewelry stores and art galleries.

After skiing, you can also spend time visiting wellness centers that offer the widest range of treatment and body care services, as well as tasting the finest haute cuisine in Michelin-starred restaurants.

The country of Mont Blanc, located in a unique natural environment, provides Megeve with a rare gift of luxury and true natural authenticity - the resort is famous for a very friendly atmosphere filled with a spirit of respect for local traditions.

Advantages of Megeve

There is always good snowfall on the upper slopes.
- Large selection of good restaurants
- Good shopping opportunities - top notch shopping, fun and lively evenings

disadvantages

High prices for service
- Sometimes - insufficient snow on the lower slopes

The address tourist center in Megeve: Megève Tourisme B.P. , 24FR-74120 Megeve, tel. 0033 450 212 728.

How to get to the Megeve ski resort

The closest international airports to Megeve are:

1. Geneva (87 km from Megeve)
2. Saint-Exupéry, Lyon (170 km)
3. Chambéry (95 km)
4. Grenoble (160 km)

Next, you should use the services of local airlines that fly to Megeve Airport. For example, from Geneva such a flight lasts 1 hour. In terms of time, a flight to the resort from Moscow will take approximately 6 hours.

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To Megeve by train

12 km from Megeve is the Sallanches railway station (Fr. Sallanches), in the direction of which a direct TGV train runs every weekend in winter. There is a good direct connection from Sallanches station. bus service with Megeve.

To Megeve by bus

Every 2 hours from Geneva, the capital of Switzerland, a comfortable Starshipper service bus (tel. 04 56 12 40 59) takes skiers to the foot of Mont Blanc and to Megeve. Travel time - 1 hour 30 minutes. Ticket price - 10 euros. Opening hours - from December 14 to April 30.

Regular bus lines of the SAT company (tel. 04 50 21 25 18) provide transport links with all settlements Haute-Savoie, including: Combloux, Sallanches (Sallanches), Saint-Gervais (Saint-Gervais), Le Fayet (le Fayet), Megeve and Chamonix. SAT also offers its visitors a wide variety of bus tours accompanied by guides, The best way get acquainted with the history and culture of the Alpine region of France.

Direct SAT flights to Megeve (daily, 4 times/day, round trip):

• Route 82: Chamonix - Le Fayet - Megeve - Praz
• Route 83: Sallanches - Combloux - Megève - Praz sur Arly

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Megeve

Megeve: about the resort

Megeve is considered to be one of the most beautiful and luxurious ski resorts in France. Thanks to the efforts of the Rothschild family, the old Savoyard town of Megeve has become one of the most fashionable resorts in the world.

The history of skiing is closely connected with this resorts. In 2012, Megeve celebrated the 100th anniversary of one of its most famous and respected citizens, Emile Allais, who, even at such a respectful age, still skied with enviable regularity.

After the First World War, Megeve becomes a very popular place where French bohemians regularly come. One of the branches of the Rothschild dynasty and currently lives permanently in Megeve.

Megeve is the incomparable atmosphere of a real old town, with a pedestrian zone, medieval houses and a square with a beautiful church and bell tower.

Roger Vadim, Gerard Philippe, Jean Cocteau, Pablo Picasso, Amadeo Modigliani, Edith Piaf, Charles Aznavour, Brigitte Bordeaux - the heroes and ghosts of the past did not seem to leave Megeve, except that the logos of fashion brands in the windows remind of the 21st century. It has been called the 21st arrondissement of Paris, a style icon, the film Dangerous Liaisons was born here and Jean Cocteau's legendary restaurant Les Enfants Terribles still exists in the Hotel Mont Blanc. This resort has only gotten better over time. Megeve is the embodiment of the famous French l "arte de vivre, not a remake, but a real aristocratic town with narrow streets, a cozy center and pretty wooden chalets built in the style of an old Savoyard farm.

Megeve official website:http://megeve.com/en/
Track maps: http://megeve.com/en/header/useful/plans/

Recommended: connoisseurs of luxurious accommodation and apres-ski, families with children, gourmets, lovers of shopping and a romantic atmosphere, non-skiers.
Not recommended: for trips at the very beginning / end of the season, tourists with a limited budget.

Pros:
- One of the most beautiful and aristocratic resorts.
- Large selection of high class hotels, chalets and restaurants.
- Enough entertainment for non-skating.
- Pleasant atmosphere of the resort.
- Lots of trails for beginners and intermediate skiers.
- Good mountain restaurants.

Minuses:
- High price level.
- The ski areas are not fully interconnected.
- Limited opportunities for freeride.
- Unstable snow cover on low slopes.

How to Get to Megeve

Megeve is located an hour and a half from Geneva airport. Nearest international Airport- Geneva - is located 70 km from the resort. nearest railroad station– Sallanches (Salashna), then 12 km to the resort can be reached by taxi or regular bus (runs regularly from the Salasna station). By car - Motorway A40 from Geneva, Salanches exit, then follow the signs. The distance from Milan to Megeve is 272 km, from Lyon - 180 km, from Paris - about 600 km.

Megeve Ski Passes

Skipass Evasion Mont-Blanc
On 445 km of pistes: all Megeve ski areas plus Les Contamines and Cordon:

For 1 day for adults/children 6-15 years old: 46/37 euros
Ski pass for 6 days for adults/children: 231/85 euros

Ski pass Mont Blanc Unlimited Also includes ski runs from Italy (Courmayer, Monte Bianco) and Switzerland (Verbier)
Adults/Children under 15: €299/254.20 for 6 days
More detailed information about prices for http://megeve.com/en/winter/sledgin-skiing/ski-pass/ .

Skiing in Megeve

Megève trails seem to be specially created for quiet comfortable skiing: beautiful, surrounded by snow-covered fir trees, smooth and for the most part not too difficult. Ideal for family skiing until lunch, without making you tense up or think about skiing technique. However, for those who want to raise the level of adrenaline in the blood, there are interesting places: the famous unprepared descent of Emile Allais from the Arpette with an impressive slope or the calmer and rather long black slopes of the resort, for example, in Cote 2000 (Cat 2000).
Above the resort there are three extensive ski areas (more than 300 km of pistes): Mont d'Arbois, Rochebrune-Cote and Le Jay. Rochebrune-Cote is connected to the center of Megeve by a cable car, and to the Mont-d'Arbois massif by a pendulum road. Less than one kilometer away is the massif of Le Jay.

Rochebrune offers long slopes in the woods and more difficult pistes in the Alpette area. Cable cars connect this station with nature reserve Cat 2000. A World Cup certified downhill course is located here. In Kot 2000, experts can enjoy the thrill of freeriding. Mont-d'Arbois is famous for its wide pistes and stretches for many kilometers to the southwest. This station stretches to Mont-Jou and ends on the steep, well-prepared slopes of Mont Joly. Here, at an altitude of 2350 m, is highest point stations. The longest track "Princess" stretches for 3.8 km with a vertical drop of 770 m.

If the virgin soil over Megeve is already rolled out, you can go to the neighboring always snowy Les Contamines or Chamonix (30 minutes by car). Don't forget to come to Megeve's small airfield to fly four-seat planes over Megeve, Mont Blanc and the White Valley - thrill guaranteed, especially if the pilot decides to entertain the passengers a little. All the winter months in Megeve are filled with social events: the polo tournament on the snow, dog sled races, the Golf Cup on the snow and all kinds of ski competitions of various levels.

Track length: 445 km of pistes (Evasion MontBlanc region), 43 green, 64 blue, 80 red, 34 black). Directly above Megeve there are 325 km of slopes.

Megeve: apres-ski

There is no shortage of excellent restaurants in Megeve, but there are some very special ones among them. One of the best chefs in Europe, Emmanuel Renaud (3 Michelin stars) runs the restaurant Flocons de Sel. Emmanuel studied with legendary chef Mark Weir for several years. After Mark decided to close his unique restaurant Ferme de mon Pere (20 out of 20 Gault Millau points), Flocons de Sel is rightfully considered the best in Megeve. Other gourmet spots include Cintra, Les Fermes de Marie and Le Refuge. In the mountains, it is worth looking into L "Ideal 1850, owned by the Rothschilds or L" Auberge de la Cote 2000 at the foot of the World Cup track.
The nightlife of the resort is not too stormy: young people gather in Palo Alto Up & Down, a more respectable audience - in 5 Rues and in hotel bars.

Megeve: more than just skiing

In Megeve there is a Sports Palace (indoor Olympic ice rink, swimming pool, sauna and fitness center), outdoor ice rink in the center of the village, tennis, ice climbing tower, 50 km for hiking trails. For lovers of cross-country skiing - 75 km of slopes; for snowboarders - a fun park and a half-pipe. And also - sleigh rides, heli-skiing, deep snow safaris, snowshoeing. In nearby Saint-Gervais - curling and karting. Antique shops, jewelry and art salons, boutique galleries of famous brands - shopping in Megenes is perhaps more important than skiing. The resort has over 200 different shops. Many hotels and chalets have their own spas. Among the best is Les Fermes de Marie: a hotel and spa that produces its own line of cosmetics. Below the resort there is a well-known since the 19th century thermal spa Saint Gervais les Bains hot mineral water its source is in no way inferior to the waters of Karlovy Vary. Guests also have access to a cinema, a bridge club, a jazz club, galleries, a local ski museum, and there is a concert hall in Saint Gervais.

There are many places in France that are rightfully considered tourist pride, but Megeve is one, it is unique and known throughout Europe. It is known not only as a ski resort equipped with modern technology, but also as a place rich in cultural heritage. Their inhabitants of a small village in the French Alps have preserved for tourists.

As in any other French resort, refinement, chic and respectability reign in Megeve.

The basis of the tourism business was laid back in the 1920s by the married couple Maurice and Noemie Rothschild. They built their first luxury hotel in the area.

Over time, around him "grew" concert halls, art museums, theaters, fashionable restaurants (the number of which is about fifty only on the slopes of the ski resort), a casino. The slopes of Megève, along with other slopes of Saint-Gervais, Combloux, Saint Nicolas de Vroce, la Giettaz and les Contamines, are included in the elite ski area of ​​Evasion Mont Blanc.

The Megeve resort includes three ski areas - Mont d'Arbois, Le Jaillet, Rochebrune-Cote 2000.

This ski resort does not have many negatives, but the most noticeable of them is the lack of communication between the three aforementioned ski areas.

But during the construction, several common points of descent were provided, where those with different levels of skiing can meet.

You can acquire a skiing level or raise it directly on the spot by studying at one of the skiing or snowboarding schools, where you can also learn freeride. The duration of one lesson is either 2.5 hours or 4 hours (the cost of 6 lessons will cost 160 and 256 euros, respectively).

In addition, all the same types of services for adults are available for children aged 2 years and over, and the Meg’ Loisirs school generally enrolls children from the age of 1 year. Another school, located near the ski lift du Chamois, enrolls in groups of children aged 3 to 5 years.

And the school near the La Princesse ski lift provides babysitting services all day long, in between their group classes, children will be sure to be fed. One day of study at such a school will cost 54 euros.

In Megeve there are a total of 135 pistes with a total length of about 300 km and 80 lifts. According to official data, the resort has pistes of all categories: 54 red, 41 blue, 23 green and 17 black.

But experts and avid skiers are of the opinion that these estimates are too high, and the slopes are more suitable for the "beginner" and "intermediate" levels.

Although this in no way begs the pleasure that can be obtained when riding them.

The French Alpine slopes are in no way inferior to the Swiss ones. They have a picturesque nature, and in the evening, thanks to the colorful illumination, they become even more attractive. Due to the atmosphere reigning there, the feeling of a fairy tale will accompany you all the time during your vacation.

Megeve looks like one of the many small towns in glass balls-toys that are presented on New Year. One has only to shake it and it is immediately covered with snow.

The Rochebrune-Cote 2000 massif has the most difficult slopes for skiing. It is one of the coziest places in Megeve, and not far from it lies the unique nature reserve La Cte 2000. This massif is known for its off-piste places and downhill skiing.

This track became the base for the competitions for the Emile Allais Cup 50 years ago. There are also places for off-piste skiing on the Christome massif. But the first place in terms of length and breadth belongs to the tracks of the Mont d'Arbois massif. It is located in the southwest and includes stations such as Mont Joux ( favorite place snowboarders) and Mont Joli (one of the most difficult slopes of the resort).

There are luxurious hotels around the ski slopes, where the comfort of the rooms, the quality of service and their location are always at the highest level.

In addition to numerous slopes for skiing, excellent places for shopping, bars and restaurants have been built in the resort.

Especially popular among them are the restaurants "Auberge du Cote 2000" (located at a short distance from the conservation area) and "Chalet Ideal Sport". Both of these respectable restaurants are in the possession of the Rothschilds.

In addition to all the above places and attractions, there is also the L'lgloo restaurant. From the place where it is located, magnificent views of the picturesque Alpine nature open up.

In the city itself, there are many interesting bars, restaurants, shops, which you cannot pass by.

Shopping in Megeve has been an integral part of the tour of this town for more than 50 years, the list of which, among others, includes climbing to the top or visiting the sights nightlife- jazz club "Le Club De Jazz Le Saint Roux", which is one of the best in all of France.

Complements this list of the most interesting establishments Megeve bar "St. Paul", for the youth "Palace Caf" and "Le Caf de Megve" - ​​for the elderly.

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Resort Megeve (France)

Member of the prestigious association Best of the Alps. Megeve, turned into a mountain resort by Baroness Rothschild at the beginning of the 20th century, was conceived by her as a French answer to the Swiss St. Moritz. It is considered to be the most elegant and picturesque mountain resort France. All hotels are designed in the classic "Savoy" style.

How to get there

Nearest airports : Geneva - 86 km, Chambéry - 94 km, Grenoble - 168 km, the nearest railway station to Megeve is Sallanches (12 km), there is a direct train from Geneva.

Descents in Megeve

The length of the tracks is 223 km. Elevation difference - 1237 m. Maximum height - 2525 m.

Megeve is part of the Evasion Mont-Blanc ski region with a total length of 445 km of pistes. Megeve's own skiing area includes three zones: Rochebrune-Cote, Mont-d'Arbois and Le Jaye. Megeve's slopes are given special charm by spruce and fir forests on numerous and varied ski slopes.

Le Zhai runs southwest along the Cristomet massif, known as a place for excellent off-piste skiing. Rochebrune offers long slopes in the woods and more difficult slopes in the Alpet area. cable cars connect this station with the natural reserve Kot 2000. Here is a certified World Cup downhill course. Mont-d'Arbois, with its wide boulevards-routes, stretches for many kilometers to the southwest. This station stretches to Mont-Jou and ends on the steep slopes of Mont Joly that require special training.

Below Megève at an altitude of 850 meters and very close to the Geneva-Chamonix highway is Saint-Gervais, one of the oldest resorts France. It arose on the basis of a hydropathic Saint Gervais les Bans. The resort is connected by gondola to the Megève slopes. Saint Gervais, along with Megeve and Bellevue-Les Houches, are included in one of the most extensive ski areas - Evasion Mont Blanc.

Megeve infrastructure

Megeve is the incomparable atmosphere of a real old town, with a pedestrian zone, medieval houses and a square with a beautiful church and bell tower.

The guests of the resort here have truly great opportunities not only for skiing, but also for exploring other regions and resorts of Haute-Savoie: Chamonix - 25 km, ancient Chambéry - 1.5 hours, picturesque medieval Annecy - 1 hour. The resort offers almost any kind of entertainment - a casino, bowling, a sports center with a swimming pool and courts, discos, nightclubs, bars, restaurants of any level. The resort has its own high-altitude airfield, from which you can fly around Mont Blanc by plane, helicopter or hot air balloon.

Saint-Gervais also has hot springs and an Olympic ice rink.

The ski season lasts from December to early April.