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Alpe d'Huez
Chalet Holidays in Alpe d'Huez offer great skiing in the sunshine, with it's high and mostly south-facing disposition. Alpe d'Huez is the main central resort that connects the surrounding traditional alpine ski resort villages of Vaujany, Oz en Oisans, Villard Reculas and Auris En Oisans.
The Skiing in Alp d'Huez is high up in the french alps, with a village height of 1860m and the highest point of the ski area being up at 3330m! The skiing is varied and challenging, and there's plenty of skiing for all levels for a week's chalet holiday.
Accommodation-wise Alpe d'Huez has a range of options - catered chalets, self-catered chalets, ski apartments and hotels are all here. Also the surrounding villages are well worth a look if you are looking for a traditional alpine ski chalet in a traditional ski village that's based on chalets, though if apres-ski is on you ski holiday requirements list then you might be better focusing on Chalets in Alpe d'Huez itself.
In Summer the mountain climb up to Alp d'Huez is a famous climb on the Tour de France, making a summer holiday in Alp d'Huez worth considering for any road biking, or indeed mountain biking, fan.
Airport Transfer Times2:40 hours drive from Geneva airport 1:30 hours drive from Grenoble airport 2 hours drive from Lyon airport | Train Station Transfer Times | Driving to Resort11 hours from Calais |
Alpe d’Huez is a ski resort like no other. The 250kms of linked pistes include the longest black run in Europe, 'La Sarenne', and yet there's plenty of skiing at all levels. It's still a relativly un-explore resort compared to the famous French Ski Holiday desinations like Val d'Iseres, Tignes, Meribel & Courchevel. It is though growing in standing every year as more people discover, and love the skiing from an Alpe d'Huez Chalet Holiday.
Alpe d'Huez is basked in 300 days of sun per year, gives rise to it's local nickname "L'ile au Soleil" (Island of the Sun). The summers here are spectacular, with it's huge amounts of sun & southerly facing disposition making it the perfect mountain base for adventurous summer holidays in the Alps. If you are lucky enough to be on a summer holiday in Alpe d'Huez when the Tour de France comes through you can witness one of hte most famous and grueling mountain climbs on the route.
So if you perfect Catered Chalet Holiday is a winter paradise, or a summer chalet basked in sun with the green mountains all around, a Chalet Holiday in Alpe d'Huez has it all.














