Tignes

With its impressive altitude range, Tignes offers an exceptional variety of activities — from lake sports and white-water rafting to summer skiing and glacier walking. You can also try via ferrata on Europe’s most famous routes, horse riding, golf on Tignes impressive course, mountain biking, fly fishing, paragliding, or even launch yourself into the lake from the giant slide, (a firm favourite with the kids!)

We include several great activities for free, with additional activities available locally from just €25.

Tignes is basically heaven for the biker in you. There’s more than 300kms of biking trails from Green to Black grade which span into neighbouring Val d'Isère and a free bikers’ lift pass with our Active Pack, so you can cover many miles without ever having to push your bike uphill! There’s more than enough terrain to keep you busy all week and the area is simply breathtaking: with bike parks, learning zones, kids parks and superb shops and mechanic facilities.

Tignes also hosts the Tour de France and you can cycle up the TDF section from our hotel front door in Les Brévières, up to the Chevril dam/lake. It’s very scenic and starts as a Col road with very little traffic. This is just one of many great road rides in the area.

One of the most scenic bike routes is from Tignes Le Lac, back to Les Brévières (with Lake Chevril in the background). It suits all riders competent in trail riding on a full-sus bike, which you can rent locally with our Active Team.

Image: Trail riding from Tignes Le Lac, back to Les Brévières