tignes

Welcome to "Espace Killy", where world champions train and everything revolves around one thing 365 days of the year: skiing! The alpine disciplines in the 1968 and 1992 Winter Olympics took place in the gigantic ski area with more than 300 kilometres of piste and 89 lifts. And in 2009 the region will be host to the ski world championship! This 5-star ski area sprawls over three mountains and two valleys, which will make every skier’s heart race. The high altitude (1,550 – 3,456 m) and one of the most attractive glaciers in the Alps guarantee high levels of snow. Tignes - the ski region of superlatives!

Tignes (2,100 m), as we know it today, was built on a nearby treeless high valley at the end of the fifties, after the demise of the "old Tignes” in Lac du Chevril. With the use of wood and natural stone, the Tignes of today has traditional Savoyan charm. Furthermore, the mountain landscape with the huge Vanoise massif and its glaciers, Grande Motte (3,656 m) and Mont Pourri (3,779 m) in the background definitely impress. At the very end of the high valley lies Val Claret with different restaurants and leisure activities, as well as a go-kart track. Le Lac, usually deemed the centre of Tignes offers many ice sport activities on the lake. It is buzzing here with younger people, especially because the après ski and top events like the “Tignes Airwaves” here are immense.