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Chambery Airport
Chambery Airport is situated just north
of the city. The last three years have seen a great increase in
the availability of flights here from the UK. FlyBe and Excel have
regular arrivals at very reasonable prices. Chambery is also the
nearest airport to the resorts in our area making for some very short transfers
which are, for the large part on motorways.
The down side to Chambery Airport is that it is very small. There
is only one shop and one cafe on-site and on Saturdays the terminal
can be very busy. It is also situated in a fairly narrow valley
which can attract bad weather resulting in flight delays or
diversions on occasion. Having said that, when everything runs smoothly
it can make for an incredibly convenient and cheap transfer.
Courchevel
Courchevel is situated in the furthest east
of the three valleys. Together with Meribel and Val Thorens/Les Menuires
it boasts a massive ski area. It is made up of five seperate villages
- 1300 (La Praz, the original Village), 1550, 1650 and 1850 and La
Tania. The higher up you go the more expensive it gets and the top
end hotels in 1850 boast clientele such as the Beckhams and some notorious
Russian Playboys! La Tania is slightly west of the main resorts and
was purpose built to provide extra beds for the 1992 Olympics. Each
area has it's own compliment of bars and restaurants with 1850 being
the most well appointed.
Chambery to Courchevel - 110kms - approx. 1hr 30
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