les carroz, France Travel Blogs

Chez Phillipe & Emilie
Apr 18, 2009 (5 photos)

... out of bowls which is great - you get loads more than in mug, we're converted! Walked up one of the mountains which surrounds Les Carroz (the village sits on a 1,200m plateau cradled by mountains which you can see at every turn and photos just don't do ...

Boarding on the Alps
Dec 20, 2007

... were absolutely beautiful. Breathtaking. Pine trees capped in snow and clear blue skies it was fantastic. We got the coach to France which took a staggering 18 hours. Not the most pleasant ride, but the way back was definately worse as we were so fatigued ...

TP#58: Mont Blanc: Argentiere, France
Jan 3, 2006

This morning we set our sights on Mont Blanc, which is just over the southwest border of Switzerland, in France. There are Swiss, Italian, and French ski resorts around Mont Blanc; Chamonix in France seemed very appealing. With help from a wonderful ...

TP#59: Mont Blanc: Skiing at Le Tour
Jan 3, 2006 (7 photos)

Amazingly we were all down at breakfast at 9 am attempting to chat with the waitress in French and enjoying cooked-to-order eggs (soft or hard), hot chocolate, tea, coffee, breads, and jam. This hotel has been in the same family for 70+ years, and their ...

Skiing the Cascade run near Les Carroz at Flaine
Jun 3, 2006 (5 photos)

The snow in the Grand Massif was excellent so we decided to ski from Les Carroz to Flaine and then try the 14 km Cascade ski run, if open. Catching the Grand Platieres (DMC) telecabine takes the skier from 1600 m to 2500 m; where there is a great ...

Early ski trip to Flaine, Grand Massif
Dec 18, 2009 (3 photos)

After a successful early ski holiday in 2008 we decided to repeat the timings in 2009. Arriving in Les Carroz d'Araches on Saturday December 12th, there was a few inches of snow in the village which had arrived that day. Flaine had seen similar dumps of ...