As we have just a few places left in the chalet for this season, we are now offering short breaks, and a 20% discount on our week-long fully-catered skiing holidays.
Enjoy a chalet holiday in the lovely Chalet Forestiere for less during March and April. The chalet’s location is perfect: Just a stone’s throw away from the town centre and the piste, from where you can explore the fantastic skiing in Les Gets and the wider Portes du Soleil.
If you’d like a quick getaway with just a few days on the piste, then why not try a short break skiing holiday: Just £295pp for a 4-night (Sun-Thurs), or 3-night (Thurs-Sun) stay.
Confirm for your place on the Pass’Portes du Soleil (26th-27th June).
Registration opens tomorrow, January 10th 2010.
The Pass’Portes du Soleil is an unforgettable mountain bike trek covering 7000m of downhill in France and Switzerland. Using 15 ski lifts, the 75km circuit will take you through stunning scenery from 1000-2250m in altitude.
With 4,000 riders starting from 9 different resorts in the region, this event is not to be missed if you’re a keen mountain biker. The price for entry is €40 and includes lift pass and access to 8 refreshment points enroute.
There are 9 different resorts you can start from, Les Gets being one of the most popular, so if you’re keen to register don’t wait too long!
We had many unforgettable weeks last season, but one in particular sticks in our memory: Colin and his fine company of friends brought with them a particularly tasty example of a one piece ski suit (the same colours as a pack of fluorescent highlighters). In the spirit of 80s fashion and with admirable enthusiasm, the one piece was worn on the slopes and turned many a head that week (surprise? wonder? envy?).
We loved it so much that the group decided to leave the one piece in our care, on the proviso that the garment itself would live on: our mission was – and still is – to get other people to wear it until we find a new owner, who will keep the dream alive, and keep wearing the one piece. There is a facebook group (One Piece Dreams) which tracks the progress of the one piece… would you like to be the new owner?
Below is a video of all the guests who dressed up, did their hair, grew out their mustaches and wore the one piece with pride. We take our woolly hats off to them for their courage, determination and stamina - it takes a lot to ski in full sun wearing a 100% nylon suit.
You might think that Jim and I have been taking it easy between the summer and winter seasons, and probably going on holiday ourselves. However, as we are always thinking of you, our esteemed guests, we recently embarked on an Italian cookery course. Which, well yes, was in Italy!
We both love Italian food, and thought that a fabulous Italian meal would be a great addition to our menu in the chalet. Thankfully, we knew just the place to go to learn the art of pasta-making and the like.
Last year we spent our honeymoon in Italy (because we like the food so much), where we stayed with the lovely Lismay at her B&B. Lismay runs Villa Anne, where she caters for guests from her beautiful home on the outskirts of Rome. Her garden is full of olive, lemon and orange trees, and she herself is a trained Italian chef and a wonderful hostess.
During our stay last week we went to visit the local olive press where we watched the fascinating process of cleaning, grinding, pulping and pressing the olives, until the beautiful yellow oil poured out. Of course olive oil is central to Italian cooking, so we bought some of this lovely local extra virgin oil to use in the chalet this winter.
The cookery course was great fun and Jim and I feel that we’ve definitely added to our culinary repertoire. So thanks to Lismay, we’ll be cooking up an Italian feast for one night of your stay: Maybe homemade gnocchi for starters, mozarella chicken or meatballs for the main, and a luscious tiramisu for dessert. Bellissimo!!
