Petem95

Anyone suggest any?

Going to be skiing over new year, and one of my mates has suggested either Val Thorens or Courchevel. From what I've read Val Thorens is probably the more lively of the two, but it's always hard to tell without having been there.

I've not been to many of the resorts in the Alps, other than Verbier and Zermatt and I wouldn't say either of those were that lively - Verbier maybe a little pricey so tends to be more families etc.

Anyone got any suggestions?!

STi wanna Subaru

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St Anton.... ski all day... party all night!

Petem95

cheers STi, I'll look into that one as well

Dr.No

Yes, another vote for St Anton - party central. Last time I went I don't think I hit the slopes until after lunch, and that was just to help sober up before the KK, Mooserwirt and Kandahar into the small hours...

Funky Chicken also very good fun - good ski videos playing and frozen cocktails, and Bar Cuba also OK for a quieter drink.

Take lots of cash though - it's damn expensive!

Petem95

Yeah exchange rate for Euros is complete sh1te, and skiing in the Alps is never cheap anyway

Heard a lot about the resorts in Bulgaria (which is not introducing Euros until next year sometime!) - anyone had any experience?

worley

Val Thorens, full of Dutch people larging it.

Courcheval, too preppy etc

St Anton, pricey but great for the nightlife, best venue in Europe IMHO

Val d'Isere, got a lot going for it, posh young ladies.. could be worse

Chamonix, expensive, lots of bars, but need to be in the know about the local scene - has a strip bar (apparently )


Nik

albob

France in general is crap for nightlife - you need either austria or italy - st anton for a bit of sophistication or sauze d'oulx for chavs' !!

davyboy

Mayerhofen looked half decent.....although I went there in the summer.

To be honest, I'm lucky to stay up still past 10pm if I've been skiing all day.

Trout

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If you want party and lots of pliant birds then Sauze D'Oulx is the Magalluf of the Alps.

Verbier has got serious totty but serious competition from the rich and famous. Deux Alps used to be pretty good.

fitzscoob

We never really found much in the way of nightlife out there. A couple of bars at either end of the gondola but nothing major. There was a couple of bars / pubs but nothing that kept us up late apart from the fact there was about 30 of us and we were playing drinking games in our hotel.

We got drinking at the bar on the bottom by the gondola one night, and by 9pm we all decided it was time to go back and get out of these ski boots, the last bus had been and gone so we all had to trudge back about a mile in the snow to our residence with all our stuff with us, must of looked a right sight.

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If your thinking 3 valleys go to Meribel. Easily the best for a party and best positioned to cover the whole 3 valleys.

Val D'isere is good for the lash but quite clicky.

Chop

Fat Boy

Depends if snow or apres ski is top priority. Val Thorens is europe's highest resort so usually has snow even when none of the rest of the 3 valleys hasn't. Tignes Val Claret/le lac not bad on both fronts and has glaciers - also part of the espace killy so = cheap way to ski Val d isere - Posh totty, posh prices.

Austria always gets thumbs up for apres ski but the resorts are generally lower than France and so are usually less snow sure

hodgy0_2

Morzine (France)

which is the portes du soleils - quite high so good skiing even in April (in T-Shirts)

pretty chilled n/life rather than raving - not too many english and certainly not "Ibiza on Ice"

Jerome

Yet another vote for St Anton. Usually rated top for nightlife in the Alps.

Val D'Isere wasn't bad either.

Chamonix was OK for night life, but for skiing I didn't rate it. On average spent 45 mins each morning waiting for the bus to the slopes. Only worth going if you want to do the Valley Blanche.

mattstant

gets my vote as well french resorts can be very family centric and a little up tight in the evenings though

The Magaluf of the slopes definitley has to be "Pas De la casa" in Andorra has got easily the livliest night life of any resort I've been to

speedymonkey

+1

Ive been to a good few resorts in France&Italy and the nightlife is alright, however Pas De la casa is defo the palce to go to get piste in the evenings

The alps are far nicer tho

Suresh

Personally I rate Ischgl, Stanton and Verbier in that order. The first two are more germanic of course and a lot of Brits will probably have some probs with some of the music that goes along with that. The Paznauner Thaya in Ischgl is just sublime, nestled in a bowl surrounded by picturesque peaks. They play pumping dance music from midday onwards. Its a bit of a ski down though! Then the Elizabeth bar is a great next stop with leggy dancing girls on the bar. There are strip clubs too if you like that sort of thing.

Pas de la Casa is a package holiday hellhole from I remember of it.