Reviews Tignes-Val d'Isère

We spent a week in Tignes and had great snow, you could ski almost everywhere, both on-piste and next to the pistes. The slopes are nice and wide, which helps reduce crowds. We never had to wait longer than 5-10 minutes for a lift! Overall a super experience in Tignes.

• Lots of pistes and not many crowds

• Outdated lifts

Best ski resort in Europe for advanced/expert skiers. Incredible off-piste terrain. Even Val Thorens, my #2 ski resort, has nothing on this. Nice town with good après-ski bars.

• Everything

• Expensive

For both experienced or less experienced skiers, Tignes has skiing for everyone. Walk out your door and immediately you're on the slopes! Few queues at the lifts can handle large capacity. A beautiful and very extensive ski area - miss the trees at this atltitude though! Blue runs are pretty spread out in area so that children and beginners can also get around the ski area and explore. It is a typical French ski resort with high-rise concrete blocks, but the center is pleasant with nice shops, cafes and restaurants.

Extensive skiing opportunities, cozy 'village atmosphere', beautiful chalets, lovely surroundings. However, it's getting more expensive each year, but then you have a certain clientelle who can pay so why lower the prices ! Every time it's a real pleasure to be there and to ski in the Espace Killy - awesome skiing. The apres ski is nothing like in Austrian in resorts such as Lech, it's about the same level as in Verbier - not just beer drinking and stomping on tables!

• Extensive ski area which challenges all levels

• Expensive

Don't go to Tignes if you like pretty little mountain villages - it's ugly, full of concrete blocks and purpose built infrastructure - not really its fault as the old village was destroyed! Do go to Tignes if you like skiing and doing lots of it! Linked to Val d'isere, this immense ski area just seems to go on and on and then if you go off-piste too it seems like you're skiing across the whole Alps! If you're an intermediate skier and are not keen on icy blacks then plan your routes carefully - a couple of times we found ourselves up top with only black runs as a choice to get down!

• Super skiing
• Super snow
• Super off-piste

• Not very pretty
• No tree skiing due to high altitude

As you would expect from a high level ski resort, the skiing is just awesome. Compared to other large ski areas, you don't get teh feeling you spent your day on a lift going somewhere. I always felt like i was skiing just to get the most out of the slope! Tignes is French so food is expensive, drinks even more expensive and the accommodation - well calling it basic is a complement. There isnt really anything charming about being Tignes, its not particuarly pretty except the fact that there is always snow! its so high, you 're always above the tree line - go into the Val d'Isere area if you want to find a FEW trees!

• SKIING out of this world

• Expensive and French (sorry!)

Perfect for a group of mixed skiers and snowboarders - mostly intermediate to advanced. The nightlife is nice and varied too - everything a bit on the expensive side but you can't complain when you get up on the slopes!

• Varied après ski
• varied skiing

• expensive
• some places can be a bit pretentious

lovely town centre with lots of charm and some great restaurants and nightlife - if a little out dated - skiing lives up to its world class reputation - absolute must for all ski buffs

• atmosphere
• endless skiing possibilities

• bit expensive
• overcrowded in school holidays

We've been going to Val for years and have seen its evolution from popular, not too expensive ski resort to trendy, stylish and rather expensive resort. Even if it's expensive now, we cannot resist returning each year. This ski resort has something special and with the recent renovation and construction of attractive chalet-style buildings, and a great ski lift network, you know you're paying for something.

• Great restaurants and fanastic skiing including Tignes

• Getting a little bit expensive

Skiing into May on the glacier! Great experience - we went at the end of the season - skied on the glacier and water skied on the lac in the village centre! We made it across - a lot of others didn't - very entertaining ! Great links with Val d'isere's ski area so even the better skiers in our group didn't get bored.

• Just amazing skiing

• Rather cold atmosphere - due to lack of trees - not a cozy feeling resort!

Fantastic all-round resort with easily accessible skiing with access to Tignes and the glacier skiing and a great choice of extra activities. Lots of bars and restaurants and even a couple of decent night clubs!

• Excellent snow conditions due to high altitude

• Prices a quite high!