Residence Le Village Hotel

The resort village of 1950 is a great place for families. The layout of this faux-village and the quality of architecture is well thought-out and much, much nicer than the average French apartment block village (such as Les Arcs 2000). The HMC residence is just as good, benefiting from being almost brand new whilst retaining an old-world feel. You can tell it was planned and built by Americans. You can ski straight into the comlex, although beginners need to take a very short walk to a cable car that takes you to Les Arcs 2000 and the... more

I like Les Arcs for the quality of its skiing - there is a good variety of runs for all abilities and the scenery is amazing. Now that Paradiski has arrived you could never get bored, the extent of the runs is massive. Until now, the one let down to Les Arcs has been the quality of the accommodation - typical 60s concrete. However, this has now changed with the building of Arc1950 - it is scheduled to be complete by 2008. I stayed at 1950 in the summer, and wish I had stayed there in the prior winter. I didn't because I... more