What makes Samoëns a really great place for a summer holiday?
Beautiful landscapes with stunning waterfalls and summer pastures, plus there’s so much to do for all ages and levels of fitness with activities from rafting to parapenting to road and mountain biking. It’s like living in a large playground! The village is beautiful and authentic with wonderful botanic gardens and lovely town centre
What makes Samoëns a really great place for a ski break?
For beginners and learners, Samoëns 1600 offers an ideal base, with a nice variety of green and blue runs to challenge you as you progress, and a great kids area. The rest of Samoëns, Morillon and Les Carroz offer mainly intermediate skiing with fast blues and red’s, although at the top of Samoëns there are some tough blacks and great off piste.
The “green” Marvel run in Morillon is often portrayed as one of the world’s most picturesque ski runs (after heavy snow fall there’s nowhere prettier), and it’s a 4-5km cruise down to Morillon 1100.
The Flaine bowl is one of the premier ski areas in France and has a great snow record due to the “Mont Blanc effect”. There are views of Mont Blanc from Tete de Saix, en route to Flaine, and from Flaines Les Grandes Plantiers.
Morag and Andrew Ashworth from Scotland fell in love with Samoëns, an alpine town, famous for its skiing, in the Haute Savoie. They have a rental holiday home, The Lodge, there and tell us why this part of the French alps is the perfect place for both winter and summer fun…
Destination Samoëns