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Located at northern most extremity of the Southern Alps, Serre Chevalier consists of three strung out villages namely Chantemerle, Villeneuve, and Le Monetier-les-Bains. The area is located just below the Col de Lauterets and stretches to within a few kilometres of Briancon. Arrival airports are either Grenoble (2 hours transfer) or Turin (1.5 hours transfer). The ski areas of all three villages are linked allowing excellent skiing at an intermediate standard. There are excellent…

We stayed in La Tania over New Year (29 Dec - 6 Jan 2008) as a group of four families, our first time in the 3 Valleys after skiing in Switzerland. With mixed ages from 7 to nearly 50 and mixed abilities, we found La Tania to be a really good base and had an excellent week. Beforehand we'd been slightly worried that the single gondola out might be too much of a bottleneck, this was absolutely not the case and it lifted the crowds to the slopes with great efficiency. Enjoyed skiing…

Our trip to La Tania in January 2008 was our first to the Three Valleys and it may have been the superb skiing conditions, but it does make you wonder why anyone would want to go anywhere else. We stayed in a brilliant chalet (Phillipine) just up the hill from the village, courtesy of alpine-charms. La Tania itself is much smaller than nearby Courchevel and Meribel, (but much the better for that) and at the same time has all the facilities you would want including bars and good…