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Livigno is awesome and well presented, with friendly helpful locals, cheap well furb\'d restaurants - stone baked pizzas as low as 4euros, steak 12euros, pint 3euros!! Duty-Free shopping too - though don\'t be fooled, some shops were much more expensive than the UK! Runs were great for all standards, nice wide gradual (fairly quiet) runs for beginners up to more challenging quieter runs for the advanced boarder.

The resort itself is very cheap, both food and alcohol. The food in Marco's is great but there are plenty of great restaurants dotted around the village. There are plenty of wee runs where you can *** in of piste for a bit and there are now 2 bordercross parks at either side of the mountain as well as the excellent terrain parks, complete with airbags. Instructors are very helpful, attentive and most importantly, encouraging and enthusiastic. All in all, once you get over the crippling…

Meribel is right in the middle of the largest ski area in the world: The Trois Vallees. It isn't down market, but not too expensive like neighbouring Courchevel. The apres ski and entertainment (Jacks Bar, Rond Point, Altitude Festival) is superb. Lot's of brits here. Chalets are more fun than large tour operators, Meribel has the greatest choice.