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What's New in Tignes?
You heard it here first (hopefully!). The word on the street / pistes / chairlifts / bars for those of you who are coming out on holiday, have a place here and like to keep up with what is happening, or have been and want to keep in touch. If you have some news regarding the resort you would like featured please do send us your news.
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| Tignes News | Improving the Bourg St Maurice station |
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Improving the Bourg St Maurice station
by Caroline Face | Ski News Reporter |
published 3-Jul-2008
Councillors and transport professionals have met up to discuss ways in which the train, bus and taxi station at Bourg St Maurice can be improved upon. Lead by councillor Catherine Defourny, the committe wants to look at how the image for visitors can be improved when passing through the station. Of course, many British tourists also pass through the station having used the overnight sleeper or Eurostar direct services to Bourg. read more...
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| Tignes News | Ooh ahhh it's that Cantona this weekend in Tignes! |
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Ooh ahhh it's that Cantona this weekend in Tignes!
by Caroline Face | Ski News Reporter |
published 3-Jul-2008 | last updated 7-Jul-2008
Yes, it's that time of year again, when Tignes welcomes one of the most renowned French footy stars of recent years, Eric Cantona with his Beach Soccer tournament. read more...
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| Tignes News | Officially Summer in Tignes! |
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Officially Summer in Tignes!
by Alison Shayler | Skinets Administration |
published 21-Jun-2008 | last updated 26-Jun-2008
For those of you who can't wait until next winter the Grande Motte glacier opens today until 31st August for summer skiing. The ski area can be reached in just seven minutes from Val Claret via the Perce Neige funicular and the lifts will be open from 7.15am to 1pm daily. The summer ski area contains 20km of piste and a snowpark with 750m of vertical served by 12 ski lifts. New this year is a boardercross course and mini slalom and beginner lessons and training camps are available in the terrain park. read more...
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| Tignes News | A sporting summer in the Tarentaise |
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A sporting summer in the Tarentaise
by Caroline Face | Ski News Reporter |
published 21-Jun-2008
After having welcomed the French national football team before they set off on their (somewhat short lived) Euro 2008 campaign, Tignes will be once again be hosting the European Beach Soccer Championships from the 4th to the 6th July.Tignes le Lac will also welcome, as it has done for several years, the Olympique Lyonnais footy team for a spot of pre-season high altitude training, from 2nd to the 12th July (believe us, it's quite amusing to watch overpaid footballers struggling to ride a bike at 2000m altitude!). read more...
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| Tignes News | *UPDATED* New car security rules for driving in France |
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*UPDATED* New car security rules for driving in France
by Caroline Face | Ski News Reporter |
published 16-Jun-2008 | last updated 19-Jun-2008
As of the 1st July 2008, it will become law in France that motorised vehicles must carry a warning triangle and a high-visibility security vest - and yes, that techincally includes holidaymakers who drive themselves from the UK to Chamonix for a ski holiday for example. read more...
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| Tignes News | Work starts on new residences in Tignes |
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Work starts on new residences in Tignes
by Caroline Face | Ski News Reporter |
published 16-Jun-2008
The developer MGM has started work this week on a new four star residence in Tignes le Lac. Called 'Le Telemark' the development covers 5127sq metres and will offer 55 apartments, from studios to luxurious five-roomed duplex pads. The complex will also boast a spa area covering 700sq metres. read more...
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| Tignes News | Discover the history of Moutiers this weekend |
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Discover the history of Moutiers this weekend
by Caroline Face | Ski News Reporter |
published 13-Jun-2008
This Sunday 15th June is the 11th edition of 'local history' day in the Tarentaise, with Moutiers being highlighted for its industrial prominence. read more...
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| Tignes News | Warren Smith & Lawrence Dallaglio Get On Their Bikes! |
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Warren Smith & Lawrence Dallaglio Get On Their Bikes!
by Alison Shayler | Skinets Administration |
published 11-Jun-2008
Verbier local and British freeskier Warren Smith has been set a new challenge – this time on wheels rather than skis! Last winter Lawrence Dallaglio, the former England rugby international and Wasps captain, took to the slopes of Verbier for 3 days of ski coaching with Warren, culminating in tackling the 35% descent of Mont Fort. Whilst chatting on a chairlift Lawrence invited Warren to take part in a charity bike ride with him and a few other sportsmen; possibly before realising the extent of the challenge Warren happily agreed. Now Warren is in training for a 933km tour across the French Pyrenees! read more...
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| Tignes News | Big clean up in Val d’Isere |
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Big clean up in Val d’Isere
by Caroline Face | Ski News Reporter |
published 11-Jun-2008
The coming of summer doesn’t just mean it’s time for the cows to graze in the Alpages and the strawberries to turn ripe, it’s also a time when communities unite to clean up their ski resorts of rubbish sadly left by careless piste users during the winter season. read more...
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| Tignes News | It never rains, only pours! |
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It never rains, only pours!
by Caroline Face | Ski News Reporter |
published 4-Jun-2008
The wet and rainy weather has really been flexing its muscles in the Tarentaise recently, with a couple of incidents in the region recently. read more...
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