Courchevel Ski Resort
Courchevel 1300 Le Praz
Courchevel 1550 Village
Courchevel 1650 Moriond
Courchevel 1850
La Tania
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Courchevel 1300 Resort Map
Courchevel 1300 Le Praz
Courchevel 1300, La Praz is part of the world famous Three Valley ski area.
La Praz is a real alpine village with attractive narrow cobbled street. A couple of thousand people live in Le Praz all year round, there is a school, supermarket, restaurants, bars, ski shops, a post office, butcher, baker etc.
Access to the slopes is choice between two gondolas. Le Praz which links directly to Courchevel 1850 and Le Foret which links with Le Col de Loze. It is usually possible to ski back to Le Praz due to the snow cannons and the two black runs, Jean Blanc and Jockeys, which are two of the greatest runs in The Three Valleys.
The nightlife is very low-key, but visitors can use the free bus service for trips into the other villages.
Accommodation
Hotel Les Peupliers
35 room hotel in the centre of Le Praz Village.
73120 Courchevel 1300/Le Praz – Tel.: +33 (0) 479 08 41 47 – Fax : +33 (0) 479 08 45 05 infos@lespeupliers.com – www.lespeupliers.com.
Equipment Hire
Gormier Sport
Place de La Chapelle, 73120 Le Praz
Tel: +33 (0) 479 08 41 25.
Olympic Sports – Le Praz
73120 Courchevel 1300 – Le Praz. Tel: +33 (0)4 79 08 43 60 – Fax: +33 (0)4 79 08 34 57 – E-mail: info@olympic-sports.frsports.fr/
Ski Higher
L’Or Blanc, 73120 Courchevel 1300 – Le Praz. www.skihigher.com
Restaurants
Le Bistrot Du Praz
Style: Traditional. Perhaps one of the most famous restaurants in the Alps. Specialities: Meticulously prepared French cuisine: foie gras, aubergine caviar, ‘Déclinaison de Saint-Jacques’ 73120 Courchevel 1300 – Tel: 04 79 08 41 33.
La Yaca
This is now owned by Abel Congratel and his English wife Anna. Simply superb food, wine and atmosphere but very pricey. Probably one of the nicest restaurant in the Three Valleys. 04 79 08 41 04 – email: lebistrotdupraz@orange.fr.
Azimut
Style: Between traditional and modern. Specialities – Pumpkin soup with fried scallops, pieces of Beaufort cheese.
Immeuble l’Or Blanc – 73120 – Tel.: +33 (0) 4 79 06 25 90 – Fax : +33 (0) 4 79 06 29 44.
La Table de Mon Grand-Pere
Style: Traditional. Specialities: Foie gras, a selection of dishes cooked on slate, such as rib of beef, fondue savoyarde. Hôtel les Peupliers – Tel.: +33 (0) 479 08 41 42.
La Cave d’a Cote
Style: Traditiona. Savoyan fondue, raclette (melted cheese), tartiflette (a traditional cheese, onion, bacon and potato dish), sausage and crozet (a local pasta speciality), Savoyan hotpot (pork, onion, potato and root vegetables), snails, bourguignonne fondue and pierre chaudel.
Rue de la Chapelle – Tel.: +33 (0) 479 08 42 90
Crêperie Kinou
Le Darbeilo
L’Escorche-Vel
Le Pizzeria
Getting Around Courchevel
There is free ski bus, which you can use with your lift pass, which runs every hour and links Courchevel Le Praz to its neighbouring Courchevel stations.
These are La Tania, Courchevel 1550, 1650 and 1850 (takes about 15 mins to 1850). This runs all day until around 10pm at night.
