What a giveaway! We’ve got a ski trip including flights, accommodation, transfers, kit hire and lessons for you and a pal up for grabs! Read on to find out how to enter…
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The Grand Massif is a skier’s paradise. Nestled just over the Swiss border a few miles north of the towering Mont Blanc, it attracts visitors of all ages and standards. With just a quick flight from London to Geneva it’s then a winding journey up the mountains to the ski chalets.
There are 148 slopes in all across almost 40,000 hectares of finest French Alps linking five resorts: Flaine, Les Carroz, Morillon, Samoens and Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval – all of which are cleverly criss-crossed by a network of cable cars and ski lifts.
The Grand Massif covers thousands of hectares of the French Alps
Thanks to Sunweb I’ve come to Flaine, a high-up hideaway with fine French food and bilingual locals. (The dream!) It’s small but perfectly formed with supermarkets, restaurants, bars, sportswear rentals, bowling; everything ski and apres-ski you could desire.
I’ve only been skiing once before so I start out with a refresher lesson on the nursery slopes. My unendingly encouraging teacher – Christophe from ESF Ski School – guides me through the basics. “This is how you snow plough, David…just watch me…now, always keep your weight forward, ..no, like this….It’s easy….tres bien…yes, that..allez!” After that, I’m on my own.
Skint’s David gets some one-to-one tuition from Christophe
There’s dozens of routes to explore for both the ski starter like me – and the specialist. I gradually gain confidence and by day three I’ve made the jump from the beginners’ green to the medium-difficulty blue run. You have to grab a lift or cable car each time to begin afresh, but the mind-blowing panoramic view on the way up makes the whole trip worthwhile.
Each skier can descend at their own pace. As my mantra is “slow and steady wins the race” – as to be expected – I’m constantly overtaken by dozens of fearless French whizzing past at every turn!
There’s loads of great pit stops for a snack on the slopes
There’s plenty of chances to snack on the slopes too. Restaurants and bars dot the route so you’re never too far from a hillside hamburger or baguette when you need the carbs.
And as for the off piste action, I’m delighted to report Flaine’s fondue is up there with the best of them – and not too expensively priced (c. €15). Beers are bountiful and bars are open until late so I spend my final hours nursing some red plonk and tucking in to cheese to soothe my aching body.
Magnifique. The perfect ending to my three days on the piste!
Drum roll, please!
Skint London has partnered with Sunweb to give away a FREE holiday of up to a week for a Skint reader + their mate/date in April. (You can choose any number of nights you’d like for your holiday, up to seven.)
Here’s all the brilliant stuff included in the giveaway.
The Lowdown:
🎿 Two return flights from London to Geneva including 2 x 15kg hold luggage
🎿 Self- catering accommodation, return transfers from Geneva airport to the accommodation, lift passes plus skis, ski boots & poles included
🎿 Dates people can travel: between April 3rd – 31st, 2018
🎿 The apartment will be a minimum of 3*
🎿 A 90-minute lesson with an ESF teacher
(Not included: Travel to and from London departure/arrival airport, ski clothes
or French tourist tax, €3 per person, per night)
It’s one amazing trip so don’t hang about, enter ASAP.
❄ Closing date is Wed March 21st, 10pm and late entries will not be accepted. Our decision is final.
❄ Should the prize winner be unable to take up the offer, we must be notified asap so that we can reallocate the prize.
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For all info about Sunweb click here
Sunweb has been voted the world’s best ski tour operator for 3 years in a row (2015, 2016, 2017). There are hundreds of offers available for accommodation in the most popular ski resorts in France, Austria, Switzerland, Italy and Andorra. Browse their huge range of ski holidays with self-drive packages and flight & transfer packages available, all of which include lift passes. All flight & transfer packages to any French resort also receive free ski hire.
❄ From the best resorts, chalets & hotels on offer, all at amazing prices
❄ Lift passes are always included
❄ Package holidays to over 200 destinations from 13 airports in the UK
❄ ABTA and ATOL backed meaning it is safe and easy to book online
