Poster: A snowHead
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Firstly, I’ve booked a flight to Geneva for March and I’m thinking of staying in avoriaz, although Morzine seems cheaper.
Which should I go for?
What are the prices like for food and beer?
Also hoping to go the majority of the places in pds.
Any information on anything would be grateful
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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If you want to do the whole PDS then stay in Avoriaz, as its more central.
Avoriaz does have a few good bars and restaurants, but for a bigger choice of restaurants and bars, then go for Morzine.
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It’s like many ski resorts, not overly cheap for beer. Moraine will probably be better in that respect but I think Avoriaz is a nicer setting, more central and has the advantage of altitude.
When in March? End of March might be starting to get a bit thin on the lower slopes of Morzine. Still perfectly skiable but not ideal.
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Avoriaz gives you ski in/ski out and puts you in the main part of the PdS ski area as soon as you clip you skis on. It's also a purpose-build, French mountain-top resort so little competition over prices (as everything's ultimately controlled by the same company), comparatively little happening in the evenings (due to majority of people being either self catering or full board), and a good 25% tax for often rabbit-hutch accomodation.
Morzine givens you a real village but means either a bus/gondola or gondola/long, flat traverse book-ending each day to get to the main PdS ski area (though still easy-enough to do the PdS 'ring' in a day). It's a real village though, so competition between bars/restaurants controlling prices, a lot more (quantity, quality and variety) happening in the evenings, and for my mine less money for more space on the accomodation front.
Personally if I had a young family and was self catering I'd probably go Avoriaz - less kit carrying, car-free, good pool and food/bed schedules mean apres is probably limited to a quick one right off the mountain anyway.
With other adults or older children I'd probably go Morzine - kit carrying should be less of an issue, evenings less accomodation-bound due to early bedtimes, and an appartment that sleeps 4 will be cheaper and have 2 bedrooms + living room, not 1 bedroom + livingroom with sofa bed.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I would stay in Avoriaz and have done so many times. I value ski in ski out as I go to ski.
It is always possible to take the Prodains lift down to Morzine for a night out as it runs till late 10.30 pm ?
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TQA wrote: |
I would stay in Avoriaz and have done so many times. I value ski in ski out as I go to ski.
It is always possible to take the Prodains lift down to Morzine for a night out as it runs till late 10.30 pm ? |
Think it may run right up to midnight
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But the Prodains lift is miles from Morzine - certainly not walkable.
Personally I prefer to stay in Morzine - for both the lovely traditional town feel, the variety of bars and restaurants and then the easy access to either the Avoriaz side or Les Gets/Mont Chery depending on conditions. But then I don't mind the ski and gondola back down from Avoriaz at the end of the day (there are a couple of lovely little bars by the top of the Super Morzine for a swift vin chaud or two before catching the last bubble down).
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There was a free shuttle bus to and from Prodain last time I was there.
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TQA wrote: |
There was a free shuttle bus to and from Prodain last time I was there. |
But running how late. Summer timetable only on site atmo runs only till 18h30
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I’ve booked a flight to Geneva for March
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When? Paris half term till 10 March. Will make vast difference to accommodation availability and price (and crowds) if it's the following week!
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TQA wrote: |
There was a free shuttle bus to and from Prodain last time I was there. |
But running how late. Summer timetable only on site atmo runs only till 18h30 |
Seems from Avorinet that prodains only opens to midnight on Fridays and Saturdays. Other times it’s open until 21:30 and the shuttle bus runs up to nine.
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under a new name wrote: |
TQA wrote: |
There was a free shuttle bus to and from Prodain last time I was there. |
But running how late. Summer timetable only on site atmo runs only till 18h30 |
Is a similar time/maybe 30min/1hr later in the winter too for the last bus from both Prodains and Ardant back to Morzine. Not missed the last bus back from Happy Hours, yet...
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Another vote for end of day descending via lovely bars at Super Morzine then telecabin down. Also descending on where you stay in Morzine, the bus from Ardent makes for a good route home if you've been skiing Linderets/Swiss/Chatel sectors in the afternoon.
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You know it makes sense.
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Last year's timetable suggest the last bus to Prodains leaves Morzine at 8.40ish. So plenty of time for a bit of maximum shunting.
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I’d always be more keen to stay over at Chatel. Defo quieter over at that side and if you’re with beginners or young kids they can find it quite scary getting out of Avoriaz. Chatel has as many bars and restaurants as most folk would need. Morzine has been over developed in my opinion, too many beds for the uplift. Avoriaz is appealing from the ski in ski out factor though.
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Poster: A snowHead
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When I go to that area with my mates, we stay in Morzine, When I go there with my kids, we stay in Avoriaz.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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We did our first ever family skiing holiday (4 beginners) in Avoriaz last year. Ski in / ski out is great ... but does depend where you're staying in the resort. We picked close to the main resort centre and it was good - as you're close to the some easy tows and a green run. The only "scary" bit was the "Crete" blue run down into town at the end of the day when it does get busy (and - in my opinion - some people don't pay enough attention to the slightly nervous snow-plowers taking it slow ... whizzing past us just missing our skis etc.). But that's probably true of most resorts on the run home near the end of day I guess.
If it wasn't for the fact we have to go away at Half term this year we'd be seriously considering going back. Again - limited experience here - but we did find eating out etc. even more expensive than we expected (when went for a "proper" meal).
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