Location: Sainte Foy Tarentaise in France
Winter skiing: Sainte Foy's ski area is highly regarded and with beautiful pistes, amazing off piste and reliable snow. Restaurants, bars, ski hire and ski lifts are all just 100m from the chalet. There is a small, friendly ski school with excellent English speaking instructors. The cost of a lift pass is around half the price of the cost of the neighbouring large resorts. For the 2008/2009 season it is just 135 Euros (around UK£112) for 6 days, and includes reduced price days in the nearby resorts of Val d'Isére, Tignes (20 mins), Les Arcs, via Villaroger (10 mins), La Plagne and La Rosière. This is a very suitable base for a holiday with children, with nursery slopes and magic carpet lifts for complete beginners - just 50m from the chalet - and some gentle green and blue runs. Ski passes for the under sevens are free. There are two creches which link up with the ski school.