On the border of La Vanoise national park, Courchevel looks out to Monte Bianco, the Italian face of Mont Blanc and is a multi level resort in the heart of the Three Valleys ski area that offers over three hundred acres of mountain entirely dedicated to all types of winter sports and access to six hundred kilometers of marked piste, not to mention the ten thousand hectares of off-piste skiing.

The town of Courchevel is really four villages, named for their approximate elevations - Le Praz 1300, 1550, 1650 and 1850, and with La Tania adjoining each offers a very different image and feel. (In fact, the highest point in Courchevel 1850 is only 1747 meters. The name was chosen for marketing reasons to compete with rival resort, Val d'Isère.) The villages get ritzier as you wind up the mountain. The centre of 1850 rivals St Moritz for designer fashion shops and, outside Paris, Courchevel boasts the highest real estate prices in all of France.

This mecca for the rich and famous at the centre of the Savoie Alpes sits in the most easterly of the Three Valleys and is the largest ski area in the region boasting five hundred and sixty three snow cannons, twenty six piste bashers and excellent snow making facilities which render Courchevel seasons longer and more reliable than surrounding destinations. The absolute creme de la creme of skiing, Courchevel is one of the most glamorous resorts in France, and offers some truly great skiing and boarding. With slopes in all degrees of difficulty it makes the perfect destination for those looking to improve their skiing on holiday. This exclusive resort is complete with sixty six ski lifts and over one hundred downhill runs, an total length in excess of one hundred and fifty kilometers. The lift system is without equal.