Ski Holidays La Plagne ski area

Between 1,250 and 2,100 metres, La Plagne is split between high-altitude resorts and valley villages. When renting in the La Plagne ski area, the first choice to make is the village.

Belle Plagne and Plagne Villages are at about 2,050 metres: the first has carefully designed architecture and stays quiet, the second lines up its wooden chalets in a more intimate atmosphere. Plagne Aime 2000, the highest, leads quickly to the upper sectors. Plagne Centre, a purpose-built resort from the 1960s and 70s, brings the shops together, and Plagne Bellecôte looks out onto the glacier. Further down, Montalbert and Montchavin-Les Coches are valley villages, among forest and wooden buildings.

With us, most reviews of La Plagne are written by families. Our accommodation is mainly 2-3 room apartments and studios, and some chalets sleep up to 16 people.

Our five agencies in the ski area have been there since 1976 and are open every day. Their teams manage our accommodation all year round and welcome you on arrival; our customers rate this welcome 4.6 out of 5.

Advice from our La Plagne ski area agencies, updated in October 2026.

The La Plagne ski area has 225 kilometres of runs and a vertical drop of 2,000 metres, from the valley villages up to the Glacier Bellecôte, at 3,250 metres. More than half of the runs are blue.

To get started, we recommend Plagne Centre or Plagne Villages: the learning areas are very close. To improve, gentler sectors, with green and blue runs, are also found at altitude. Most villages have their own ski school.

From Belle Plagne, the Roche de Mio gondola goes up towards the top of the ski area. Higher still, Glaciers 2 drops you at Live 3000, at around 3,080 metres: the run of the same name can be skied from intermediate level, with a great panorama. The blue and red runs coming down from the Roche de Mio or the Grande Rochette face north and keep good-quality snow.

To ski on the Les Arcs and Peisey-Vallandry side, the Vanoise Express leaves from Montchavin-Les Coches: this double-decker cable car provides the Paradiski link.

Even without skis, you can go up and see La Plagne from above: several panoramic viewpoints in the ski area are accessible to non-skiers.

Live 3000 is reached by the Glaciers gondolas. At the summit of the Arpette, in Montchavin-Les Coches, the view stretches as far as Mont Blanc, with the Plagn’Ange statue and a picnic area. For walking, pedestrian and snowshoe trails start from the villages, both at altitude and in the valley.

The ESF La Plagne Club Piou Piou welcomes 3-6 year olds, and the ESF Montalbert takes children from age 3. In Montchavin-Les Coches, the Arpette fun-slope is a play area suitable for children.

The Télémétro, the Télébus and the Belle Plagne gondola link the high-altitude villages free of charge, every day during the season, and free shuttles serve all the La Plagne villages.

Young children, a big group, ski-in/ski-out or a valley village: each case points to a different village.

With young children, we look first at Plagne Aime 2000: there you will find accommodation 10 metres from the slopes or the ski school, and at Le Diamant, the shops and the Télémétro station are in the building itself. For a big group, two addresses sleep up to 16 people: the Backgammon in Les Coches, where you ski back to the door, and the Chalets de la Grande Ourse in Montalbert, with their spa.

To put your skis on as you step out the door, we recommend first Belle Plagne: most of our residences there have direct access to the slopes, and Le Centaure adds a heated swimming pool. In Plagne Bellecôte, the Saint Jacques A opens directly onto the snow front. On the valley side, Montalbert has a traditional atmosphere, with the forest all around. Montchavin-Les Coches, for its part, is the starting point of the Vanoise Express to Les Arcs.

By train, get off at Aime-la-Plagne for the high-altitude villages and Montalbert, or at Landry for Montchavin-Les Coches. By road, you drive up from the Tarentaise valley, and the 21 hairpin bends lead to the high-altitude villages. The key handover depends on the accommodation: the exact place and opening hours are shown on the voucher, with a welcome either at an agency or at a handover point, depending on the case.