Morzine and Avoriaz

Morzine is a traditional mountain village in the Haute-Savoie region of the Northern French Alps. Originally a slate mining village in the early 1900s Morzine and the linked resort of Avoriaz now sit at the heart of one of the worlds largest linked ski areas, the Portes du Soliel ski.

Rather than a purpose built high rise resort, Morzine is a thriving, busy mountain village full of shops, traditional boulangeries, pattiseries and traiteurs offering all types of breads, chocolate and pastry creations, cheese's and meats all locally produced using traditional methods.

There is an excellent choice of restaurants offering traditional Savoyard cuisine such as fondue, raclette and tartiflette as well as menus from other regions of France and contemporary world cuisine. There's a great mix of lively traditional and après ski bars all stumbling distance from the lifts with loads of live music and après ski atmosphere.

In the village itself there's loads to keep kids and non skiers entertained with an ice rink, cinema, sleigh rides and evening events such as the torch light descent that happen throughout the week as well as sledging, snow shoe trekking and snowmobile tours right on your doorstep. Morzine even has it's own successful ice hockey team you can watch on Wednesday nights in the Palais des Sports!