Skiing, Adrenaline and Luxury Villas in Courchevel, France

If you’re a skiing buff, a snowboarding aficionado, a lover of all things French or simply a tourist looking for great villas to rent for the winter holidays, you might consider Courchevel, a ski resort in the French Alps. Courchevel is a popular destination for winter-sport amateurs, located in Saint-Bon-Tarentaise, a commune in the Tarentaise Valley, in Savoie, the Rhone-Alpes region. Chances are you will not get to experience better tracks anywhere else in Europe—this luxury resort is part of the largest linked ski area in the world.

Courchevel actually includes the Olympic town of La Tania, built for the 1992 winter games in Albertville. It’s been dubbed the “St. Tropez of winter sports,” and the nickname has been confirmed by the throngs of star visitors: Prince William and wife Kate Middleton, the Beckham family, the royal Saudi family, Robbie Williams, mogul Roman Abramovich and many, many more. What are they all going there for? The eleven five star hotels? The numerous luxury villas France boasts? Or the ample opportunities for fun? What can one do for fun there, except for skiing?

Motoneige Down the Slopes

Motoneige is the French word for the snowmobile—and what better location for such an activity than the town with the best slopes in the Alps and possibly in the entire world? The vehicles are available as singles or tandems, and private sessions can be booked for up to nine people. If you feel up for navigating between banked turns, cambered tracks and chicanes, enter the snowmobile race. Relax and warm up afterwards with a glass of wine back at your villas, or the restaurants in Courchevel 1850.

Tour the Alps on an Airplane

Forty-five Euros per person will fly you around Maiden Mountain, while for eighty Euros you can take the Three Valleys Circuit. The aerial view over the mountains is unparalleled, as you experience it on board a four-seat Cessna 172 or a four-seat Mousquetarde D40, equipped with a wheel and skis. You can choose to fly over the luxury villas France has in Courchevel, Meribel or the Olympic resorts. Upon request, the pilots can venture off further into the distance of this beautiful Alpine region, provided you have the nerves and the stomach for such an experience…

Toboganning

Does sledging down a slide tube sound like fun? Then hop on board the two-kilometer long track in Courchevel, with 300 meters of vertical slopes and an average incline of 15%. The run is lit at night, so you can experience the thrill of speed in the dark. The ride departs from the edge of the Tovets ski run in Courchevel 1850 and stops at the Grangettes Gondola access point in Courchevel 1550. This fun-filed thrill ride will only cost you 6.5 Euros for the ride on the ski lift, and is actually free for holders of ski or pedestrian lift passes.