Le Brigou, Montgenevre France

Alpine apartment - Sleeps 2-6

Mongenevre, 1850m, is at the top of a pass between France and Italy.

Ways to get there include

  • cheap flights to Turin, Milan and Lyon
  • by train to Briancon
  • by car about 10 hours from the channel

Local attractions include

In winter

  • Sun and snow - the ingredients for a perfect holiday are usually plentiful
  • Many lifts from village level, beautiful bowls to ski in and the chance to ski over to Italy on the Voie Lactee. Home of the Olympic Games in 2006.
  • Other resorts included in the ski lift.
  • Extensive modern lift system with electronic lift passes
  • Snow cannons and daily piste maintenance
  • English speaking ski-school and garderie
  • Other winter attractions include: Nordic skiing, skidoos, heliskiing, toboganning, ice skating and night skiing.
  • Local restaurants
A meal at one of the many resturants in the resort A view of the ski slopes
A meal at one of the many resturants in the resort

In summer

  • Best of all are the flower filled mountainsides with the larches shading the stream tumbling down the boulders
  • Golf, heated swimming pool, tennis, assault course, walking, climbing, mountain biking, riding, fishing, canoeing, pedalos, summer tobogganing.
  • Visit Briancon, ancient fortified town, National parks.

Enquiries to Seb or Vanessa