Source: Rhonealpes-tourisme.com - 19/10/2009

The highest resorts in the Alps such as Val Thorens, Tignes or Val

d'Isère sound the charge. The slopes will be opened by the end of

November for snow lovers preview descents. Ready? Set? Go!

Mountains in winter, means ski and every kind of snow sports,

a lot of ski, but not only ski. In Les Arcs, one makes one's first

track of the season, but at night, one can go to the cinema to attend

the projections of the 1st Festival of European Cinema which will open on December 5th.

An anthology of diversity which should allow both film buffs and mountain lovers, and everyone else, to discover all the talent which is sure to be present.

In the heart of one of the most beautiful skiable domain in the world,

more than ten thousand spectators are expected to attend about one

hundred and twenty shows, in the presence of more than five hundred

guests from the world of cinema.

Five great European films will be presented in preview

and ten full-length films will be in official competition to receive

the Crystal arrow. One will also be able to see European films which

have won prizes in their own country. Off, there will be evenings,

animations, concerts and DJ's at the decks. One exceptionnal week!

In Tignes and Val d'Isère, the glacier of La Grande Motte has closed hardly one month. On the Espace Killy, one can ski before and after everyone!

Lovers of charming resorts, on ski, will explore the

bottom of the giant Paradiski valley by discovering Landry, Peisey,

Nancroix, Vallandry and Plan-Peisey, the Savoyard villages which

cultivate the alpine lifestyle on the sunny side of the Arcs range.

There is something for everyone's' tastes.