Wednesday 29 February 2012

Last day of the Easyjet sale

Today is the last day of the Easyjet February sale.

With savings from the 1st of April if your thinking of going skiing this Easter this is a good day to book your flights to Geneva.

Tuesday 28 February 2012

The Indian Village - Les Gets

If you are coming to the Hotel Christiania in Les Gets with young children then you should take them to the Indian Village, which is located at the top of the Chavannes express lift.

Video taken on the Indian run last weekend

Located close to a nursery area this fun ski area represents good place for young children to have some fun while learning to ski.


Monday 27 February 2012

Les Gets Weather

It's certainly getting warmer in Les Gets this week, with freeze, thaw conditions every day. While its currently 4 degree in the village, its forecast to drop to -11 tonight so its still very much the winter season.

Piste conditions remain very good and you certainly need to remember to bring your sun screen if your coming to Les Gets in the next few days.

This image was taken at 1pm today from one of the web cams on the Hotel Christiania web site http://www.hotelchristiania.com/

Sunday 26 February 2012

Easyjet sale, Book your Easter ski trip before Wednesday night

Easyjet are having a sale this weekend on flights from the 1st of April to the 15th of July 2012.

With savings of up to 20% on all bookings made in this sale, this could be the last chance you have to make a saving on your Easter ski trip to the Hotel Christiania in Les Gets, as flight prices have started to rise for this busy school holiday period.


Call the UK booking office on 44 1738 840888 for details of the rooms we have free in the month of April. With the great conditions in Les Gets just now its going to be a great Easter to be skiing.

Saturday 25 February 2012

Deal of the day

Are you looking to go skiing in Les Gets from the 3rd to the 10th of March. We have 1 room (room 32) free which can sleep up to 5 people.

Rooms in that week at Hotel Christiania were priced at 115€ per person per night on a half board basis but this remaining room is now priced at 85€ per person.

The UK office is closed over the weekend but if you e-mail martin.hawkins@hotelchristiania.com he will remote access at the weekend and can pick up your enquiry.

Friday 24 February 2012

Going to France? Get a breathalyser


British holidaymakers driving to France this year should be warned they need to carry breathalyser kits in their cars to comply with new laws.

The gadgets, which allow drivers to test their own alcohol levels to make sure they are under the drink-drive limits, will be obligatory for all motorists in France from July.


The French drink-driving limit is 50mg, which is 30mg lower than in the UK. Drivers found with between 50mg and 80mg of alcohol in 100ml of blood can be fined €135 and gain six points on their licence. Drivers with more alcohol face fines of €4,500 and a two-year prison sentence.

Drivers caught without a kit - available from ferry and train terminals from £1 to £2 - could be fined €11, although police are not expected to start enforcing the fines until November.

Thursday 23 February 2012

The "Les Menuires Seven"

We came across this article written by our friends at the on line edition of Yodel Magazine and thought it may be of interest to our followers.

The 'Les Menuires Seven' have shown the power of the seasonaire today by barricading themselves into a luxury chalet in a protest over pay.


Yodel just spoke to Aanya, one of the seven. She told us that at the beginning of February they applied for season work with a local tour operator in Les Menuires, Three Valleys after seeing various chalet and childcare roles advertised on a ski forum. They now claim not to have been paid and their positions have been terminated after just one week of employment. Many people in Les Menuires and the neighbouring resort of Riberty appear to have joined the cause and the group have created a Facebook page to promote their plight.



The group told Yodel that they have job offers stating their job descriptions, rate of pay and employment period and five of the seven headed to Les Menuires around 3 weeks ago, in advance of the busy half term week to take up their new positions for the rest of the season. It's claimed that after half term a representative of their employer visited the team in their staff chalet and they were asked to leave their accommodation immediately as their positions had been terminated. She says that the justification from their employer was that there weren't enough guests to sustain their employment. When asked for their wages owed they claim that they were denied payment.



The group have taken matters into their own hands by barricading themselves into an empty luxury chalet operated by their former employer. Supporting locals are looking after them and they are in contact with the owner, who must surely be hoping for a speedy resolution as the chalet is expecting new guests this Saturday!

Yodel contacted the Les Menuires chalet company at the centre of the claims made by the Les Menuires 7 group. It appears that no one from the company is available to comment at this time.

Members of the Les Menuires Seven were interviewed on BBC breakfast radio in Norwich this morning and Yodel has watched their Facebook followers grow from 600 to 1147 as we finish this article!


Wednesday 22 February 2012

March ski deals

Have a look at this page on our website where we have some great March deals at the Hotel Christiania in Les Gets. Our lowest prices can be found between Monday 19th and Friday 23rd of March where rooms are priced at 60€ per person per night on a half board basis.


With conditions so good and prices so low don't wait too long as we are sure the hotel will soon be full as it is now for the majority of the rest of February. We still have a few 1 night rooms available, call us on 44 1738 840888 for more details of these rooms and the offers above.

Tuesday 21 February 2012

Snow levels in Les Gets

if you have not been to Les Gets this winter this video by the manager of the Hotel Christiania shows the level of snow on the roofs in Ardent.


Filmed from the Driver's seat - it demonstrates the massive depth of snow. Some chalets are dwarfed by the snow at the side of the road!

Monday 20 February 2012

Strange questions asked to the Tourist office in Les Gets this season

We all switch off a little bit when we are on holiday, but judging by these questions that have been collated by the Les Gets tourist office some of us switch off a little bit more than  others...
  • “How long does the 5 hour pass last?”
  • “How much snow will there be in February?" (Phone enquiry made to the tourist office in October)
  • "How do we find the chalet that we have rented? No, we don't have the address or the name of the owner...” (Panic stricken holidaymakers who had just arrived in resort with no idea where they were staying)
  • "Where are the toilets?"
    "Take the elevator and go down to the next floor."
    "OK, but how do we get there?"
  • "Do you have a map for the snow shoe trails? Is it the same route in the summer?”
  • “At what altitude is the highest point in the resort? Can you increase it?”
Maybe subzero temperatures make the brain cells work a bit slower...

Source : Le Dauphiné Libéré

Sunday 19 February 2012

Organised snowball fights in Les Gets

The tourist office of Les Gets would like to invite those in the resort on Wednesday, 22 February and Friday 09 March, to an organised Snowball fights in les Gets! They state that you can "Return to childhood and explode with the good old battle of snowballs"

Saturday 18 February 2012

Half term images

Do you have any half term images from your stay at the Hotel Christiania in Les Gets.

The weather was cold and the conditions were great.

If you have any images like the picture below please send them to either callum.laing@hotelchristiania.com or martin.hawkins@hotelchristiania.com and they can add them to the February album on our Facebook page www.facebook.com/hotelchristiania

Friday 17 February 2012

Up date on snow conditions


With half term just about passed for another year we have a number of short breaks available over the next 5 weeks.

There are some great conditions in resort just now with 115 cm of snow at village level, 175 cm at the mid station and 230cm at the top of the mountain.

These great conditions as showing on our web cam page,  call the UK office on 01738 840888, e-mail info@hotelchristiania.com or fill in our our booking enquiry form.

The office is open until 5.30 today and from 9am to 6pm on Monday but the staff will remote access at the weekend to answer any questions or take bookings over the weekend.


This is the availability as it stood on the afternoon of Friday 17th of February

• Wednesday 22nd February - 1 room available.

• Thursday 23rd February - 1 room available.

• Friday 24th February - 4 rooms available.

• Saturday 25th February - 2 rooms available.

• Sunday 26th February - 2 rooms available.

• Monday 27th February - 3 rooms available.

• Tuesday 28th February - 5 rooms available

• Wednesday 29th February - 4 rooms available

• Thursday 1st March - 3 rooms available

• Friday 2nd March - Fully Booked

• Saturday 3rd March - 5 rooms available

• Sunday 4th March - 4 rooms available

• Monday 5th March - 6 rooms available

• Tuesday 6th March - 7 rooms available

• Wednesday 7th March - 5 rooms available

• Thursday 8th March - 6 rooms available

• Friday 9th March - 1 room available

• Saturday 10th March - Fully Booked

• Sunday 11th March - Fully booked

• Monday 12th March - 3 rooms available

• Tuesday 13th March - 4 rooms available

• Wednesday 14th March - 12 rooms available

• Thursday 15th March - Fully booked

• Friday 16th March - 1 room available.

• Saturday 17th March - 1 room available.

• Sunday 18th March - 3 rooms available.

• Monday 19th March - 13 rooms available.

• Tuesday 20th March - 17 rooms available.

• Wednesday 21st March - 18 rooms available.

• Thursday 22nd March - 17 rooms available.

• Friday 23rd March - 7 rooms available.

Thursday 16 February 2012

Video of the Valentine's day meal in the Mont Chery bubbles

As we reported on Tuesday Sagets, the local lift pass company for Les Gets /Morzine were offering Valentine's day meals in the bubbles that go up Mont Chery.

If you missed the event this year, the link below to a video from the news in France shows how the night went.

http://info.francetelevisions.fr/?id-video=GREN_1593891_150220120903_F3

Wednesday 15 February 2012

Treasure Hunt this Friday and Sunday

If you are going to be in Les Gets this Friday or Sunday with young children then why not take them to the Treasure hunt at the Grand Cry Territory, between 10.30am and 3pm.


This event is free and for more information please e-mail lesgets@lesgets.com

Tuesday 14 February 2012

Valentine's dinner in Les Gets

Some of our guest's may been in for a Valentine's dinner with a difference tonight as they have a romantic dinner in the Mont Chery bubble on Valentine’s day.

The cabins, decorated to provide a warm, romantic atmosphere, one course will be served each time they pass through the lift station. It will be a new and original way to celebrate this romantic occasion with the added bonus of a stunning night view over the village.

For those going up the mountain tonights menu is as follows.
Starter : Feuillantine of Corsican figatelli with figs and myrtle cream, served with wild nettle panacotta, peanuts and spices.

Main Course : Filet of Grouper with Indian spices or Filet of Ostrich served with a creamy brandy and cèpes sauce, accompanied with a marmalade of apple and courgettes, Darphin potatoes and roasted tomatoes.

Dessert: Chocolate and honey fondant served with a rose scented coulis and mini toffee apple.

As usual the restaurant in the Hotel Christiania will be open for those in resort with Children or who just cannot be bothered with the whole commercialised day!

Monday 13 February 2012

The big Mountain Battle 2012

This event which combines orienteering with skiing has been a great success in Les Gets over the last four weeks and the staff at the Hotel Christiania hope to see this event return next winter.



This video also shows how much snow we have in Les Gets just now and with a few rooms free in February call the UK booking office today to book your next ski trip.

Sunday 12 February 2012

Pay for 3 get 1 free!

If you are looking to get away to Les Gets during mid week during early March our pay for 3 get 1 free offer may help save you some money.

•12th to 15th March 12 - 4 rooms free for 3 nights
•19th to 23rd March 12 - 8 rooms free for 4 nights
•20th to 23th March 12 - 2 rooms free for 3 nights
•20th to 24th March 12 - 2 rooms free for 4 nights

All nights are priced at 80€ per person per night based on 2 people sharing a twin room on a half board basis.

For more details please visit this page on our website or call the UK booking office on 44 1738 840888 from 9am on Monday morning.

Saturday 11 February 2012

Half term snow conditions

As most of our half term guests have arrived at the Hotel Christiania many are commenting on how cold it is in Les Gets today.

The temperature remains at a day time high of -13 in resort and -20 at the top of the mountain.

We still have 85cm of snow outside the door of the hotel and everyone should have a good weeks skiing.

Friday 10 February 2012

The BASS Challenge 2012

A Special Event for the seasonal resort staff in Morzine and Les Gets

Wednesday 28th March 2012

Tired of wasting your day off with a hangover?

Determined to face a challenge before the end of season rolls around?

Want to spend more time hanging out with your buds?

The BASS have the perfect afternoon planned just for you..................

An afternoon of fun team relay races, head to head first to the bottom is the winner.

Here are the rules, there aren't many so read on:

- Get a team of 3 people that you work with (at least one girl per team) to represent your company. Choose any mix of disciplines from ski, snowboard and telemark.

- Create your team name.

- Register by sending your team name, company that you represent and team member names by email to morzine@britishskischool.com. Include a contact phone number for your team captain.

- Bring €15 for your team registration to the BASS Morzine & Les Gets office at 71, Rue de Telepherique (next door to StarSki) before 6:00pm on Wednesday 21st March 2012.

- more than 3 snow lovers where you work? No problem, enter more than one team and let the best team win!



ON THE DAY

Every team will be drawn out of a hat and entered onto the knockout table.

Beat as many teams as you can to see if you become BASS Challenge Winners 2012.

Losers of the first round go into a best of the rest table so every team will have at least 3 race runs in the afternoon.

The BASS CHALLENGE 2012 is open to all resort staff working in Morzine or Les Gets during winter 2012. Chalet companies, bar staff, transfer drivers, who will pip you to the post on the piste.

Fancy dress is optional and encouraged!

Race for pride and be the first to get your company name on the BASS Challenge trophy.

Time 13:00pm, Wednesday 28th March

Location To be confirmed.

Thursday 9 February 2012

More sub-zero temperatures and busy roads for half-term start

Travelling to and from Les Gets this weekend will prove difficult with continual sub-zero temperatures across France coinciding with the start of English and French school holidays. Heavy traffic is expected on Saturday and temperatures of -13° C across all of France

With near on record lows (-26° in Val d’Isere, -23° in Chamonix) for a February last weekend, temperatures have slightly edged their way up the scale but it remains around -10 in Les Get,  but the cold front is due to persist well into this coming weekend. The recent cold snap in ski resorts has left holiday makers stranded with frozen diesel and flat batteries.

Breakdown services have been working overtime with a huge number of call-outs (some 500 in 3 days) due to the freezing temperatures. In some instances cars have had to be left for up to 24hrs before being recovered.

For those coming to the Hotel Christiania with a diesel car; fill your tank with diesel treated to at least -20 and add an anti-waxing (anti-figeant in French) additive for extra measure – but don’t over use the additive as this won’t be good for your engine.

Batteries also struggle with the cold so try to park your car in the resort car-park overnight to take the edge off. Details of the public car park in Les Gets can be found on this link. http://www.vincipark.com/vincipark.nsf/en/ville/pages/les%20gets.htm#carte

French traffic news website the Bison Fute recommends avoiding the ski road rush by planning your journey around the 10am to 4pm peak travel times.



Wednesday 8 February 2012

Les Get is ready for Half Term week

The count down in Les Gets has started to the busiest week of the year during the English half term week, which this week runs alongside the first week of the 4 weeks of the French school holidays.

Temperatures remain very cold in resort so while it has not snowed for a week we are getting reports of powder conditions up the mountain.

Les Gets Half term 2009

If you have any questions with regard to your booking to the Hotel Christiania for half term then please call the UK office before 5.30 on Friday on 01738 840888.

Tuesday 7 February 2012

Snow and Icicles on the hotel Christiania roof

With the continued cold conditions in Les Gets (it's currently -15 again this morning) we keep having to knock the icicles off the roof as the guests sometime leave the windows open in their rooms at the Hotel Christiania when they are having a shower.


The staff keep knocking the snow and ice off the roof as you would certainly not want to be under that snow when it falls off the roof.

Conditions in Les Gets and the Portes du Soleil remain excellent with 85cm on the lower slopes and 220cm at the top of the mountain outside the hotel.

Sunday 5 February 2012

Snow in Les Gets

Following on from Yesterdays picture in Avoriaz, todays pictures was taken in Les Gets by the hotel Christiania manager Derek on Thursday.

Saturday 4 February 2012

February Snow - wish you were here

Sometimes a picuture can say a thousand words.

This was taken in the Portes du Soleil on Wednesday this week

Friday 3 February 2012

Skiing Mont Chery

This video from Les Gets in the Portes du Soleil shows Derek our hotel manager on his run from Mont Chery to the Hotel this afternoon. He was holding his i-phone in his hand, which was very cold at the bottom of the run as its a mild minus 15 in Les Gets today!




A great review on our Facebook page

At the Hotel Christiania Les Gets we welcome all forms of customer feedback from our guests.

Some thank the staff at the hotel, some contact the office in Scotland and others leave trip advisor reviews however this week we had our first review on Facebook.

A second visit to a great hotel, as per last year there was great food on offer, top hospitality from the staff and to top it all this year the snow was fantastic. To try and find a better hotel for similar money with half board with transfers would be a real task in the Alps, congratulations to Derek and the team for giving us another great holiday, sure we will be back next season for more of the same. Kev, Ian, Nik, Graham

It's great to know everything is going well at the Christiania this season.


Wednesday 1 February 2012

February conditions in Les Gets

Following yesterdays snow Les Gets and the Portes su Soleil open the month with excellent conditions as can be seen from these images from the Les Gets and Hotel Christiania web cams taken this afternoon at 1.30pm local time.

The resort staff report 85cm of snow at the door of the hotel at 1172m, 185cm at the mid point of 1500m and 210cm at the summit of 1800m.

Conditions remain good all over the Portes du Soleil and this is certainly a good year to be in the Alps

 The village
 The mountain view
 Great conditions and clear slopes.
 Looking great

Our "Transfer window"

While the football transfer window slammed shut last night until the summer, remember at the Hotel Christiania in Les Gets we can offer you return transfers to and from Geneva for 70€ per person.

At present due to French and Swiss bureaucracy we are using ski transfers to get our guests to resort but you should still be collected within 1 hour of your arrival in Geneva and 1 hour later you will be in Les Gets.


To book your transfer call the UK office on 44 1738 840888.