Les Gets - The Green ski resort!

Les Gets Golf Course has just been awarded the ISO 14001 environmental certificate, making it the third organisation in Les Gets to achieve the award.

The ISO 14001 is given after an audit that assesses environmental impact and goals for the future. The Sagets lift company received the certificate in 2008, with the Les Gets Tourist Office gaining theirs in 2010.
Les Gets is constantly looking at ways to improve the environment and has introduced projects such as free public transport, local businesses fuelled by geothermal energy, pocket ashtrays to reduce littering on the mountains and biodegradable oil in snow grooming vehicles

So while you may not want to think of Green when your skiing, skiing in Les Gets does not cost the earth and will ensure we have snow for years to come.

Prices for the Portes du Soleil in Season 2011-12

With access to twelve resorts in France and Switzerland the Portes du Soleil ski pass increases your skiing options to 650km of pistes. It's obviously more expensive than the Les Gets/Morzine area and for six days in season 2011/12 will cost around 216€ for adults and 162€ for kids.

Duration	Adults (20-63)	Juniors/Seniors (16-19 and 64 plus	Children (5-15
3 Days	117€	105€	88€
4 Days	151€	136€	113€
5 Days	182€	164€	137€
6 Days	216€	194€	162€
7 Days	243€	219€	182€
8 Days	268€	241€	201€
12 Days	350€	315€	263€
13 Days	368€	331€	276€

For more information on ski passes and skiing in the Portes du Soleil please either call the hotel on 33 450 75 82 44 or e-mail info@hotelchristiania.com

Portes du Soleil i-phone application

The official Portes du Soleil iPhone application makes you the master of our French-Swiss ski area. This new application contains everything you could possibly need to know about our cross-border ski network: an interactive piste map detailing slopes that are open, skiers’ GPS location on the slopes in real time, the weather forecast and snow conditions, restaurants on the slopes, webcams, emergency numbers and other useful information. You can also watch the best film clips about the ski area, browse the events diary, make full use of the augmented reality software to explore the Portes du Soleil mountains, and make use of the bespoke route planner for an ideal ski back to the Hotel Christiania.

Screen view

Weather forecasts and piste/ski lift opening and closing times are provided by the ski resorts within the Portes du Soleil. GPS positioning is indicative only. Charges may vary depending on your mobile phone operator and location within the French-Swiss ski area. The application was developed by Skiplan, the specialists in providing mobile phone information for skiers.

Screen view

We will get a link to this app on our facebook page in the next few weeks



It's September.The countdown to skiing in Europe can begin

As many of you turn your calender to September this morning you will also be counting down the days until the start of the European ski season.

With 3 months to go if your planning a group trip please call our office NOW. Yesterday one day at the end of January had over 60 people looking to stay in the Christiania at the same time, over 3 potential bookings.

Hopefully the video below from Morzine/Avoriaz will inspire you to get your group together this weekend and place the deposit to secure your booking.

Our prices for winter 2011 -2012

We had hoped to update the blog on Monday but our office in Scotland has been off line for a couple of days due to our telephone and internet lines going down. It appears that the council cut through the line while cutting the grass about a mile from the office.

Bookings are coming in at a fast rate just now so its worth having a look at our price grid for season 2011-12 and seeing what dates suit your skiing needs.

Hotel Christiania Rates 2011- 2012

High Season
	7 nights	5 nights	3-4 nights
16th Dec – 27th Dec	125 €	125 €	140 €
27th Dec – 3rd Jan	150 €	170 €	n/a
11th Feb – 18th Feb	140 €	n/a	n/a
18th Feb – 25th Feb	125 €	n/a	n/a

Mid Season
	7 nights	5 nights	3-4 nights
3rd Jan – 8th Jan	115 €	135 €	150 €
4th Feb – 11th Feb	105 €	125 €	140 €
25th Feb – 10th Mar	115 €	135 €	150 €
24th Mar– 31st Mar	95 €	115 €	135 €
31st Mar – 7th Apr	125€	140 €	n/a

Low Season
	7 nights	5 nights	3-4 nights
10th Dec – 16th Dec	60 €	85€	95 €
8th Jan – 21st Jan	85 €	95 €	115 €
21st Jan – 4th Feb	95 €	105 €	125 €
10th Mar – 24th Mar	95 €	105 €	125 €
7th Apr – 14th Apr	85 €	95 €	105 €

Christmas 2011 in Les Gets

Would you like a short ski break at Christmas but you cannot get away for a week?

We may have the answer at the Christiania with our 3 night Christmas holidays

Arrive on the 24th of December

Depart on the 27th December

Enjoy Christmas in the Alps and our Christmas evening meal

Adults are priced at 480€, with Children priced at 240€, this price includes return transfers from Geneva and if you get an early flight on the 24th and then a late flight on Tuesday the 27th you can get 4 days skiing, as Les Gets is only 75 minutes drive from Geneva.



For full pricing and availability please contact the UK booking office on 01738 840888 and they will be happy to assist you book your trip to Les Gets

Trip Advisor reviews and recruitment

Last season was certainly a success at the Hotel Christiania, Les Gets despite the lack of snow for most of the season, which effected most of the Alps. While we had great early season snow as per the picture below from December, the clear blue sky remained for most of February and March, Credit must go to the resort for keeping the pistes in such good conditions in challenging times which enabled Les Gets to stay open until the first week in April.

The staff certainly worked hard to look after our guests and this has been reflected in the large number of positive reviews the hotel received last season. We are about to start our recruitment for season 2011-12 so if you think you can keep these standards up then please send your C.V with a covering letter to info@hotelchristiania.com