Les Arcs

Les Arcs 1600 - Overcrowded, chaotic and utterly soulless Les Arcs 1600 is, frankly, a huge disappointment. The resort has all the charm of a cheap mass-tourism summer destination, transplanted into the Alps: concrete blocks, uninspiring architecture, and a completely soulless atmosphere. There is nothing here that feels remotely Alpine. The skiing experience is where it really falls apart. The slopes are absurdly overcrowded — thousands of people funnelled into the same access points, creating chaos from early morning onwards. Getting up onto the ski area is stressful, poorly managed and time-consuming, with long queues that feel out of control rather than “busy season” normal. Ski etiquette is almost non-existent. Aggressive skiing, people cutting queues, reckless behaviour in congested areas — it often feels unsafe rather than enjoyable. Instead of relaxing and enjoying the mountain, you spend your time navigating crowds and avoiding collisions. Once the lifts close, the disappointment continues. Arc 1600 is flat, dull and lifeless. There is no real village feel, no warmth, no atmosphere — just functional accommodation blocks and very little reason to linger outdoors. Bottom line: if you value charm, calm, safety, or even basic ski-resort character, avoid Les Arcs. It’s overcrowded, visually bleak, badly organised, and far more hassle than holiday.

Amazing ski destination. Probably one of the best. 1950 is a small, ski only village in les arcs. cars are not allowed in the village. the streets are for skiiers. so all the village is ski in ski out. its quite small. i would say you could reach anywhere in the village in 5 min, but it has everything you need. ski equipment rentals, restaurants, bakery, grocery. if you wish to go to another village, you have a gondola to les arcs 2000 which works all day until 23:00 or so and leaves Every few minutes. You also have a free ski bus that drives between the sites villages which you can take to 1600 or 1800. in terms of ski the site is awesome. lots and lots of slopes and lifts. you will not get bored. the site is huge. there is also a very nice app called yuge that helps you find your way around and even track your ski activity and more and more.

Great ski resort. A part of Paradiski. Great infrastructure, many chairlifts and cablecars, beautiful views

Great variety of slopes from beginner through to intermediate and advanced - real solid resort suitable for everyone in the party. Option to buy basic or Paradiski ski lift pass - worth the few extra quid for the Paradiski as you can then ski all the way to Le Plagne! So many lifts and runs you will not get bored

Day trip on a rather busy weekday in mid february (carnival holidays). Here a detailed review: -Arrival: I parked at the funicular in Bourg St. Maurice around 8:30am. To my surprise the car park was almost empty and only cost around 3€ a day. Very easy to reach, no long winding difficult road up the mountain. I bought a day ski pass for Les Arcs, which was just 63€ (initially wanted to explore whole Paradiski but since it was so busy I decided against). Skì area: The ski area is gigantic (even without counting the La Plagne connection). With the funicular you first arrive at Mt. Blanc chairlift, which has great runs to warm up. Towards Arpette it began to become more crowded. The area around Arc2000, Varet and Arcabulle were the busiest: the ski rund (especially the easy ones) were packed and the lift lines were long. Varet (25min) and Aiguille Rouge (45min) had the longest lines. The fact that they even had extra queues for skischools and "fast pass" remids me of waiting for a roller coaster. The trip to Aiguille Rouge is worth it: you have a fantastic view and a super long descend, with lots of variety, down to Villaroger. The villaroger area is much calmer. The droset black run is a good challenge (as well as the black runs starting from Varet). The grand col runs are a bit more hidden and fun but still highly frequented. The runs around Arcabulle are very wide and you have lots of space. Totally recommend to have a drink at the igloo bar near arcabulle. There is also a long sledding run that seems fun. The west side ski runs (Vallandry, Arc1800) were not as crowded. The ski runs at Vallandry are nice, You have many fun forest runs. The red combe is fun and more quiet. At Arc1800 you have wide long forest runs with beginner areas and terrain parks. I also liked that there are easy runs connecting every area, so you easy returned to the funicular. Ski lifts: Loved that the area is so easy to reach by funicular. I liked that they had a more modern bubble chairlifts like in Tignes. Some lifts like Varet, Aiguille Rouge or Pre Saint Esprit couldnt handle the masses of people. Verdict: ++ huge ski area ++ easy to reach + variety of runs, lots of easy but also challenging runs + long Aigulle Rouge run + good ski pass price + lots of other activities (zipline, sledding, paragliding) -- crowded runs, lines at the lifts, long traffic jams to get to Bourg St. Maurice on weekends (dont visit during french, british, dutch holidays)

This place is wow. Here for the last few days and few more days to go. It has not disappointed in any possible way. Amazing place, amazing skiing and great location. Skies withESF. Bad ass always. Out instructed, Lucas is bad ass first year and has a patient of a saint. He is a great instructor. Wanted to just do free slope and did blue slope. Skied to the highest point and skied all the way down. Bad ass. Will highly recommend this place and the skiing……

We went a week in a cottage near Les Arcs. Good hiking and mountain biking trails all around the mountain.

Love its incredible view of the Alps. The resort provides a great variety of slopes and restaurants in general are good (though usually overpriced). Can’t give it five stars because of its ridiculous shuttle between villages. If you missed your last lift back to the side of your village, expect to spend 2 or more hours waiting for/standing in a crowded shuttle bus. Not a good skiing experience at all.

Station de ski Peisey Vallandry. Superbe station de ski. Grandiose. Pour les skieurs elle doit être sur leur to do list Le club med est ok à cet endroit La Plagne fut min coup de cœur Les Arcs wowww. Notre guide Lucas fut extraordinaire et nous a bien guidé. La découverte d'une si grande station peur se faire de soi même mais on ne perd pas de temps avec un bon guide. Merci Lucas.

Very good. Arc 1600 better than the others. Cinema, bars and restaurant. The view is great as well as it is nearby the forest