For its kilometers of vertiginous slopes and its authentic little village, Val-d'Isère loves seasoned skiers, but not only... You can also put on your après-ski to experience the glam mountain, never showing off.

t&#39;s not just skiing in the life of&nbsp;Val-d&#39;Is&egrave;re!&nbsp;Even if its domain is renowned throughout the world for its competition slopes (the mythical Bellevarde slope as its flagship), the resort does well in the game of &quot;who will have the coolest after-ski&quot; with new prestigious places and singular - some of which compete all summer long on the shores of the Mediterranean.

While its chalets (including the famous&nbsp;Marco Polo&nbsp;and its ingot bathtub) are rented out at insane prices during the week of the February holidays and the finest boutiques are on the lookout for the smallest commercial premises, in Val d&#39;Is&egrave;re, the cool remains to ski in a vintage wetsuit (the same as Popeye in&nbsp;Les Bronz&eacute;s), warm up in a mountain refuge and do your shopping on a toboggan or on snowshoes. Here&#39;s a tour of places to see and be seen.

A star-studded dinner and a night at the hotel Les Barmes de l&#39;Ours

Both elegant and relaxed,&nbsp;kids friendly&nbsp;and super romantic, this&nbsp;Relais &amp; Ch&acirc;teaux&nbsp;and five-star ski-in ski-out hotel twists influences between its cozy lounges, adorned with leopard prints, its bowling alley for young and old children, its rooms with well-designed styles (one style per floor) such as those inspired by the cabins of Canadian trappers and its various restaurants which delight passing palates every evening.&nbsp;We fell in love with&nbsp;Le Coin Savoyard&nbsp;(morel or truffle fondue, smoked cheese raclette...),&nbsp;La R&ocirc;tisserie&nbsp;(gourmet themed buffets), but also and above all&nbsp;La Table de l&#39;Ours&nbsp;(one star in the Michelin Guide) and its gastronomic menu imagined by the young chef&nbsp;Antoine Gras&nbsp;who has the gift of ennobling the Savoyard terroir with finesse and lightness (a real feat when you think about it).&nbsp;Not to mention the 1,000 m2 well-being space where it is not difficult to indulge in the voluptuousness of&nbsp;Sisley&nbsp;treatments and its restorative and sensory approach to apr&egrave;s-ski.

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Les Barmes de l'Ours

After Paris and Ramatuelle,&nbsp;Loulou&nbsp;invites us to the heart of the luxury hotel&nbsp;Airelles&nbsp;in Val-d&#39;Is&egrave;re and it&#39;s a bit like the quintessence of cool at altitude... Music, good food, a decor that we want to bring back in our suitcases and Beautiful People of course.&nbsp;Here, we eat in the sun on an 800 m2 terrace (the largest in the resort) and we end up on the table dancing the Macarena in ski boots and a&nbsp;Fusalp suit&nbsp;to the good sounds of the dj&nbsp;Ambre Ballester.&nbsp;And to reward yourself with a good day&#39;s skiing or not, an Old Fashioned Panettone cocktail in your hand, take advantage of the last rays of the sun, a blanket with Native American motifs on your knees - without forgetting to throw yourself headlong into the huge dessert buffet that invites you to sin.&nbsp;In the evening, we take refuge inside, a cozy cocoon restaurant with its Scottish tapestry and its XXL floral installations created by the genius of the genre:&nbsp;Thierry Boutemy.&nbsp;Belgian touch obliges.&nbsp;Loulou&nbsp;has it all figured out.

Airelles in Val-d'Isère 

Loulou in Val-d'Isère 

At lunchtime, take a look at several high-altitude restaurants that are worth a detour, such as the&nbsp;Ouillette&nbsp;terrace, meet up with friends for its bbq on the edge of the frozen lake, the&nbsp;Edelweiss&nbsp;and its authentic chalet atmosphere. restaurant and on the snow front, l&#39;&nbsp;&Eacute;tincelle&nbsp;and its comforting cuisine in a contemporary setting.&nbsp;In the early morning to drink a coffee, accompanied by the best croissants in the area, a bear paw and a hot chocolate prepared with milk from&nbsp;the Adroit farm&nbsp;located just next door, the House (both bakery, pastry and chocolate factory) of the MOF&nbsp;Patrick Chevallothas been a staple since the 1960s. Otherwise, did we tell you about its Beaufort bread and its ham and cheese pie?

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the Adroit farm

The Savoyard restaurant for night owls: La Luge at Hotel Le Blizzard

t is on the ground floor of the&nbsp;Blizzard&nbsp;hotel, a cozy and hushed filbert institution where showbiz celebrities come to take refuge (notably in its splendid heated outdoor swimming pool), that&nbsp;La Luge&nbsp;delights the taste buds of tourists in search of raclettes and fondues well served.&nbsp;The subdued atmosphere and the comforting dishes of this place of authentic gastronomy is a must after a busy day hitting the slopes or robbing the shops (it depends).

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Lunch hidden away at the Atelier d&#39;Edmond bistro

An ideal hiding place, this refuge located in the middle of nowhere in the authentic hamlet of Le Fornet... On the floor below the gastronomic&nbsp;L&#39;Atelier d&#39;Edmond**, the gourmet Bistrot of chef&nbsp;Beno&icirc;t Vidal&nbsp;is the best place most exclusive and confidential in the region to have lunch in peace.&nbsp;A story written on a blackboard scrolling through amazing little dishes.&nbsp;Reservation more than recommended.

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The Ibiza des Cimes at La Folie Douce and its new CuC&ugrave;cina table

It&#39;s 3 p.m. in Val d&#39;Is&egrave;re and it&#39;s party time on the huge terrace of&nbsp;La Folie douce, a cabaret reinvented right on the arrival of the La Daille gondola and its full-option design cabins: tinted windows, heated seats, wifi and panoramic view.&nbsp;At 2,400 meters above sea level, at the crossroads of a green and blue track, people dance here like in a nightclub.&nbsp;Dress code?&nbsp;Ski boots, fluorescent helmet and XXL mask to let go incognito.&nbsp;

And speaking of remaining incognito, the new restaurant&nbsp;CuC&ugrave;cina&nbsp;remains sheltered from the tumult behind its large bay windows and their plunging views of Mont-Blanc&hellip; We are here in the antechamber of a transalpine museum, a tribute to&nbsp;Leonardo da Vinci, with as a highlight a monumental horse more than 4 meters high as if suspended above the tables and a comforting and tasty dish, an ode to local suppliers and renowned producers in the region.

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Vertigo at the Solaise refuge and its transalpine restaurant Gigi

Culminating at 2,551 meters above sea level, the&nbsp;Refuge de Solaise, the tallest hotel and, in our opinion, one of the most fantastic and atypical in France, opened its doors with a breathtaking panoramic view, 34 rooms inspired by revisited mountain codes, four apartments (which can accommodate 4 to 18 people) and a spa with a 25 meter long swimming pool.&nbsp;The adventure begins as soon as the visitor arrives in the gondola&hellip; Once up there after 5 p.m., it is difficult to turn around&hellip; We will have to wait until the next morning and the reopening of the gondolas to reconnect with the outside world.&nbsp;An impression of isolation and end of the world that adds a little exciting &quot;je ne sais quoi&quot; to the experience.&nbsp;Here, we disconnect, we savor the simple pleasures of life, we contemplate the stunning panorama offered by the mountains during the day and the celestial vault after dark.last but not least&nbsp;, we are the first to hurtle down the damned slopes before the lifts open and that&#39;s worth all the gold in the world.&nbsp;Between two descents, we stop on the terrace of the&nbsp;Petit Refuge&nbsp;to devour a pizza on the go unless we choose to take the time and bask in the sun while tasting&nbsp;Gigi&nbsp;&#39;s signature dishes ...&nbsp;

All new, all beautiful, the restaurant&nbsp;Gigi&nbsp;(from Paris and Ramatuelle) has also established its winter quarters in Val-d&#39;Is&egrave;re.&nbsp;With its look squinting towards 1970s Italy, the place is a tribute to a fantasized Milanese dandy, a refined man who receives his guests with hedonism, charm and extravagance.&nbsp;At nightfall, three evenings a week, by its travertine fireplace, a transalpine feast is served to the guests, including the generous Italian &quot;gratinati&quot; for fans of alpine cheese.&nbsp;Later, we&#39;ll dance on the tables, but that&#39;s another story.&nbsp;

With its &quot;Solaise&quot; space reserved for the first descents, its toboggan run and its boarder cross, Val-d&#39;Is&egrave;re is an ultra &quot;kids friendly&quot; resort.&nbsp;The Children&#39;s Village&nbsp;takes care of the kids every day from 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m.&nbsp;VIP daycare, Le&nbsp;Petit Poucet&nbsp;offers &quot;haute couture&quot; formulas with &agrave; la carte schedules and valet parking service to drive our offspring to ski school (from 3 years old) as well as to the restaurant at school time. aperitif.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.valdisere-levillagedesenfants.com/" style="box-sizing:border-box; color:black; text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">www.valdisere-levillagedesenfants.com</a>

Where to take ski lessons with caring teachers?&nbsp;<a href="http://www.oxygene.ski/" style="box-sizing:border-box; color:black; text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">www.oxygene.ski</a>&nbsp;

And for those who want to discover the most confidential corners of the resort, we advise you to call&nbsp;Eric Laurent, the ski teacher of the stars but also a lover of the area and its well-kept secrets (<a href="http://glisseavecplaisir.blogspot.fr/" style="box-sizing:border-box; color:black; text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">slidewithpleasure.blogspot.fr</a>).

The crazy experience: Ice floating at Lac de l&#39;Ouillette

A new relaxation experience straight from Finland,&nbsp;Ice Floating&nbsp;is practiced equipped with waterproof survival suits.&nbsp;The idea?&nbsp;Slip into the frozen&nbsp;Ouillette&nbsp;lake for an extraordinary moment of relaxation and a feeling of total connection with nature.&nbsp;At 2,513 meters above sea level, you literally float in the landscape.&nbsp;Just awesome.

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From March 7 to 10, 2022, virtuosos and holidaymakers meet after their day of skiing, in the heart of the small church of Val-d&#39;Is&egrave;re, to attend high-level classical music concerts.&nbsp;

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