Having chosen your ski resort area because you require high standards, here's a resort built in 1990 for the 1992 Winter Olympics. In La Tania, you have selected an ideal opportunity for both daytime skiing and après ski.
The resort is complete with a supermarket should you wish to stay in and cook or snack occasionally, or you can pop in to the delicatessen or the boulangerie for special treats while you browse the ski shops choosing among the latest in ski apparel. But after a full day on the slopes food becomes the focal point of the evening's activities, so you need to know where you can eat with the best deals available, while still keeping quality in mind. We are here to help!
Le Farcon restaurant with one Michelin star
If you really want to leave your chalet, La Tania has the wonderful Le Farcon restaurant, just a short walk from your temporary home. The restaurant boasts a Michelin star, held since 2005. Lunch is available at just 25 Euros and includes a three course gastronomy extravagance. It is in the evening, however, that the restaurant will show you just why it holds that one Michelin star approval rating. The menu offers high quality food accompanied by the best wines available. For a short while, you will be able to believe you are dining in one of Paris' finest restaurants.
You have a preference for a cocktail bar?
After leaving your chalet, La Tania is home to La Tiaga, on the main road through the village. There's a tranquil cocktail bar downstairs with a charming restaurant upstairs. They're very strong on modern savoir fare and can mix and match many different styles of salads. All of their deserts are made on the premises, so you will need to leave a little room for the end of your meal.
A taste of home?
If burgers, chilli, tandoori or ribs tickle your tastebuds, the Pub le Ski Lodge offers a great range of well priced meals. Of course you'll find traditional steaks and pasta too, and vegetarians are well catered for. At lunch times there is always a soup special to fight off the cold and a special dish of the day to entice in hungry skiers.
Time for a fondue?
Meat and cheese fondues are always on offer at La Ferme. Always a treat for a ski holiday, fondues are often top of people's choices, après ski. The wine list is long and offers many options at fine prices - so you won't feel extravagant if you order another bottle.
It has to be pizza
The Hotel Telemark opens its bar by 3pm and the restaurant at 7pm. Pizzas are available both to eat in and takeaway giving you the option to return to your chalet. La Tania comes alive after dark so if you want to stay out there is a varied choice of bar snacks for an entertaining après ski.
A final note can be made to add the Hotel Montana to your list of buffet lunches for around 15 Euros to provide a quick and substantial alternative.
Life happens in the moment and so can travel. Last minute travel is a reality of the modern travel age -once held standards of planning certain amounts of time in advance have gone out the window. Whether you need to meet with your operations team in Paris or attend a matinee in London with your mom, there are several steps you can take to ensure that your last minute travel is easily planned.
First, you can prepare ahead of time, even for last minute travel. Although the timing of your travel may come as a surprise, the travel itself does not have to be. If you fly certain routes frequently, become familiar with which airlines serve those routes and what the frequencies of their flights are. Another way of preparing ahead of time is to have any documentation and information necessary to both book and embark on your travel swiftly and easily.
Second, you can more easily deal with the woes of last minute travel by remaining as flexible as possible when making your plans. You may need to make yourself available and open to the idea of alternative modes or routes of travel to ensure that you get to where you need to be, when you need to be there. If you have easy access to train routes, they may be very viable alternatives to plane routes that may fill up faster. If you do not set your mind on achieving a direct flight, you will discover that connecting flights may not add very much travel time to your itinerary, but could save you money. You can also remain flexible by shopping around loyalty to one carrier may help you to gain points or miles, but may rob extra cash from your pocketbook at the same time.
Next, make your travel planning easier by booking as much as you can at one time. Many websites offer the option of booking airline, hotel and car reservations in one itinerary, showing you many options to evaluate at the same time. These are most commonly available through widely-used discount travel websites, but are also available through many airline websites as well. Most major airlines have travel components to their websites that allow all-in-one booking in a flash.
Finally, do the obvious and look for packages. Again offered more commonly by widely-used discount travel websites, these packages are also often offered by major airlines. Last minute travel packages are often offered because airlines, hotels and car rental agencies would rather arrange for their excess inventory to be utilized at discounted rates to generate some revenue rather than not utilized at all.
So the next time you want to ensure that your travel is easily planned, remember the four easy steps of gathering knowledge ahead of time, remaining flexible, using all-in-one sites, and utilizing last minute packages. The days of ensuring that all travel is planned weeks and months in advance to find the best rates and to ensure you plans are actually feasible are gone. Travel has not only become easier to facilitate, but also much more common to participate in. Pack your bags, and enjoy!
When you begin planning your backpacking trip to Europe, there are four key questions you should ask yourself before beginning those plans:
1) In what country do I want to begin my backpacking trip?
2) When do I want to go?
3) How long do I want to stay?
4) Do I want to travel alone or with a partner?
Once you know the answers to these four questions you can begin seriously planning your wonderful experience backpacking Europe. We hope these backpacking trip planning tips will build your confidence in knowing that you are ready to have the trip of a lifetime.
When you decide the country to be your origination location, keep these things in mind:
This will be your starting point and possibly your ending point. A tip to consider: check into "open jaw" tickets, which allows you to fly into one place and depart from another. This has great advantages for saving time and allowing you to see more of Europe than a loop trip. Also, "open jaw" tickets can actually be less expensive than a round-trip ticket in and out of the same location. Determine where you will be flying into and from where you will be flying out. If you are under 26 years of age, ask your travel agent if there are any youth passes available. Don't be shy when checking prices. Call or "Google" for the best price available. Also, be reminded that you must show that you have a return ticket when you arrive in Europe. Not having proof of a return ticket could possibly result in your not being allowed to stay.
Are you planning on attending any special event while in Europe? Any special plans to stay with friends or relatives in Europe? If so, you will probably want to set an exact date, i.e., Salzburg Music Festival July 24-26, or staying with friends June 5-8. These should be agenda items that you will need to plan around and that will not be flexible in your schedule.
Now we get to do what we call "dream session". We suggest you make two lists: 1) the countries that you feel are "must see" (be very picky about the musts); and 2) countries that you hope you have time to see. You should leave room under each country to write down specific cities you have dreamed of seeing. We recommend that you choose a few locations and stay longer at each. A lot of inexperienced backpackers approach their planning as if their trip will be the only time they will ever get to go to Europe. They attempt to see 20 countries in 60 days and find that they did not enjoy the trip at all as they felt too rushed. I wonder why?? There is more to see in Europe than a person could ever see in a lifetime. Why not select a few "must see" countries and really enjoy the experience. For us, our first backpacking trip only included three countries. After the trip we immediately started planning and saving for the next trip as we enjoyed the experience so very much.
Next, under each country write down the cities you want to visit. Now refer to your map to visualize a tour plan to see if it is possible to visit every city you have written down. Be picky and use common sense in making your decisions. Again, we advise to choose only a few and allow time to really see them. To accurately plan this you will need a map.
Now comes the tough part (unless you have unlimited time and money). We do not recommend traveling to a city and staying any less than two days, three or more for larger cities like London, Paris, Vienna, etc. The Eurail is fun, but it is also quite tiring! Trust me on this. You do not want to arrive in a city on Monday and leave on Tuesday, you will wear out and you will miss seeing a lot that the city has to offer.
It is time now to make a rough sketch of your route. If you are arriving and departing from the same city the route of course will be circular. But if you have an "open jaw" ticket, the route should be somewhat straight. Check to make sure there is no "backtracking" in your route.
Decision time again. Will you be using Eurail to these places or flying. We strongly recommend Eurail, as you get to see so much of the countryside, but flying does save a lot of time.
Should you decide on Eurail, the "Eurail Global Pass" is a great choice. With a Eurail Global Pass you not only get unlimited train travel in all of Europe, you will be provided with the ability to see the beauty of Europe the way is was meant to be appreciated. Over the last 10 years the rail system in Europe has been consistently improved for maximum passenger enjoyment.
Now let's get a calendar and start filling in the days. We suggest that you give yourself enough time at each destination to both enjoy the location and to rest up for the next train trip. We never count our arrival day as a day visiting as you really just arrive, locate your lodging, and get something to eat. Why not just relax the rest of the day (what's left of it) and be better rested for your first full day of exploration. When you get all your days laid out on your calendar you should recheck your itinerary to be certain that you have given yourself enough time to enjoy each location. Many times we have decided to add more time in some cities and remove others until another trip. You should not try to see every location in such a rush that you do not get to really get to know the city and learn to appreciate its people.
With your calendar completed you may now move on to completing some detail work. When you research lodging locations we have found it best for the budget to shop around for the best deals. Most people will tell you that staying in a hostel is the least expensive way to go. That is not always the case. If there are several people in your group, you can very often find "budget" hotel rooms in a city that is cheaper than staying at a hostel where they have multiple beds. Also, we have found that in the larger cities you will not find lodging cheaper than at a hostel. We enjoy the hostels for more reasons than just saving money. They are frequented by other "travelers" from many different countries. Most are very friendly and it is both fun and educational to "try" to communicate with them. For us English speakers, we have found that many travelers know at least a little English and communication is an adventure and very rewarding.
Once that you are satisfied with your itinerary, we suggest you make a copy to leave with someone who is not going with you. Be sure to include the places where you plan to stay and, if possible, a phone number for your hotel or hostel.
It is my hope that these tips will help you in your planning your next backpacking adventure. If this is to be your first backpacking trip to Europe, get ready to be hooked! It is unlike any adventure you have ever undertaken. I am writing this article while sitting at a desk in our room at Sir Toby's Hostel in Prague, Czech Republic. My grandson and I are at the mid-point of our backpacking trip. This trip has been by far the most enjoyable of all my backpacking trips taken. Maybe because my grandson and I did all the planning together. We had an unbelievably emotional experience a couple of days ago when we visited the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial. My grandson loves history and he was in tears at the conclusion of the guided tour. He told me he would never forget his experience at Auschwitz. I only say that to emphasize that a backpacking trip can be both fun and educational. It is our wish that when you go on your backpacking trip to Europe that you are rewarded with experiences that you will treasure for a lifetime. Happy Travels!
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