Discover Tignes

At Europe’s Summit: The resort of Tignes

In Savoy, upstream from the Tarentaise Valley, between tradition and modernism, the resort of Tignes is made up from several mountain villages:

•    Tignes Val Claret at 2 127 metres

•    Tignes le Lac at 2 100 metres

•    Tignes le Lavachet at 2 100 metres

•    Tignes les Boisses at 1 850 metres

•    Tignes les Brévières at 1 550 metres

Activities in Tignes

In winter:
Take your pick! Always on the lookout for new trends and other ways to enjoy the snow, Tignes offers you varied and original activities to try out in a vast natural winter playground.

•    ski and more on the espace killy Tignes – Val d’isère ski area : ski, snowboard, freestyle, freeride…
 •    diving under ice, skating rink, ice circuit, ski-joëring, hang-gliding, dog sledge…

In summer :

•    summer skiing on the Grande Motte Glacier

•    bike park, skate park, quad and 4x4

•    climbing, acroland, alpinism, helicopter, hang-gliding, adventure trail, rambling, via ferrata
 •    sports beach: beach soccer, beach volley, multi-sport pitch…

•    18 hole golf course, tennis, group sports, archery, fishing

•    nautical Base: canoe, kayak, catamaran, pedalo…

And for children :

•    Ski school, youth club, marmottons play group

Snowing? Raining? It really doesn’t matter! In Tignes there are so many things that you can do under cover :

•    the “Lagon” aqua and sports centre with wellness and swimming pool.

•    gym

•    bowling

•    cinema

The birth of a winter sports resort

Already in 1936, Tignes was a pioneer as far as winter sports was concerned and welcomed tourists kitted out with skis on the village’s one and only ski-lift.

After the barrage was constructed in 1952 and the Tignes’ ancient village was engulfed by water, Tignes managed to bounce back and finally settled at 2100 m altitude in the heart of a unique natural 360° arena.

In the 1970’s, the face of Tignes changed once again and in so doing, quickly became the international and mythical resort that it is today.