PORTES DU SOLEIL
Les Gets
Les Gets is one of the prettiest villages in the Alps — chic and stylish — both in the town and on the mountain. This is a fantastic place to relax with family and friends. Enjoy a holiday away from the crowds, with mountain biking, white water rafting, paragliding or a few rounds on the 18-hole golf course. We like nothing better than packing a rucksack with wine, cheese and saucisson and taking in the sunrise from the top of Mont Chéry.
Les Gets is part of the Portes du Soleil, a vast lift-linked area spanning 12 traditional mountain villages across both France and Switzerland. There is mountain biking, road cycling, walking and hiking for all ability levels. Those not climbing or kayaking will also enjoy Les Gets — many of the best mountain restaurants can be reached from one of the 26 lifts, making it easy to meet up with your group for lunch.
Pretty chalets and cobbled streets nestle on a high mountain pass with great views. Les Gets is a beautiful alpine village dating back to the 12th century as a traditional farming community. It’s a spectacular natural location and a real sun trap. The main village itself is incredibly chic, long popular with both local and international visitors. You’ll find all manner of shops, boutiques, restaurants and bars to explore at your leisure.
Les Gets is located in the Haute Savoie and is one of the most northerly of the French Alpine resorts, less than one hour from Chamonix, and benefiting from the Mont Blanc microclimate, it forms part of the Portes du Soleil, the largest ski area in the world comprising of 12 Franco-Swiss ski resorts that will keep you busy for many holidays to come.
Resort Altitude: 1200m
Highest lift: 2466m
Vertical Drop: 1466m
Winter Season: Runs from approximately 10 Dec – 30 April
Summer Season: Runs from mid-June to early-September
Local population: Year round
Geneva Airport
Just over an hour away. From here there are regularly scheduled flights across Europe and internationally.
Annemasse and Annecy
Regional airports and a good option for those travelling by private jet. Both are less than an hour away.
Cluses or Thonon
Both less than 40 mins away.
Take the Eurostar from London to Paris (takes around 2 hours 20 minutes) or Lyon. Then take a high-speed TGV to either one of the two train stations that service the area, Cluses or Thonon (see above).
Off mountain Les Gets and the surrounding area offers so much to its visitors that it would be easy not to ski at all. There are the basics such as local cinema, large swimming pools and an aquatic centre, bowling, an open-air ice rink, ice hockey, parapenting, ice diving, snowmobiling, tobogganing and snowshoeing. But there are also nature discovery tours, day trips, cheese-making tours, spas, tennis courts, climbing, horse-riding and many cultural events and offerings. The tourist office is one of the most proactive and works tirelessly to offer visitors the very best mountain experiences.
Insider’s Guide To Les Gets
There is a hidden door, a secret place, an untold secret. That is the essence of travel, that journey of discovery when you uncover a gem, stumble upon the unique; when you truly manage to live like the locals. If you are looking for the authentic here are a few places to start.
Live Like A Local In Les Gets
FOR PEOPLE WATCHING IN LES GETS VILLAGE Les Notes Gourmandes Les Notes Gourmandes, come winter, come summer, has the best people watching location in Les Gets village. In the centre [...]
Restaurants In Les Gets
Les Gets delivers when it comes to dining experiences. From restaurants offering fine dining with a passionate connection to regional and traditional heritage, to modern, simplistic affairs; from the simple street [...]
Bars & Après In Les Gets
Alpine nightlife can be hit and miss. Gregarious après, repetitive music and a general sense of excess over excellence can become wearing to the discerning traveller. So what if your holiday [...]
Things To Do In Les Gets
It is easy to forget in the midst of a ski holiday that there are other equally exciting things to experience. In reality, such is the plethora of non-ski activities, they [...]
Shopping In Les Gets
THE BEST CLOTHING AND SKI SHOPPING FOR MILES Berthet-Sports, Route du Front de Neige Established in 1949 by Jean Berthet, a passionate international skier, and his wife Yolande, the shop [...]
Day Trips From Les Gets
CHAMONIX MARKET Chamonix market is on a Saturday morning, starting about 7am. Larger than the Morzine market, with a much stronger Italian influence, you will be hard pushed to leave [...]
Luxury Chalets in Les Gets
Les Gets is one of the prettiest villages in the Alps — chic and stylish — both in the town and on the mountain. This is a fantastic place; not just to ski, but to relax with family and friends. The pistes run right back to the heart of the village where bars and restaurants meet the slopes, making this an ideal location for family ski holidays.
