
Tignes
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Snowboard Half Time
I chose to stay at the Tignes resort after reading some reviews online and would do it again. The UCPA centre is walking distance from the lifts and you can also get a bus from outside the centre and get to various other lifts in 10min (buses are free and run every 10min, which is pretty handy!).
I went with my girlfriend but didn't manage to book a private room as they were all gone. Luckily when I got the centre there was a spare private room and we got it for another £50. The room is small, not fancy, but it's nice and clean. The food was surprisingly good, there were themed dinners (American, Italian, Nordic, etc) and snacks in the afternoon. Food-wise, my only complaint was regarding breakfast. Poor selection of cereals, no juices, no eggs, no cheese (no croissants, come on we are in France!).
We took the part-time snowboarding course. It was amazing, really enjoyed it. The instructor was very attentive and made a real effort to help everyone. Every day she would show us a few new moves and we would practice it until we could all do it. We were around 8 people in the class, 6 French speaking and 2 English speakers. The instructor would explain everything first in French and then English (the explanations in French sounded somehow more detailed :P). I took the intermediate level course while my girlfriend (first time snowboarding ever) took the beginners one. I think it would have been cool if we were in the same class, but we did have quite a lot of free time to board together anyway.
We met a good bunch of people in the centre and every night we would get together and either grab some beers/wine in a super market and stay at the centre (they have entertainment activities pretty much every night) or go out. There are some bars close to the centre.
I really enjoyed the holiday, specially because of the people we met and the snowboarding lessons (got to board on knee-deep powder for the first time which was amazing!). Definitely worth it.