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Val D Isere Après-Ski
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Dicks Tea Bar
Host to the big name DJs, this is an essential location at night for Students and party Goers. It is well known in Val D’isere and is worth a visit in either the day or the night. It also offers free wireless during the day and the nights can go on right until 4am, a must if it looks like snowstorm the next day! Vodka and spirits are a must here in the evening, but you will feel at home with a nice cup of tea during the day.
Members Bar and Club
This is an incredibly stylish and expensive bar which is designed it be sophisticated and comfortable, a great place to get away from the rowdy party goers next door in Dicks Tea Bar.
Café Face
Located next to the main road, the Cafe Face is also situated at the foot of the Face de Bellevarde, the famous face of the Winter Olympics in 1992. This bar is merry and cultural, the décor not having been changed since 1993, with live music most nights from 5. Happy hour starts at 4 and the prices rise 10 cents an hour throughout the night. This is a perfect end to a day and is full of locals and French skiers into the night.
Bananas
This bar has a great position for après ski or lunchtime stop as it is situated right at the bottom of the slopes in the town system. Their cocktails are renowned in Val D’isere for being both well mixed and original; they are also served by the pint! Many tourists enjoy this bar and holidaymakers use it as a warm-up before a big night out. This bar has a log fire which adds a homely feel during the early evening and is also the haven of chalet girls later into the night.
Moris Pub
The Moris pub is large and frequented by seasonaires and holiday makers alike. This pub has an extensive menu and is superb for a lunchtime burger. In the evening live bands and reasonably priced drinks help make this place one of the liveliest places for an evening out. This was one of the first pubs in Val D’isere and the name ‘Moris’ is one of the founder families who put Val on the map as a ski resort.
La Petit Danois
Both a restaurant and a bar make this another place to go with children. Later on at night it becomes busier and in the morning full English breakfast is served to help those late nights fade away before a big day on the slopes. A central location means there is only a short walk home at the end of the night.
Saloon
Situated at the bottom of the beginners slopes and only 1 minute walk from the high street this bar is the best place to go both the end of a long day skiing and a fantastic location for a night out. There is free wireless internet available here too. The student friendly bouncers and staff make this place busy and loud right into the night.
The Lodge
Full of character this bar is renowned for being a French bar, with a slightly more family feel, used as a place to go once the kids have gone to bed later in the night! However, for students, on the right night this cosy bar has fantastic DJs and live bongo and reggae music.
Le Graal
This is the newest nightclub in town and only a few minutes walk from the city centre offering free bus services home at night, until 4 in the morning. Beer is only 2 euros and a flashing dance floor make this a good option for a big Saturday night before returning home at the end of the week.
Victors
Run by Scandinavians the food here is really exceptional and it is often really busy after the runs close in the early evening. People use it as a meeting point later on because of its central location right above the Spar supermarket in the centre of town. Some of the best cocktails are found here and into the night it becomes a good place for a drink without loud music disrupting your story of the huge air you got that day off a 20ft cliff!
Forêt
Renowned for their ‘Hot Toffee Vodka’ this bar has one of the liveliest spirits in Val. It is loved by locals and holidaymakers alike, and it has a happy hour on Stella beer rising 50cents an hour from 4 until 7. Located right at the bottom of the slopes, if you still have energy straight after skiing, this is where to get your night started.
La Gourmandine
The Gourmandine is a roof terrace filled as much with non-skiers and injured holidaymakers trying to salvage a tan, as it is with après ski mountain lovers. It is on the Rond Point des Pistes and serves all day from sunrise into the evening. They have a varied menu with the choice of a sweet dessert or crepe to snack on, or a full meal with all the sides.
La Belle Etoile
One of the classiest bars in Val D’isere this is the only place in the whole town where you can drink Heineken, Crystal or Petrus, whilst enjoying the sounds of live music every night. The most exclusive wine list and many different hot sushi dishes are to be found here.
Bar L’Alexandra
Next to the Post office this is run by an eccentric Kiwi called Phil who is known and loved by the seasonaires. The bar is fantastic for larger groups of people and well known for its high quality loud sound system.
Pacific
This bar is fantastic for seasonaires and holiday makers alike. Probably the most friendly atmosphere in Val D’isere it has 7 plasma screens all playing a variety of sports and ski movies so that you don’t miss any of the premier league matches or any other sport in the rest of the world. Right next to the main parade of shops and the famous Precision rental shop this place is perfect for après ski, a night out, or just a quite cheese toasty. Also watch out for the amazing ski and snowboard raffles on every week on a Wednesday. There is free Wireless internet at Pacific Bar until 7pm.
Blue Note
An atmospheric bar, with very few students, this bar is a great place to get away from the party crowd whilst enjoying a well mixed drink. It is easy to miss but is actually right at the bottom of the ESF meeting point and next to their offices. Free bar snacks from 3pm and cheap drinks for après ski make this bar unique so close to the slopes.
Underground Café
This is a new bar right in the centre of town on the main high street. It has an urban feel with modern art on the walls and around the tables and hosts some of the best cocktail makers in the region.
Le Pub
A cosy little pub located in a parade of shops on the high street next to the internet café this is a quite place but extremely friendly and serving great food and drink throughout the evening.
