Les Gets For Families
Les Gets is a wonderful ski resort for families. The whole village is geared around the family market, and so the facilities for kids ski holidays are excellent. Take for example the way the ski lessons and childcare are all organised together including all the taking to lessons, lunches and picking up afterwards. Or the designated children's sledging area. Or the section of the mountain for children only! No matter what level your children ski at you'll find Les Gets a great place for family skiing.
Here we'll discuss a few particular aspects though if you've any questions please just get in touch.
Infants aged 2 or Under
Children's ski lessons start from aged 3. For those younger than that there's two main options for childcare:
The Local Nursery - Les Fripouilles
The Nursery in Les Gets is handily located close to the ski school, so the one drop off run does children of all ages. It is open 9am until 5pm, Sunday to Friday. You can make reservations for either whole days or half days, and the half days can either be long half days including lunchtime, or shorter ones not including lunch time.
To book ahead you need to book the whole week normally. If you want just a few ad-hoc sessions this can be arranged in resort, but only if they have availability. We'd always advise you book ahead, and generally we find they only have space for ad-hoc bookings outside of school holidays, and still the odd week there will also be full.
We always try to help you with booking as much as possible. With the nursery though they do much prefer to talk to the parents directly, they don't like 2nd hand information via us. To book you can contact them on +33 4 50 75 80 80, +33 4 50 75 80 99 or +33 4 50 92 92 72. You can also email lesgets@lesgets.com. We find though that out of season they can take a while to respond, and please do try all the phone numbers. If you are having no luck please do contact us and we'll try to chase them from our end too.
Private Nannies from Cheeky Monkeys
There are also British companies that provide private nannies who come to the chalet to look after your little one. We've only ever heard great things about this service, though it is a much more expensive option for childcare in Les Gets. Please see www.cheekymonkeysmorzine.com
Babysitting in Les Gets
Cheeky Monkeys also offer babysitting at 15 euros per hour, again please contact them at www.cheekymonkeysmorzine.com
Ski Lessons For Children
Ski lessons in Les Gets run for children aged 3 to 12 years. Please see our Les Gets Ski Lessons for Children section.
An Area of the Mountain Just for Children
A great example of Les Gets' dedication to children's skiing is Le Grand Cry. This is an area of the mountain for children only. It's theme is trappers and indians, with giant snakes eggs and totem poles adorning it's gentle runs. There are 2 lifts and several ski runs in this section which means your children can learn in peace away from the main ski runs.
Children's Sledging Area
There's an area at the bottom of the slopes in the village that's a children's sledging area. It has an inflatable tube all the way around to separate it from the skiing areas. If you've not brought your sledge then most of the hire shops both sell and rent out sledges.
Skiing Attractions, if you can catch them....
Skiing Father Christmas appears in Les Gets at a certain time of year, handing out sweets to any lucky children skiing nearby!
Later on in the winter you'll see the skiing Milka cow who again skies around Les Gets giving out chocolate!
You'll also find that all the events the village put on are very child-friendly. The weekly welcome to the village meeting has a torchlight parade followed by free hot chocolate for the younger ones (and free vin chaud for the grown-ups.)
Ice Skating Rink
The ice skating rink is in the very centre of the village, as has become the natural focal point. It's open every day including in the evenings and is very popular with children. You can rent the ice skates at the rink. |
