Nestling in the Dranse valley, in the heart of the Portes du Soleil ski region, Morzine is a fabulous mix of old Savoyard charm and modern ski-ing convenience. Morzine was originally a farming and slate mining town before it metamorphosed into a ski resort in the latter half of the last century. The resort's first cable car was introduced in 1934 but this was almost exclusively used by hikers - its use for ski-ing came much later.
With the advent of Avoriaz in the 1960s, Morzine's ski-ing appeal grew and it hasn't looked back. With transfers taking just over an hour from Geneva Airport, there aren't many more easily accessible ski resorts.
Boasting 650km of pistes linking 12 ski resorts, from both sides of the French-Swiss border, ski-ing to Switzerland for lunch is quite an easy ask, just don't forget your passport! More adventurous skiers can ski the famous ‘Circuit’ taking in many of the resorts in the Portes du Soleil in one day's hard ski-ing.
One of the wonderful things about Morzine is that it has as much, if not more, appeal in the summer months as it does in the ski-ing season. In the winter there's ski-ing, ice-skating, hiking, husky sledging but in the summer you can go mountain biking, hiking, white water rafting, climbing, parapenting or simply relaxing in the fabulous swimming pool complex.
With a wide range of restaurants and bars the evenings are well catered for also. From arguably the best burgers I've ever tasted at 'The Burger Place' to delicious Savoyard fare in L'Etale and La Combe a Zorre all tastes and budgets are catered for.
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