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Morzine Reviews
15 reviews of Morzine in France.
Voted 10th out of 29 reviewed ski resorts in France
- Superb(8)
- Good(5)
- O.K.(2)
- Poor(0)
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Advice on the Portes du Soleil
Reviewed 20 Oct 2016
The Porte du Soleil lift pass covers a vast area including Avoriaz, Lindaret, Plaine Dranse, Morzine, Les Gets, Chatel and many more over in Switzerland such as Champousin, Les Croset, Morgin etc. Excellent lift system that is being constantly updated on the French side. Still a few old ones on the Swiss side. The main town of Morzine is full of good places to eat varying from Mama's who do noodles, curry and great fish and chips, through to the Hotel Samoyede or The Farmhouse for a bit of fine dining. Lots of choices for lunch up the mountain. Le Pomme du Pin Les in Lindaret, L'escapade in Ardent, Chez Flo, Avoriaz.
You can stay up in Avoriaz for doorstep skiing but other very convenient places are; Ardent, one lift up to Lindaret. Morzine, near the Super Morzine lift for the Avoriaz, Chatel, Swiss side side or Le Pleney for the Morzine, Les Gets side. Prodain is also excellent as there is a new express cable car lift that takes you up to Avoriaz in four minutes.
Great for young families
Reviewed 9 Jun 2016
Much more of a family orientated resort than a non-family resort. And it’s better with small children as there isn’t a lot for older children to do. It’s a low resort and the conditions weren’t great over February half term (we had rain, whereas when I came back in April there was fresh snow). However we managed to have a fantastic time even though the weather wasn’t ideal.
Morzine in April
Reviewed 25 May 2016
The weather was pretty good here in April, we skied every day – it was fabulous. Both the French and Swiss side were fine nearing the end of the season. I found the whole area pretty useful for most levels, the Swiss side is really easy compared to the French side! Morzine is a proper town so there would have been a lot to do if the conditions weren’t good enough to ski all day. There’s a swimming pool, cycling, all sorts that you could do, and it has some great restaurants.
Morzine: A family friendly resort
Reviewed 11 Aug 2015
Having spent 4.5 months in morzine, I got to know it pretty well. The town has everything you could possibly need- great bars within easy access of the slopes for that all important apres, a supermarket, shops and a market every Wednesday. There are buses to pleney, super morzine and nyon ski lifts which are very easy to navigate. There are also regular buses to Avoriaz and you can ski over to les gets very easily with blue runs all the way down. The best snow didn't come until January, but with such easy access to Avoriaz, there was still snow to ski in Decemeber. With weekly hockey matches from the ice hockey team, use of the ice skating rink when the team aren't playing, heaps of ski schools to chose from, a cinema that plays movies in English and a great atmosphere, Morzine is a super town for a ski holiday.
So much to ski
Reviewed 5 May 2015
Half of the group had been to Morzine before and we chose to return because of the size of the area, there are so many lifts and pistes over there. Considering it wasn’t the best season for snow, we got lucky and had a little snow in the week. The nightlife is good with some nice clubs and bars. I would recommend coming here – just go out and explore each day.
Brilliant apres and a huge ski area
Reviewed 18 Jun 2014
Morzine is lovely. There wasn’t much snow while we were there, which was a shame. The runs were quite short because of this and quite a few of them were closed. We went all over, we had to go up to Avoriaz a lot where the snow was better than down in Morzine. It’s a huge ski area and there’s so much to see and do. If it had all been open then it would be great for experienced skiers like ourselves. There are good parks too.
It’s easy to get around the town and to find everything. The place at the bottom of the lift – Tremplin – had live music on Fridays and it was good fun. They did good cocktails. There is also a good pizza place nearby. There are some brilliant places to go out in Morzine.
Good beginner & advanced skiing, short transfer
Reviewed 3 Jun 2014
It was my first time ever going to Morzine and although I had nothing to compare it with, it was well above my expectations. It’s not a massive village but you’ve got a few superstores and there are quite a lot of pubs and restaurants to go to and have a meal.
It’s a nice place for both beginners and advanced skiers. ESF do really good skiing classes which you can book in groups or private. They were always very well organised and the instructors were great.
We were here in the middle of March and I was initially worried that it might be too late in the season and the weather wouldn’t be good enough. During the day it was 12-14 degrees and then during the night it was freezing... The snow didn’t have time to melt in the day (it did become a bit slushy at the end of the day but everyone was knackered by that point anyway). You can always find higher ski tracks if you want better snow.
We only got the Morzine ski pass, if you want to go over to another resort you can upgrade for the day. You probably won’t use the whole area every day so it’s a waste of money to get the full pass straight away.
Another good thing is that Morzine is not too far from the airport, it only took us one and a half hours when we flew into Geneva.
We really enjoyed the week and would definitely go back.
Reviewed 27 May 2014
The skiing was good, we were kind of lucky as it was a little scrubby but we had some snow each night to top it up. It’s a good thing to take the wide area pass as if it’s a bit scrubby in one place you can always find somewhere else.
We enjoyed ourselves
Reviewed 19 May 2014
It was our first time here. We found it ok, we’ve been thinking about coming back with our children next year.
Loads of skiing
Reviewed 18 May 2014
Morzine is vast, there’s so much to ski there you can do a different thing every day. Avoriaz is really, really busy and I wouldn’t be pushing myself to get over there. Les Gets has some nice restaurants and stuff but it’s difficult to get back... you’d probably need to book a taxi.
The people are lovely and generally very helpful and what have you. The snow wasn’t brilliant at New Year, we were lucky that it snowed a couple of days before we got there but by the end of the week the conditions weren’t ideal. The resort was quite busy but at New Year you expect it to be – during the week was quiet as usual but all the French come up over the weekend so it gets much busier then. My son was fine and had a nice French instructor teaching him to ski.
They did a big firework display with all the ski instructors on New Year’s Eve and had a disco thing with a band and big bar in the square which lots of people went to.
For people who don’t ski, go to the top of the Super Morzine bubble - the one that gives you access to Avoriaz etc. It’s about a 5 minute walk from the main centre of the resort but there’s a nice restaurant at the top of the bubble station which you can walk to, and it’s a lovely place to sit and watch people ski. Their speciality is Reblochon cheese which is delicious!
Skied here a lot, huge amount to ski in Portes du Soleil
Reviewed 16 May 2014
If you’re renting in Morzine, you can ski out in 2 directions. We’ve always had the Portes du Soleil Pass so I can’t say the limits of the piste but there is a Morzine pass and other local passes like for down in Les Gets. We like the whole area pass as if the snow isn’t so good in Morzine, we can go up to Avoriaz which is much higher so you’re snow sure as far as that’s concerned.
You can either go towards Avoriaz on the Super Morzine bubble which means you’re going into a valley with loads of skiing. If you go to the Pleney bubble on the main street in Morzine, you can still get the bus which takes you up to Avoriaz. If you want to ski as far as you can in a day, you can go into Chatelle and into several linked resorts there. The skiing all over the area is variable, there are some nice green runs down from the Swiss boarder down into the Goat’s Village (Lindarets) and then you go up and across to Morzine. Before the Swiss boarder there’s a good red on the right and a couple of blacks (if they’re open which they’re usually not early in the season). Or you can go all the way into Switzerland where there’s the famous ‘Wall’. When you go over to Switzerland, some of their greens would be certified blue in other places and most of the blues are what you’d usually ski as reds. The quality of pisting in Switzerland is better than in France and although the pistes may be steeper, they’re much wider and maintained better so less confident skiers could do more turns to get down.
That’s the really long distance option, but you can also just use the Morzine area. They’ve now put brand new bubbles alongside the cable car which is good, because when there used to be high winds they’d stop the cable car, but this problem has been overcome now. You can get across to a number of good slopes which vary from blue, green, red and black.
Over to the right, back down the valley towards Les Gets is the big Les Gets bowl. If the snow is good over there, it’s absolutely terrific with a mix of different things to ski. It’s worth noting that some of the slopes that are classified blue here are actually bordering reds.
There’s skiing through the woods so if the weather is a bit rough you can still find shelter. If you can get onto the internet, you can go onto the webcams and actually see what the conditions are like to make a decision where to ski each day.
There’s a good selection of restaurants and stop of places on the mountain – any of the mountain places are really nice although they do get a bit crowded and being on the mountain you’ll be paying a premium for food. We tend to go down to Lindarets which is super – it’s the one known as the Goat Village beyond Avoriaz. Go up the Super Morzine link towards Avoriaz and follow signs to Chatel, go down into the second valley and Lindarets should be marked. You ski down to the bottom and get the bubbles back up. The green route is more of a blue as it’s in a valley which doesn’t get much sunshine so you do find it can get a bit icy. If you get Lindarets on a lovely day – it’s the best place to be. There’s no access for vehicles (you’re skiing down what would be the road in the summer) so they all use snowploughs and skidoos, we’ve done 4-5 restaurants there which have all been good.
We’ve been here over Christmas and New Year on a number of occasions. It varies from year to year but Morzine usually has firework display/s and the normal skiing down the mountain at night of the instructors’ torchlit descent. You can normally get free Glühwein or hot chocolate at the bottom lift. There are often other events too, we didn’t go to it but there was an ice hockey game in the stadium. There are other public facilities available year round like heated swimming pools in the town and an ice rink (if the temperature is low enough as it’s external). Later in the season you can do the sledge slope which goes down the mountain.
not much après but the skiing is brilliant
Reviewed 14 May 2014
The actual skiing and boarding was brilliant, couldn’t fault it. The slopes are pretty varied. We stayed around Avoriaz the most, the snow was best up there. It’s good for boarders. The signage is clear as well. We would go back for the skiing, but not for the nightlife. For the size of Morzine I was surprised that there isn’t much going on. There are a few good bars though – there’s a nice café-bar just off the main slope with free olives and bar food which we liked. It’s a bit of a trek through town to get the lifts although there are buses (we didn’t use them much because we got impatient).
Pretty family resort
Reviewed 6 May 2014
Morzine was great, it’s a low resort but we went on a year with really good snow, so the skiing in March was excellent.
We had lessons with ESF, who weren’t as good as the English ski school we had in another resort but weren’t bad either.
You have a nice wide ski area and can ski over to Les Gets as well.
I would definitely recommend Morzine to families, I don’t know if we would go back here again, purely because we felt like after a week we had done it.
A good resort for anyone
Reviewed 13 Mar 2014
We skied in Morzine a few times – it’s a good resort for anyone really.
Morzine is in the middle and you can ski right to Les Gets or left to Avoriaz, there’s so much of it there you can go where you want and do what you want.
Great intro to European ski holidays
Reviewed 28 May 2013
Morzine was my first experience of a European ski resort and it definitely won’t be my last! A charming alpine village, with a huge ski area and that all-important après ski buzz - you couldn’t really ask for more. Before rediscovering your skiing abilities on the gentle home-run, venture further afield to ski long trails sweeping through the trees and some steep terrain higher up the mountain before cruising down for that well deserved vin-chaud in a mountain bar at the base. The après scene is really lively with a number of popular bars where you can mingle with fellow skiers over a number of drinks - Le Tremplin was hot spot for younger skiers looking for a lively night.
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