Larch forests, a long beam of afternoon sun across the Tarentaise, and the Vanoise Express drifting overhead on its way across the valley to La Plagne. Peisey-Vallandry is the Paradiski entry that still looks like the Alps, with old Peisey down in the trees and Plan-Peisey and Vallandry strung along the slopes above. It is for skiers who want the 425 km of Paradiski but would rather sleep among larches than under floodlights.
Peisey-Vallandry is a ski resort with genuine ski-in/ski-out hotels in France, in the French Alps. The village sits at 1600 m and the lifts top out at 3250 m, with 425 km of pistes and 130 lifts. Its BestSnowHotels snow score is 86/100, and the season usually runs Dec 14 → Apr 21.
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Run counts and piste kilometres are indicative. Green runs only exist in France, Spain, Andorra, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Japan, the United States, Morocco, Algeria, Lesotho, South Africa, Egypt, Canada, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and Chile; Italy, Austria, Switzerland and Germany start at blue. Indicative average snow depth near the top of the resort, in cm.
A handful of well-rated hotels in and around the resort. Pick one, then compare live prices across Booking, Expedia and Hotels.com.
Excellent · 1.2k reviews
Strong value for Peisey-Vallandry, with a high guest rating that punches above its nightly price.
Guests rate this hotel as excellent (4.6/5 from 1,185 reviews). A mid-range option for Peisey-Vallandry, with live nightly rates shown for your exact dates so you always see the best price.
Excellent · 301 reviews
Strong value for Peisey-Vallandry, with a high guest rating that punches above its nightly price.
Great · 241 reviews
A dependable, well-reviewed choice for a stay in Peisey-Vallandry.
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Hotels in Plan-Peisey and Vallandry, both around 1,550 to 1,600 m, are genuinely ski-in/ski-out: you step out of the door onto blue and red runs and ride the Vanoise Express across to La Plagne from the same plateau. The lower village of Peisey-Nancroix at 1,300 m is not slope-side and relies on a free shuttle to the lift base, so check which of the three sectors your booking is in.
Peisey-Vallandry is really three things in one ski pass: the old slate-roofed village of Peisey-Nancroix sitting in larch forest down at 1,300 m, and the two purpose-built but human-scale clusters of Plan-Peisey (1,600 m) and Vallandry (1,550 m) up on the lift line. From here the Les Arcs side of Paradiski opens straight out, and the Vanoise Express, a double-decker cable car spanning the Ponturin gorge in four minutes, drops you onto Bellecôte and the whole La Plagne side. The skiing is famously scenic, long pistes cut through larch and pine, and the forest aspect means it skis well in flat light when higher resorts go blank. It suits families, intermediate skiers who like a varied 425 km playground without ski-resort theatre, and anyone who has decided to swap the high-altitude hubs for trees, sun and slightly slower nights. Plan-Peisey and Vallandry are slope-side; Peisey-Nancroix proper is a free shuttle ride down.
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Peisey-Vallandry offers 425 km of pistes across 130 lifts, from 1600 m to 3250 m. Whether it suits beginners depends on the dedicated learner zones at the base of the slopes, so check the local ski-school options for green and blue run access.
The season runs from Dec 14 to Apr 21, with a snow score of 86/100. Snow is usually most reliable in the heart of that window, deep in winter, while the closing weeks bring longer days and softer afternoon snow.
Hotels in Plan-Peisey and Vallandry, both around 1,550 to 1,600 m, are genuinely ski-in/ski-out: you step out of the door onto blue and red runs and ride the Vanoise Express across to La Plagne from the same plateau. The lower village of Peisey-Nancroix at 1,300 m is not slope-side and relies on a free shuttle to the lift base, so check which of the three sectors your booking is in.
Peisey-Vallandry has 425 km of marked pistes served by 130 lifts, between 1600 m and 3250 m of altitude.
Peisey-Vallandry counts about 130 marked runs in total. The colour breakdown above shows how they split by difficulty, a good guide to whether the resort fits your level.
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