Dear subscribers,
The All Saints holidays end with another warning shot.
We feared him, he is there.
Containment, second in the name.
Once again, our daily life is at a standstill.
Once again, we're going to have to pause our projects to calm down.
The dream, the escape, the meeting, in short, the substance of what travel is, have never seemed so far away.
Even the sacrosanct family Christmas celebrations are, for the moment, in the conditional ...
What if, to withstand the shock of the coming weeks, we "cultivate the hope", to use the pretty presidential formula, of a better start in the coming months?
For the February holidays, the horizon already seems clearer.
The ski resorts are counting on the recovery, they who have been preparing for months to welcome travelers in complete safety.
Not insignificant asset, the slopes will be one of the rare places where you can get rid of the mask!
While waiting to take advantage of this new-found freedom, let's, if only virtually, head to our peaks for a great breath of fresh air.
A ski season under close surveillance
Skiing in Saint-Martin de Belleville, in the Trois-Vallées area, in Savoie.
Madelon
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These winter vacations will or will not be.
To reassure travelers, ski resorts have bet everything on health security.
Tests at the foot of the slopes, explanatory panels, without forgetting the barrier gestures ... Boring?
Some municipalities prefer to laugh about it: in Combloux, in Haute-Savoie, travelers are thus advised to respect a “social distancing” equivalent to ... an ibex, thirteen snowballs or seven reblochons!
Will this arsenal of measures be enough to convince the French to put on their moon boots?
One thing is certain: skiers who try the adventure should enjoy the tranquility they dream of on the slopes.
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Towards the grandiose mountains of the Dolomites
Lake Dobbiaco in South Tyrol.
Laurent Fabre for Le Figaro Magazine
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Mountaineering pioneer Reinhold Messner called them "the most beautiful mountains in the world".
Located in the far north of Italy, in South Tyrol, the Dolomites, classified as a World Heritage Site since 2009, fascinate and intrigue.
Altitude hotels, gourmet restaurants, new museums and magical lakes combine wonderfully, and yet it is almost an oxymoron, Germanic rigor and dolce vita.
Head for a country where cliffs storm the sky.
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Austria reaches out to its first holidaymakers
The Ischgl resort in Tyrol, one of the main clusters of the coronavirus epidemic in March 2020, has taken strict measures to save its season.
Adobe Stock / vitma
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Serial tests, flexible reservations, strict hygiene measures: Austrian ski resorts are doing their utmost to welcome European holidaymakers in complete safety from the end of November.
To reassure the hundreds of thousands of tourists who come to the region each year, several stations have already set up test centers at the foot of the slopes.
This is the case of the highly prized Ischgl, in Tyrol, among the first clusters of the start of the Covid-19 epidemic.
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Saint-Gervais, chic and without fuss
Saint-Gervais is part of the Evasion Mont-Blanc ski area (220 slopes).
Adobe Stock / Arnaud Lesueur
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Here, no fuss, only the authentic.
Popular with families, this large village at the bottom of the valley, raised to an altitude of 800 meters and renowned for its thermal waters, fully plays the card of well-being and skiing.
In this area where 60% of the ski area covers alpine pastures, the snow depth is not very important.
This is because we are going for something else: a cultural après-ski and a sublime face-to-face with Mont Blanc.
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