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Club Med: Christmas at the end of the world and the mountains on January 17

2020-12-06T19:32:31.719Z


Health crisis requires, the choice of GM will be limited this winter to a third of the usual offer. That is all the same 22 exotic and alpine villages.


Hot weather guaranteed for GMs during the holiday season.

On the program, Morocco with Marrakech, the Indian Ocean in two resorts in the Maldives, Brazil with a choice of three destinations, plus these four possibilities in the Caribbean: Cancun in Mexico, two clubs in the Dominican Republic and La Caravelle in Guadeloupe.

During Christmas week, free admission will be offered to children up to 6 years old and reductions granted to young people up to 17 years old.

On the other hand, it will be necessary to wait to gain altitude in the French Alps.

Due to the closure of ski lifts and restaurants, Club Med has postponed the opening of its refuges, including the new Savoyard village of La Rosière, to January 17.

Just opposite, on the other side of this high Tarentaise valley, the Arc Panorama d'Arc 1600 resort will only accommodate skiers.

In Arc 2000, in fact, the resort's second club will not open this season.

Read also: Where can the French travel at Christmas and the next few weeks?

Our map, country by country

Ditto for the two Italian villages of Valle d'Aosta (Cervinia) and Piedmont (Pragelato).

As for the Sun King, the Swiss refuge in Saint-Moritz, in Graubünden,

“it will open on December 20

, specifies Anne Browaeys, general manager of the Europe-Africa markets,

and will welcome Europeans and French people for the end of the year. ".

What about the checks generously promised by the President of the Republic to dissuade us from going down the slopes of the Confederation?

"We are awaiting clarification from the government,"

replied Anne Browaeys.

Read also: Skiing in Europe: Switzerland, Andorra, Italy ... which opens, which closes for the Christmas holidays?

Sanitary protocol

In Guadeloupe, La Caravelle on Sainte-Anne beach Delphine Coutant - Club Med

In terms of health, the protocol, already well established this summer, has everything planned to optimize distance and facilitate travel without complicating the lives of holidaymakers.

The XXL size of the resorts makes it easier to comply with these measures.

As Gino Andreetta, managing director of the Europe-Africa resorts, says,

“space is a great luxury”.

Thus, in the restaurant, the plate service has replaced the traditional buffets, the tables are spaced 1m to 1.50m apart, each family is grouped around the same table and the meal times have been extended.

Read also: Traveling for Christmas: what you need to know before you go

The supervision of children has been reworked to accommodate them in small groups.

As for the entertainment for all, they are now scattered in the common areas, here a

live

concert

, there a demonstration of Street Art, there magic tricks ... So finished the sacrosanct show given after dinner by the GO in front of a GM's floor in full force.

Finally, the digital tool makes it possible, via a dedicated application, to obtain information and book activities without having to travel.

“Our customers really want a vacation,

positive Anne Browaeys.

Since the announcement of deconfinement on December 15, reservations have jumped for Marrakech, the Dominican Republic and Guadeloupe.

Our West Indian village is already 61% full for the week of February 13, when zones A and C will be on leave simultaneously ”.

That week, the alpine villages of Peisey-Vallandry, La Plagne, Tignes-Val Claret (Savoie) and Serre-Chevalier (Hautes-Alpes) are already almost full.

Source: lefigaro

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