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Must-see places in La Plagne

La Plagne brings together high-altitude villages and traditional villages around a ski area linked to Les Arcs by the Vanoise Express. Families come here for the skiing, the Olympic bobsleigh track and, in summer, the Vanoise.

• Live 3000 and the Glaciers gondola

  All year

  From the Roche de Mio, at 2,715 m, the Glaciers gondola climbs in ten minutes to 3,080 m, the top of La Plagne, facing the glaciers of the Vanoise: a terrace and the Le Sixième Ciel café, open to skiers and pedestrians alike. The Aérolive, two open-air cabins, costs extra.

• The Olympic bobsleigh track

  Winter

  France's only bobsleigh track and the track of the 1992 Albertville Games: 1.5 km and 19 bends, below Plagne 1800. In the late afternoon, the public rides down in a self-steering bob-raft, from 1.30 m tall and at up to 80 km/h, or behind a pilot, from age 16. From mid-December to early April.

• Les Bains de Belle Plagne

  All year

  In the heart of Belle Plagne, a pedestrian village at 2,050 m, the Deep Nature spa devotes 1,500 m² to wellbeing: saunas, a hammam, a salt cave and, outside, two heated pools, hot tubs and Nordic baths facing the mountains. Open in winter and summer alike, with themed evenings.

• The Vanoise Express

  All year

  Since 2003, this cable car has linked Montchavin-Les Coches with Peisey-Vallandry, and so La Plagne with Les Arcs: two double-decker cabins holding 200 people each, a four-minute crossing 380 m above the ground. It runs all winter and, in summer, on a shorter schedule.

• The Church of Saint-Sigismond in Champagny-en-Vanoise

  All year

  At the entrance to Champagny-en-Vanoise, on a gypsum promontory, the Church of Saint-Sigismond is recognisable by its leaning bell tower. Inside, the Baroque decoration reaches its height in the tabernacle, peopled by more than a hundred gilded cherubs. The village has been linked to the La Plagne ski area since 1971.

• The Champagny-le-Haut valley

  All year

  A protected natural site and gateway to the Vanoise National Park, the valley strings together five hamlets of traditional buildings, from La Couaz to Le Laisonnay. In winter, 24 km of cross-country trails, sledging and snowshoeing; in summer, ibex and marmots are easy to spot, and mountain refuges extend the walk.

• The Basilica of Saint-Martin in Aime

  All year

  Down in the valley, in Aime, this 11th-century Romanesque church, built on the remains of a Roman civil basilica, has frescoes from the late 12th or early 13th century, a crypt and a lapidary museum. Listed as a historic monument in 1875, it opens in summer; the rest of the year, visits on request.