On the menu at last: Les Menuires, France's ugly-ducking ski resort, finally comes of age

On the menu at last: Les Menuires, France's ugly-ducking ski resort, finally comes of age

Sometimes, it can take just a random comment or a chance conversation to change your opinion.

In my case, the process begins with Jean-Luc Legion. We are out on the pistes, somewhere around mid-morning, and this affable ski instructor and mountain guide is waxing lyrical about the resort.

In particular, he is talking effusively about the secret areas of the slopes where he finds the delicate flowers from which his farming family make their own supply of delectable genepi liqueur.

It sounds a pretty, pastoral idea – a little piece of snow-coated Alpine heaven.

But can this be Les Menuires, the French ski resort about which it was once almost compulsory to be as shockingly rude as possible?

No matter that is part of the fabulous Trois Vallees – that elegant tranche of the Gallic world that stretches from the premier ski enclave of Courchevel to Val Thorens via Meribel – Les Menuires has long been viewed as an ugly high-rising duckling in a place of pretty swans.

Never miss a holiday, get best holiday deals, with best flights and best hotel deals with http://www.tripmart.com

For further details, log on to http://www.tripmart.com , you will not like to miss the experience with our holiday packages.

Tripmart.com is a leading online holiday store, providing full bouquet of travel services globally. Tripmart.com (is a part Tripmart International Limited (TIL)), based in London, United Kingdom (U. K.) with presence in countries such as US, Singapore, Canada and India. Tripmart consists of team of dedicated professionals from travel and related industry with several years of expertise in travel domain.

Tripmart provides complete travel solutions for the requirement of business and leisure travelers which includes E-Business, Air, Hotel, Rail, Corporate Travel, Leisure Travel, and Travel Insurance.

Tripmart.com is a member of American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA), Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) and Tripcos.

The company specializes in holiday packages to various countries such as America, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Netherlands, Philippines, Singapore, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Thailand, UAE, UK, United Arab Emirates (UAE), United Kingdom (UK), USA, Jordan, Egypt, South Africa, and Australia.