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Mountain restaurants

Tignes has a small but solid selection of mountain restaurants, with the option of skiing into neighbouring Val d’Isère if you fancy something new. Our pick of the bunch for food is the smart Italian Lo Soli at the top of the Chaudannes chair-lift on L'Aiguille Percée, while the aptly named Le Panoramic is best for views.

If you're the packed lunch type, the resort has recently finished constructing a picnic area at the top of the Aiguille Rouge, offering stunning scenery to wash down your sandwiches. 

Restaurants in town

When it comes to dining out, each one of Tignes' five villages has its own bag of hidden gems, with so many great choices that we can’t list them all here.

Nonetheless, some of our personal favourites in recent years have included Le Coeur des Neiges in Tignes Le Lac, where you’ll dine on tartiflette and wild mushroom gnocchi around stylish fire pits; Le Caveau in Val Claret for the meals your Savoyard grandmother used to make; and for something really special (with a pricetag to match), the Colombian-inspired Bazurto in Val Claret.

Making up for their distance from the slopes, Les Brévières and Les Boisses also boast some knock-out traditional fare amid exquisite chalet architecture—we liked L’Armailly and Ô 1800 respectively.

Après-ski and nightlife

While somewhat limited in the past when it came to après-ski, Tignes now promises an excellent night out for partygoers (and has become very popular with British students and saisonnaires for that reason). For table-dancing action straight off the slopes, a must-visit is Cocorico in Val Claret, which has live music and suitably large beer pitchers. Fans of La Folie Douce will also be pleased to know that Val d’Isère’s is easily accessible from Tignes, although you’ll need to get a bus back from the village of La Daille.

Not far from Cocorico, Val Claret’s so-called ‘Golden Triangle’ provides more leisurely après action at Grizzly’s Bar, before pres at Arobaze Café and La Grotte Du Yeti and a night of dancing at Blue Girl or Melting Club, all within staggering distance of each other. 

Compared to Val Claret, Tignes Le Lac and Le Lavachet offer a more relaxed evening experience. We recommend L’Embuscade, a cosy, wood-panelled locals bar complete with pool table, as well as the live music (and burgers) at Le Brasero.

The Les Boisses and Les Brévières are even more relaxed, but you'll find a few choice restaurant-bars, and if you fancy something more lively you can easily take the shuttle bus to/from Val d'Isère or Tignes central.