The best approach to nature in winter, another way of walking and escaping in wide-open untouched areas. With the help of a specialised instructor, discovery of the winter flora and fauna, initiation to reading the lanscape, learning to walk in all types of snow...Walks for half a day, a day or a week. Also open to kids, these activities have great success.

 

35 km of traced out, marked out and packed down paths. Discovery of the Fontbonne area, of the Peyniers area with its orientation table, of villages with old communal wash tubs and ovens, and small streets which will lead you to meet the locals. Unmissable, the panorama from the Vars Pass (2109m), with the lake of Napoleon's refuge downhill, a favourite spot for trekkers.

 

The "promenade" ticket (4€) gives pedestrians access to the unclutchable chair lift at Sainte Marie or to the Chabrières' cable car. 1 ride= 1 ticket. Going downhill can be done via the chair lift or the cable car.

 

A free shuttle service is provided to go to each village or to the Vars pass.

 

After a packed day, enjoy the pleasure of relaxing and looking after yourself.

 

Relaxation area: composed of a hammam, a sauna, and a relaxation area to get back on your feet gently.

 

Massage salon, shiatsu sessions (Japanese traditional method of relaxation), fully equipped squash room with gear rental. Several centres in the resort also have a sauna with public access.

 

Nordic bath: a wooden fire lit in a aluminium stove, immersed, heats up the water of the bath: a unique sensation! Originality and conviviality of the real relaxing outdoor hot bath with essential oils.

 

Zen workshop: soft gym, relaxation, stretching. Workshops provided by the "Service Animation" of the Tourist Office.

 

vars, a resort with a Mediteranean character in its climate and the purety of its blue sky at an altitude perfectly in tune with its immaculate scenery.

It is in a great setting that Vars has resolutely planted the modernity flag in the mountain environment of the 3 historic villages: a harmonious cohabitation between tradition, modern services and a warm welcome.

Everyone will find something to arouse their taste buds among the good typical Vars food, restaurants still speak the language of our most typical dishes with tasty resonances: "crousetons", donkey ears, nettle soup, full-flavoured wines and liquors.

 

Find out by yourself how good it is to live in Vars, to relax and have fun there, to let yourself go...

 

Initiation into natural ice waterfalls in a preserved environment. Technique borrowed from rock climbing on ice formations over about 10 meters high.

 

More physical than trekking on ice torrents, the initiation into ice waterfalls is for adults and teenagers who wish to practise a new nature activity. With the help of a guide.

Come and discover Vars seen from the sky, great scenery as you have never seen in mountains not exploited until now, Vars resort will have no longer any secrets for you!!
With family or friends, up to four people, everyday of the season, the heliport staff will welcome you and enable you to have your first flight and enjoy a bird's eye view of the panorama of the Forêt Blanche area.

 

After a day of skiing, little ones and grown-ups can test the latest game models.

 

To keep in touch with your loved ones, your work (even though it is holiday time) or simply to find some information, several internet points are at your disposal. Equipped with computers or simple Wifi connections, all possibilities are offered.

 

A great choice of books is offered for the little ones as well as for grown-ups. Works on the region, local writers, memoirs, collections, books on development history, on mountain areas, but also novels, comic books, and a specialised library for children...

 

Ice rink, cinema, weekly event programme...little ones and grown-ups will enjoy their holiday in Vars.