La Thuile Village
Originally a silver mining village, La Thuile is set in woodland and now consists of a combination of attractive traditional old buildings, including several small family run hotels, with the modern residence of Planibel conveniently located right on the slopes. It is essentially a quiet resort, with a predominantly Italian clientèle, particularly at weekends.
There is a good supermarket and butchers located in the Planibel centre, a bakery and several excellent delicatessens selling local cheeses, cured meats, salamis, fresh pasta, wines and liquors. There are also some charming shops selling handcrafted gifts, and of course a tobacconist, pharmacy and sports shops with ski and mountaineering equipment. There is also a weekly market on Saturday.
La Thuile has a good selection of friendly restaurants and bars serving excellent Italian fare including antipasta and pasta specialties of the Aosta region together with pizzas and fondues.
La Grotta is popular for cheap pasta and pizza from its traditional wooden oven, La Bricole and Le Rascard for fondues and other traditional dishes. Downstairs at Taverna Coppapan, enjoy great service and a large variety of piping hot pizzas made to your choice. Or for something different you can eat TexMex at Pepita Cafe.
For those with a sweet tooth the wonderful “Chocolat” café serves all things chocolaty including chocolate fondue!
Après ski is low key based around several unpretentious bars, including Bar La Buvette at the bottom of the gondola, and La Bricolette which serves good wines and cocktails, whilst La Bricole Pub and the Fantasia nightclub at Planibel are popular haunts for something a little bit more lively.
- Swimming pool
- Fitness Centre
- Sauna & Turkish bath
- Pool tables
- Table tennis
- Garderie “Il Grande Albero” in Villaret for babies 0-3 years old 07.45 – 17.30 Monday – Saturday (predominately Italian speaking)
- Complimentary Mini Club, Planibel for children aged 4-12 years 09.00 – 18.00 (predominantly Italian speaking)
- Snow Tubing
- Snow Park
- Museum/Silver Mine Exhibition
- Thermal Spa in Pre St Didier
- Glacier and Off Piste Guiding
- Cross country skiing
- Snowshoe walking excursions
- Excursions to the Roman town of Aosta (including Medieval Castles)
- Shopping trip to Turin
- Buses run to Aosta and Courmayeur
- Pre St Didier Terme for a wonderful Spa Experience
- Italy and France: La Thuile to La Rosiere and Courmayeur to Chamonix (Vallee Blanche)
- Italy and Switzerland: Cervinia to Zermatt