Впервые в альпах. First time in the Alps.

This year for my husband and I started with skiing in the Swiss Alps. Before that, we had not had a chance to ride in the Alps, all the more pleasant to realize that the first experience turned out to be so successful. I want to share my impressions with lovers of skiing and not only.
We actively rested at the Villars Palace hotel, which operates under the Club Med system, we also met this system for the first time - this is an all-inclusive, familiar to us, but in a European way. And so, in order.
1. Flight.
We flew from Kyiv to Geneva via Paris. From Geneva, a transfer took us 1.5 hours to our hotel in Villars.
2. Settlement.

We arrived at the place only at 11 pm local time, but despite the late arrival, we were immediately given the keys to the room and kindly invited to the restaurant for dinner. After dinner we had a quick look around and found our hotel wonderful. There was a Russian-speaking manager at the hotel, however, as he himself explained to us, that for the first time this hotel hired him and only for a week, since for the first time so many Russian-speaking vacationers came to this hotel precisely for the Christmas week. We were told that we still have to enroll at the ski school in a group according to the level of our skiing. For us it was a curiosity, but we figured it out without difficulty. The road affected our fatigue, and we went to the room, because tomorrow we were waiting for the first day of skiing. Our luggage was kindly delivered to our room.
3. Number.
The room is not very large (the room is about 12 m2, a bathroom with a shower, an entrance hall), but by European standards it is quite normal. And, knowing from experience, on skis in the room you only take a shower, change clothes and “fall” to sleep. In the room - a huge bed (or rather two shifted), bedside tables, two wardrobes, LCD. TV, safe, dressing table, chair, armchair. What else does a person need in a ski resort?
4. Food and drinks.
Food according to the all-inclusive system is beyond praise. What they didn’t serve us: all kinds of meat (pork, beef, lamb), poultry (chickens, ducks, quail), fish (salmon, trout, tuna, red mullet), seafood (mussels, shrimp, squid, oysters), vegetables, fruits , cheeses, excellent desserts and whatever your heart desires. Everything is very tasty and varied. Once we visited a fondue restaurant (free of charge, by appointment), it was interesting to try this dish in its homeland. The main restaurant serves unlimited wines (white, rose and red) and draft beer "Cardinal". The bar serves any drinks and makes exotic cocktails - this is also included. In general, I liked “European-style all-inclusive” much more than in Turkish and Egyptian. It was a revelation to me that this system exists in Europe.
5. Hotel.
The hotel offers free use of the sauna, hammam, outdoor pool, fitness room and exercise equipment. For a fee - a chic Spa.
6. Children.
Due to the fact that the best conditions have been created for them (food, entertainment, children's clubs by age, etc. ), there are, of course, a great many of them - this is the only thing that bothered us in the evening. But for parents who have young children and at the same time want to go skiing, this is salvation, because. The kids are there all day long.
7. Animation.
In the evenings, performances of a very decent level are presented to the attention of vacationers. The bar has live music in the evenings, and a disco from 10.00 to 12.00.
8. Skiing.

And now the most important thing! Exactly what we went there for. The all-inclusive system here went even further and included a ski pass for 6 days and an instructor for 5 days. The hotel has a skyroom with ski rental (skis and boots of excellent quality) with storage boxes for skis and boots. From the skyroom there is an exit to the lift, which raises to the main fork of the slopes. The instructors accompany the groups (we had a group of up to 8 people) from the skyroom to the return to the hotel. Tracks for every taste, a lot of different lifts. The slopes are groomed and groomed. Our hotel in the mountains has its own restaurant, where all skiers from our hotel come for lunch. The range of this restaurant includes mulled wine and all drinks, as well as the soup of the day and a good selection of dishes on the buffet.
At first we were very worried about how we would skate in groups all the time, because we are not used to this. Usually the two of us do not always ride together, but here as a whole group. After all (as it seemed to us) we will worry so as not to lag behind, so that everyone does not wait in case of something, so as not to get lost. But all our fears were in vain. Cool knowledgeable instructors, perfect fans of their craft, know how to arrange work in groups. They helped us a lot to improve our technique, and also were guides on the slopes, because at first you can get lost there. There are no Russian-speaking instructors (at least not yet), but everyone speaks English.
An amazing vacation gave us a charge for the whole year and made us fall in love with these mountains. “Better mountains can only be mountains that you have not yet been to. ” I hope that this was not our last trip to the Alps. I recommend this hotel for all lovers of skiing and winter holidays in general.