Keep calm and pretend you are hitting the slopes of Courchevel

Sometimes you need to just get away, but you don’t have the time or the money. Don’t despair, a mental vacation can help. Take a five-minute break from work/home and join us as we travel to Courchevel. (courchevel.com)

Updated on: Apr 13, 2016 5:15 PM IST

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Sometimes you need to just get away, but you don’t have the time or the money. Don’t despair, a mental vacation can help. Take a five-minute break from work/home and join us as we travel to Courchevel. (courchevel.com)

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Located in the westernmost fold of France’s Trois Vallées, the largest ski area in the world, Courchevel is made up of four separate settlements, each defined by its altitude in metres. (courchevel.com)

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Courchevel 1850, the largest of the four, is the glitziest of the French Alpine resorts offering exclusive hotels, stylish chalets and apartments, Michelin-starred restaurants and a buzzing nightlife. (courchevel.com)

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The resort offers plenty of scope for skiers of all grades with miles of carefully maintained pistes. (courchevel.com)

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Once a predominantly French resort, referred to as the 21st arrondissement of Paris, it is today a cosmopolitan destination attracting a jet-set crowd from as far as Russia and Argentina. (courchevel.com)

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Courchevel was the first purpose-built resort in France. (courchevel.com)

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A treacherous altiport was built in the 1960s for use by private jets. (courchevel.com)

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The Winter Olympics in 1992 confirmed Courchevel as one of the world’s top snow resorts. (courchevel.com)

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In the past 15 years or so, it has become the winter playground for Russian billionaires. (courchevel.com)