Courchevel: The People’s Ski Resort

25,000 Daily Telegraph readers have voted Courchevel their best ski resort for 2004. We wonder how many of them are familiar with the posh Vanoise resort’s humble roots. A ski resort for the masses dreamt up by socialists in the post-war euphoria of the Trente Glorieuse.

This special PisteHors report reveals the story behind the swanky faux-Savoyard facade.

Courchevel: from New Jerusalem to Babylon

Posted by davidof on Friday, 19 November, 2004 at 01:13 PM

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