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