Situated mid-way between Mont Blanc and Lake Geneva, Morzine is stunning for Alpine scenery, nestled between forests and summits. Here life is leisurely, and the village has lost nothing of its original Charm and the Savoyard way of life.
Ideally placed right in the middle of the Portes du Soleil, Morzine is the gateway to a marvellous winter playground of 650 km of ski-slopes. In summer, these slopes become sign-posted footpaths for trekking and MTB. Not forgetting the miles of open spaces surrounding the ski-runs from where you can head off into the middle of nowhere.
Either for a few days or a longer holiday, both idlers and sports fans will find everything they need for a real break with family or friends - everything for a perfect, peaceful and pleasurable holiday. Sharing, laughing, playing, discovering, with loads of thrills, fresh air, great food and views. You'll have a ball!
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THE BEGINNING OF TOURISM - THE BUILDING OF THE ® GRAND HOTEL ¯
It is often rumoured that Morzine's debut as a tourist destination was due to a few obstinate well-placed civil servants posted in Geneva, who succumbed to the charms of this old village huddled at the top of the Aulps valley, and its gentle curving mountains and sheer vertiginous cliffs.
The `Grand Hotel' (first tourist hotel built in the 1920's) and its owner Fran‡ois Baud opened up a new chapter in the village's annuls. The influx of summer tourists was a breath of fresh air for local inhabitants who lived a modest life based on agriculture and the already declining slate-mines.
1934: OPENING OF THE PLNEY CABLE CAR
Ever more intrepid, tourists were slowly seduced by winter in Morzine. The thick covering of snow was a pretext for games and hitherto unknown sports:
tobogganing, ski-j”ring (towed behind a horse), the beginnings of downhill skiing and even ski-jumping!
In 1934, the Pleney cable-car was officially opened with great pomp and ceremony. It was only used by hikers and those in search of Alpine views, as skiing was still a sport reserved for the reassuring prairies down in the valley.
1960:THE BUILDING OF AVORIAZ
Winter sports were developing at an alarming pace and Morzine locals were in search of higher ski-fields, having already built ski-lifts on Pleney, Nyon and ChamossiŠre.
In 1960 Jean Vuarnet became resort director, and his task was to develop Avoriaz. The building of this `little Savoyard Colorado' with its mimetic architecture was the decisive move that lead to the creation of the Portes du Soleil, thanks to close relationships formed with Champ‚ry and les Crosets. It also lent Morzine-Avoriaz its double identity which allies tradition with modernism.
MORZINE TODAY
Following in its ancestors' footsteps, Morzine today continues this tradition of charming hospitality and controlled development. Today the resort has conserved the village's old-world `look': wooden facades, sculpted balconies, slate-covered roofs. all of which are typical of Morzine. But its services and infrastructure are in line with the demands of modern tourism.
Photo Credits:
Photo 1 JP Bertin/ OT Morzine
Photo 2 JP Bertin/ OT Morzine
Photo 3 F. Reinhart/ OT Morzine
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Photo 5 F. Reinhart/ OT Morzine
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