If you are crazy about offpiste skiing, have a young family and are set on staying in a chalet in one of the prettiest modern ski villages in France then Sainte Foy is the place for you.

Nestled among the trees at 1,550m in a sunny bowl above the Isère valley in the mountainous old kingdom of Savoie it lies just a short car ride from a host of better-known ski resorts such as Val D’Isère, Tignes, La Thuile, La Rosière and Villaroger and has stunning views of Mont Blanc (4,807m), western Europe’s highest mountain.