Skiing Tignes from Edinburgh
Tignes sits 2100–3456 m in France. Flying via CMF, then a 135 km transfer. About 6.2 hours door to door.
Worth knowing. Functional concrete rather than a village. You are here for the glacier.
Pre-season — snow reliability. There is no meaningful snow on the models yet, so resorts are ranked on how snow-sure they are: altitude adjusted for latitude, glacier cover and the size of the ski area. Live scoring resumes automatically once the snow arrives. How we rank
A week, all in
£1,325
Per person sharing, including travel
Getting there
CMF
About 6.2 hours door to door
Value rank from Edinburgh
6 of 94
By snow quality against total cost
Snow Value Index
5.83
Snow score per 100 of trip cost
Is it worth it from Edinburgh?
A week here works out 15% above the median for the 94 resorts we rank from Edinburgh, and it comes 6th on value.
At 6.2 hours each way this is a week's holiday rather than a weekend. Budget the travel days.
For what it is worth, Tignes is cheapest to reach from Zurich, at about £1,082 — roughly £243 less than from Edinburgh.
What the week costs
| 7 nights, mid-range, sharing | £622 |
| 6-day adult lift pass | £298 |
| 6 days ski and boot hire | £139 |
| Return flights and transfer from Edinburgh | £266 |
| Total per person | £1,325 |
Piste kilometres, lift counts and prices are indicative and compiled from public sources — they have not yet been checked against the resort's own figures for this season. Costs are planning estimates, not quotes. Spotted one that is wrong? Tell us.
Better value from Edinburgh
More snow for less money, leaving from the same city. We would rather tell you than sell you the page you happen to be on.
- Cervinia — Italy, index 6.56£210 less
- Sestriere — Italy, index 6.26£331 less
- Les Deux Alpes — France, index 6.09£221 less
Who sells Tignes in United Kingdom
- Visit Skiworld
Skiworld
The UK's largest independent ski operator, strongest in the French Alps and known for catered chalets.
- Visit Crystal Ski Holidays
Crystal Ski Holidays
The UK's largest ski tour operator, part of TUI. Charter flights from regional airports and the widest resort coverage of any British operator.
- Visit SnowTrex
SnowTrex
Pan-European operator selling accommodation-plus-lift-pass packages across the Alps and Eastern Europe. Multi-language and multi-market, which suits an English site with pan-European traffic.
- Visit Sunweb Ski
Sunweb Ski
The dominant Dutch and Belgian winter-sports operator, with coach and flight packages to France and Austria.
Told when Tignes is about to get snow
Snowvantage sends one email a week through the season, plus powder alerts five to seven days out — while there is still something left to book.