France Activity Holidays - Activity Holidays Europe - Adventure Breaks France
France Activity Holidays - Activity Holidays Europe - Adventure Breaks France
When you come to La Source for a catered week or course, we consider it to be holistic because:
Your body is nourished with healthy food and lots of physical activity and rest.
Your mind is soothed by the beauty and immenseness of the environment and spacious simplicity of the architecture.
Your soul finds space to breathe away from the business of daily life.
Yoga, meditation, relaxation, and being in the mountains helps bring you beyond the mind to your Source.
We run a range of courses and holidays to invigorate mind and soul including
- Multi Adventure Weeks
- Climbing Weeks
- Yoga Adventure Weeks
- Ski Yoga Weeks
Timetable, Prices & Special Offers
Multi Adventure Weeks - 2010
This is our most popular course because you can design your perfect Alpine holiday!
Spend an adventurous week of sports, yoga, hiking, swimming in lakes, sitting in a hot tub under the stars, watching art films and listening to music with new friends! The week is ideal for solo travellers, couples, families or friends.
There is plenty of time to hike, bike, horse ride, swim in a lake, visit the botanic garden, go rafting etc. You can also elect for the optional morning 1.5 hours of yoga, pranayama and mediation (min 4 people) which will help you tune your body and mind.
July - 4th and 11th (with guests hosts Dan, dancer from NYC and Thilo, yogi from Berlin), 18th and 25th
August - 8th, 22nd
September - 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th
Price: €555 or €505 with green travel discount* €370 children from 3-17 (€50 Green discount per adult if you come by train, bike, hitch hike or shared car).
Yoga Adventure Holiday Weeks - 2010
La Source has been described as an ‘Adventure Sports Ashram’ and a ‘Hip 21st Century Commune!’. This 5* family run lodge is just above Samoens, a rural alpine village. The food is delicious, vegetarian and healthy and there is a lovely friendly atmosphere.
July - 4th and 11th (with guests hosts Dan, dancer from NYC and Thilo, yogi from Berlin)
August - 22nd
September - 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th
Price: €630 or €580
Includes: Geneva airport transfers, 5 vegetarian dinners, 7 organic breakfasts, 7 nights at the ‘best eco lodge in the Alps’, 5 x 1.5 hours of Hatha Vinyasa morning yoga, Hot tub, Lake trip, Market trip
Climbing Weeks - The Beginners Leading Camp or the Coaching Camp -2010
If you like climbing and yoga but want MORE from you holiday... this is the place to come. Under the careful watch of some of the best guides in Europe - Anna Torretta, ex-World ice-climbing champion or John Falkiner, legendary mountain hero, Agniezka, rock godess, or Coach Duncan McCallum, ex-professional climber and founding director of Europe’s largest climbing wall Ratho, you will enjoy real progress on the rock and in the mind and body!
September - 12th, 19th
October - 3rd
Price: €885 or €835 with green travel discount* (€150 single supplement if you do not want to share)
Includes: 7 nights accommodation in the Best Eco-Lodge in the Alps, 5 x 5* delicious mostly organic vegetarian dinners, 7 organic wholesome breakfasts, 5 days of World class qualified climbing instruction in small groups , All climbing gear (except shoes), Hot tubs, 3 x 90 minute yoga classes, A lake and market trip, Airport transfers (3pm pick up and drop off), Cluses train station pick up, All local shuttles
Ski Holidays - 2010 / 2011
We welcome a lot of solo skiers, couples, (especially incompatible ski partners!), friends and families.
The thing about staying here, is that it is always a lot more than a skiing holiday! Powder skiers often have adventures that take them beyond their wildest dreams. Intermediates and beginners are nurtured and encouraged to try new things, and non-skiers have a wonderful space to ‘be’ with loads of activities to choose from.
Availability between 2nd Jan and 18th April 2011, please enquire.
We offer a €50 Green Travel Discount (GTD) for any adult coming by shared car, train, or who hitches or bikes from their home!
Click on the 'Make an Enquiry' button above to recieve more information about any of our weeks
Travel
La Source is 5 minutes drive, or 30 minute walk from Samoens and Morillon Village and the ski lifts. We run a free daily shuttle winter and summer.
If you come by train, shared car, hitch or bike we give you a €100 off green travel discount in the winter and €50 off in the summer.
Train - If you are travelling on your own, train travel has ¼ less emissions than flying or driving. The best thing about train travel is that if you leave in the afternoon, you can have dinner in Paris, get the night train and get here by 9am. We’ll pick you up in Cluses, and you can have an extra day on the slopes or in the mountains. Check out www.snowcarbon.co.uk. They are building a Samoens page, but in the meantime, go to their Les Gets details. You'll get off the train in Cluse!
Car - If there are 4 of you, travelling by car, in a well serviced modern car is even more efficient than the train.
From England try: Folkestone via the Eurotunnel. Dover via P&O Ferries or Portsmouth via Brittany ferries.
From Scotland you can take the Rosyth-Zeebrugge ferry.
Plane - If flying is your only option, you may be lucky enough to see Mont Blanc bathing in a sea of cloud!
The closest airport is Geneva 42 miles /64 km or 1 hour away. The following airlines provide the best services into Geneva: Easyjet, British Airways, Air France .
Note - end up in the Swiss side of the Airport; it’s just easier!
Airport Transfer - We run a free Geneva airport shuttle at 3pm on Sunday. Gather in the Airport Jazz Cafe!! We drop off at 2.30pm the following Sunday. Book flights to fit in with these times, otherwise you can call Dan Dan the Van Man at www.gomassif.com but watch out, in the summer solo transfers cost €120!!
Bike or hitch-hike - If you have a Dream, Live it!
If you do hitch or bike, we’ll give you a ‘Respect’ deal! When you live in a city and are bombarded by a fear culture these may sound like stupid ideas… but over here, we are idealistic and we reckon hitching is way under-rated. The kids round here hitch to school. And as for biking, after helping us renovate this place…, Chris cycled from here to Uni in Wales.. all 1500kms!
Directions from airport - Once you have hired the car, follow signs for France, go through the border, and follow the A40 for Chamonix Mont-Blanc. You will go through 2 tolls which will cost about E3.50. About 30 minutes along the A40 you will be at exit 18 (Cluse). Leave here and follow signs for Samoens which will take about 20 minutes.
Driving Times
AIRPORT Geneva 55 minutes
FERRY Calais 8-10 hours
TRAIN Annecy 40 minutes, Cluse 15 minutes
SKI AREAS Grand Massif - 5 minutes, Les Portes du Soleil - 30 minutes, Chamonix - 50 minutes