Les Angles is a pretty village ski resort where approx 800 inhabitants live all year round. Consequently there is good commerce in the village with two supermarkets (one open all year), a choice of bakeries, and outdoor equipment shops, butcher’s, pharmacy, medical centre, wide choice of restaurants, and a bowling alley.
The area is ideal for ski-ing and walking and a fantastic place for families with children with plenty to see and do. A free bus service is provided in peak seasons – summer and winter to get you around the resort, if you don't facny walking.
Although we recommend a car to get here, once you are at the house it is possible to get around easily on foot, by bike or using the free navette (buses) in season. The terrain around Les Angles is on a plateau and so it is relatively flat getting from the house to Lake Matemale, which you can do using vehicle-free tracks.
Things to do:
There is an information pack in the house which details activities and things to see, but to give you an idea….
- Cross country ski-ing
- Downhill ski-ing / snow boarding – Stay local at Les Angles (50km of pistes, 31 in all – 3 black 15 red 6 blue and 7 green) or choose to ski at any one of the 9 Neiges Catalans resorts all within an easy drive of Les Angles, providing access to 285 km of pistes.
- Hire snow shoes either with or without a guide and experience walking amidst the peace of the mountains in winter.
- Cross country ski-ing – numerous routes available close to Les Angles
- Walking – Many routes are also accessible in winter and if you prefer not to walk in snow, you can descend a few hundred metres, or choose some of the forest trails, where the trees provide
more shelter from snowfall. But in summer this region comes into it’s own with the most fantastic scenery. Choose from strenuous hikes to more leisurely strolls on the flatter forest trails. - Take a trip in the telecabine and have lunch in the restaurant at the top.
- Paragliding in tandem with an experienced paraglider (setting off from the top of the mountain, typically you will land in one of the fields right behind the chalet)
- Husky dog sledging
- Snow kite – ski whilst being pulled along by a kite
- Scuba diving under ice
- Sign up to workshops on animal tracking or building an igloo
- Cycling – hire or bring your own, tandems, trailer bikes for kids – mountain biking or on the flatter forest tracks. Our children of 6, 5 and 3 can easily cycle the 12km round Lac de Matemale (the 3 yr old on a tag-along attached to our bike)
- In the summer at Lac de Matemale there are the following activities (there's also a great chalet restaurant there too....)
- Archery
- Pony riding
- Trampolining
- Sailing
- Fishing
- Inflatables
- Swimming pool
- Husky sledging (on wheels)
- Visit the caves of Fontrabiouse
- Animal Park at Les Angles
- Solar Furnace – either at Mont Louis or Font Romeu
- Take a ride on the Little yellow train – a narrow guage railway with spectacular views and scenery
- Thermal baths – choose from 3 all within 35 minutes drive
- Spa bath / Jacuzzi at Matemale – 5 minutes drive
- Visit Llivia - The only foreign enclave on French soil, following the Treaty of the Pyrenees. Take a scenic stroll through this lively village via a myriad of delightful streets full of shops and restaurants.
- Spend a day in Andorra – with tax free shopping.