Facilities in Flaine

There's a lot to do in Flaine besides skiing and snowboarding. Outdoor sports include snowshoeing, a natural open air ice skating rink, paragliding hang gliding and snowmobiling. Renault's ice driving school is very popular, with a 700 metre (Nearly half a mile) circuit and very experienced instructors offering a variety of classes from 30 minute private lessons to 3 day workshops. Helicopter flights are also available. Indoor options include a swimming pool with water garden for children (Swimming trunks essential, swimming shorts not acceptable wear!), cinema, climbing wall and a fitness centre with 20 pieces of gym equipment as well as two Finnish saunas and sun beds. More unusual facilities include the Flaine Cultural Centre, open every evening and containing a library (Books in English and German as well as French), audio-visual room and a collection of art including scupltures by Picasso, Dubuffet and Vasarely - tours are organised once a week. Concerts are staged in the 500 seat auditorium and a full program of events including torchlit descents, national and international ski an snowboarding competitions and a variety of other events are staged through the season. Full details are in the resort's newspaper, Flainoscope' available from the tourist office, or are broadcast on Flaine's own radio station on 89.8 FM.