Pralognan-la-Vanoise (Trip report and opinions, with of bit of information for you)

Hello, everyone, how are you doing? first post on this community but I've got a little something that you might be interested in. It's a beautiful little village in the middle of Savoie (France) I go to sometimes called Pralognan-la-Vanoise.

It's calm and peaceful, I feel like i'm in another world when I'm there. In a place like France where I thought everything had been seen, it's very surprisings. This village is incredibly authentic, châlets everywhere, pastures in the middle of town, I feel like I'm in a side of France you rarely get to see anymore, that few people even know still exists.

Mountains everywhere just shooting out of the ground going all the way up to over 3000 meters high. The whole valley is full of cliffs, trees and grass, every is green, and then you go outside with this amazing view, a big blue sky and singing birds.

Not only that but overall wildlife preservation around it is exceptionnal, the village is almost entirely inside the Vanoise National Park, the first national park in all of France, filled with ibexes, mountain goats, groundhogs edelweisses and glaciers.

Now's not exactly the season (April), but hiking is a really big thing here. They have a whole lot of hikes, whether they are day hikes or multiday hikes. It's very family friendly, I've seen young and rather eldery people really enjoying themselves in this little paradise. There is always something to do.

If anyone needs more information it's all on Pralognan-la-Vanoise's Tourism Office if you need, I might also be able to answer some questions too.

I put in a few of what I believe are my best pictures including some of La fête de l'alpe et des guides an amazing event focused Alpine and Savoie tradition, shows just how authentic the village is. There is also La fête du Barioz a few weeks earlier. Really amazing discovery this year the dates are 19/07 (La fête du Barioz) and 8/08-9/08 (La fête de l'alpe et des guides) if you're ever interested.