Signature experience — Les Arcs
The four Arcs and Charlotte Perriand’s legacy
Duration
Half day
Price
From €340
Mercedes
Dedicated vehicle & chauffeur
From the stark slab blocks of Arc 2000 to the wooded edge around Arc 1600, your eye jumps from muscular modernism to forms carved for the slope. Charlotte Perriand’s hand shows in curved facades, low-slung roofs, and sun‑oriented layouts conceived in 1967 to keep Mont Blanc in frame. Arc 1800 lines up its “snow liners” above the Tarentaise, while Arc 1950, opened in 2003, stages a pedestrian hamlet with stonework and alleys. You compare typologies, trace view corridors, and read a masterplan written across a mountainside.
This half‑day starts at your hotel in Les Arcs: a Mercedes vehicle at your disposal and a driver handling the short hops between resorts, 4–12 minutes apart depending on snow. Stop for the Chantel facades, wander the Place Olympique, peek into the Arc 1600 Architecture Atelier; meanwhile, he drives, waits, and picks back up toward the Col de la Chal. If arriving by TGV, your driver can meet you in Bourg‑Saint‑Maurice; flexible timing, photos, a coffee in Arc 1950—you savour it while he deals with hairpins and parking.
Your itinerary
- I
09:30 Pick-up at your hotel in Les Arcs, drive to Arc 1600, stop by the Architecture Atelier.
- II
10:10 Scenic 12‑minute hop to Arc 1800, brief walk along the Chantel “snow liners.”
- III
11:00 Transfer to Arc 1950, coffee on Place de l’Horloge and a look at materials and arcades.
- IV
11:40 Final leg to Arc 2000, viewpoint to Aiguille Rouge, then return to start around 13:00.
What’s included
- ✓ Dedicated driver
- ✓ Recent Mercedes
- ✓ Hotel or station pickup
- ✓ Waiting time and photo stops
Your chauffeur’s tip
For crisp facade shadows in Arc 1800, time your visit between 10:00 and 11:00 on a clear day; in peak weeks, prebook a spot at Charvet parking to keep walks short.
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