La Plagne ski guide: Paradiski turns 65 with a new luxury chalet

In 1961, the French Alps were in crisis: the traditional industries of agriculture and mining were shrinking and villages were depopulating as the young moved to find work in the cities. Dr Pierre Borrione, a former French Resistance fighter and the mayor of Aime, took a gamble, building two drag lifts in his town. Not [...]