18 Aug 2015
Hotels and chalets
Châtel
Chalet Mustang is a new luxury catered chalet located at 200m from the Linga cable car. It has five en-suite bedrooms, all with balconies, a large lounge and dining room. It can be booked for the week or short stays.
La Clusaz
5-star hotel Au Cœur du Village, part of the prestigious Relais & Châteaux collection, is opening a chalet. Chalet Les Ecrins can sleep up to eight people, in its three en-suite bedrooms and has a spacious living room. Guests can enjoy all the hotel's services when staying in the chalet.
Courchevel
White 1921 Courchevel is a new 4-star hotel, located in the heart of the resort. Built by French architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte, the hotel has 26 contemporary bedrooms decorated in a mountain style. Breakfast can be served in the bedrooms or in the Grand Salon. With its cosy décor, the Petit Salon is the perfect place to relax at any time of the day. White 1921 Courchevel also includes a ski shop, a spa and a fitness area.
From €290 per night for two with breakfast
Chalet Apopka is a new luxury chalet with a floor area of 4,000 square meters. It includes a duplex, a master bedroom, three suites and three bedrooms, as well as a spa, massage rooms, a fitness room and an outdoor pool with breath taking views over the mountains. Noble materials like marble and leather have been mixed with wood and stone to create a contemporary mountain style.
Chalet Apopka offers a hotel service 24 hours a day.
Flaine
Maisons & Hotels Sibuet keeps creating more exciting hotels. After Les Dromonts in Avoriaz, l'Altapura in Val Thorens, and their four hotels in Megève, they are launching a new concept in Flaine, the Terminal Neige - Totem. Flaine, the highest resort of the Grand Massif, was built in the 60's on a virgin site, by the famous Bauhaus architect Marcel Breuer to his design of a futuristic car-free resort.
The Totem building, located in Flaine Forum directly next to the Picasso Totem embodies the architectural style of the resort. The interiors are designed in an ethnic spirit, with woven, woollen fabrics inspired by Native American culture, vintage furniture and a more urban soul integrating the latest technology. Terminal Neige – Totem will have a bar, a restaurant and a small grocery store (l'Epicerie), a ski shop and a Pure Altitude spa.
From €132 per night for two with breakfast
Beaufortain
Built in 1781, Chalet Nantailly used to be a farm which has been transformed into an eco-friendly accommodation. The chalet has been renovated by the owner Fabienne Lehenaff who is passionate about design and ecology. She has created six beautiful bedrooms decorated with reclaimed wood, old furniture and other items which have been redesigned. The chalet has one bathroom, two lounges with wood-burning stoves, a kitchen and a dining room, as well as three terraces. There is also an outdoor Nordic bath.
Chalet Nantailly can sleep up to 15 people
From €2,200 per week
Val Cenis
A new 4-star hotel, Le St Charles, will open in the centre of Val Cenis in December 2015 with 55 bedrooms and 38 apartments. Le St Charles will also have a restaurant with a terrace on the slopes, a spa, a pool, a fitness area and an ESF desk to book ski lessons.
From €80 per night for two with breakfast
St Martin de Belleville
Chalet l'Ecurie is a 130 year old Savoie stable which has been renovated into a luxurious mountain retreat. Inspired by the mountains and local history, the original features have been complemented with natural materials, warm, cozy fabrics and antique furniture.
Samoëns
Villa Rose is a beautiful house in the centre of Samoëns. With 5 bedrooms, it can sleep up to 12 people. Villa Rose has a cosy lounge with a wood-burning stove, a veranda, a kitchen and a dining room, as well as a private garden and a car park. The rooms have luxury Italian linen, Egyptian cotton towels and bath robes, and luxury toiletries.
Guests can choose full-board, half-board or breakfast only.
From €220 per night
Tignes
Located in the heart of Tignes-le-Lac village, Le Taos is a new 4-star hotel with 54 suites, by the Montagnettes group. Inspired by the Taos village in New Mexico in the American Rockies, the hotel is decorated in mineral and smooth sand stones. It has a beautiful spa, with Nohèm products. Nohèm combines rare and unique ingredients from around the world such as Shea and rice. The Taos restaurant will offer a French and Savoyard cuisine, as well as some snacks.
The Taos will open on 4 December 2015.
From €183 per night for two with breakfast
Val Thorens
Val Thorens' fourth 5-star hotel, Le Pashmina is a luxury mountain refuge by Val Thorens' pioneers and mountain lovers, the Gorinis. Le Pashmina has 42 bedrooms and suites, as well as 8 apartments and a 400m2 Spa By l'Occitane. It also has an Igloo-Pod, a heated, furnished geodesic dome on the hotel roof that opens out onto the sky so guests can sleep under the stars. 4. The hotel's two restaurants, “Les Explorateurs” and “Le Base Camp” offer gourmet cuisine created by chefs Romuald Fassenet ('Best craftsman in France' award) and Josselin Jean-blanc.
From €255 per night per person half board
Val d'Isère
The owners of the beautiful 5-star hotel Le Blizzard are opening another luxury hotel. Hotel Village La Mourra has ten suites and four chalets, each with five to seven bedrooms. Guests will be able to enjoy a spa My Blend by Clarins, as well as a pool, steam room and a sauna.
Renovation
Chamonix
Located in Chamonix centre, Le Mercure will re-open on 15 December, after being completely renovated. The 37 bedrooms are getting a full make over, while the hotel bar, the 4810, will become a rum bar. Rum lovers will be able to taste some of the world's best rums: Diplomatico Reserva from Venezuela, Damoiseau from Guadalupe or a 23-years old Zacapa from Guatemala. The hotel will also include a coffee shop/ ski shop, the Rent & Ride, where customer will be able to drink a coffee while renting or buying gear.
From €122 per night for two with breakfast
Les Gets
Owned by the Mirigay family since 1947, 4-star chalet-hotel La Marmotte is expanding with seven new family suites, in a chalet covered with old wood and stones. The rooms are very spacious and can sleep from 4 to 9 guests.
From €330 per night for a family suite
Megève
Built in 1927, close to the centre of Megève, 2-star hotel Le Gai Soleil has renovated most of its bedrooms.
From €95 per night, it offers great value for money.
Val d'Isère
Hotel Le Samovar, located in La Daille, has a new Pure Altitude spa and has been awarded a fourth star.
Residence
Les Arcs
A new 5-star residence, Les Monarques, is opening on 12 December in the Edenarc development, located above Les Arcs 1800. Operated by Odalys, Les Monarques is easily accessible from Les Arcs 1800 by a new cable-car, Le Dahu. Edenarc 1800 will then include a total of two 5-star residences, one 4-star apart-hotel (opened in summer 2015), as well as shops, restaurants, a kids club and a 800 square meter leisure centre with a pool, a Jacuzzi, a sauna, a steam room, and a fitness centre.
Châtel
Four-star Odalys residence Les Fermes de Châtel will open in December 2015. Made of three large chalets with 90 apartments, it also has a well-being centre as well as an indoor pool.
Les Menuires
Made of larch and wood, 4-star residence Chalet Natalia will combine charms and authenticity. The 27 apartments will be decorated in a modern style, with a Savoyard touch. The ski-in, ski-out residence will open in December 2015.
Samoëns
Les Chalets de Layssia is a new CGH residence, with traditional Savoyard architecture. The luxury residence will have a pool, a spa and a fitness centre. It will open on 19 December 2015.
Tignes
The 4-star residence Le Kalinda, which opened in Tignes 1800 in December 2013, will have an extra 240 beds from December 2015.
The Igloo Village at le Dou du Praz, above Plagne Village, is very successful and has received a certificate of excellence by Tripadvisor. This winter, an igloo chapel is opening in the village – the perfect place to propose!
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