New for Winter 2018/19
Exciting new ski area developments for La Rosière for 2018/19
La Rosière, a favourite with families, is expanding the Espace San Bernardo ski area for December 2018! The exciting 15 million Euro plans include building five new red graded pistes (increasing the total runs to 198km) and adding two new 6-seater lifts. The addition of the new Mont-Valaisan peak will raise the altitude to 2800m and create lots of secured new free-riding opportunities. Discover our new accommodation in La Rosière below, and be one of the first to ski the new slopes!
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New Additions to the Peak Retreats Programme for Winter 18/19
We now have even more choice for your holiday to the French mountains! Here are our new additions for the winter 2018/19 ski season including accommodation and a new ski resort!
Arêches-Beaufort (Mont Blanc & Chamonix Valley)
Arêches-Beaufort is a typical Beaufortain village resort in the heart of the Savoie, known for its cheese (Beaufort!). It sits nestled between 730m and 2300m, just 20km from the town of Albertville, with Mont Blanc as its backdrop. There are 50km of pistes and great access to Les Contamines (with 120km of pistes), plus it’s within driving distance of Les Saisies too (which has 192km of pistes). Arêches-Beaufort is a year-round working village with independent local businesses including ski-hire shops and restaurants.
La Clé des Cîmes, Arêches-Beaufort (Mont Blanc & Chamonix Valley)
Brand new 4* La Clé des Cîmes will open in December 2018. The residence sits 400m from the resort centre and a 3-minute shuttle bus ride from the nearest lift and ski school meeting point (there is a bus stop outside the residence). Facilities include a reception, lounge, kids/teenagers clubs, indoor heated pool, wellness area, Jacuzzi, hammam, sauna, ski lockers and underground parking. A restaurant is also planned.
Residences de Charme, Arêches-Beaufort (Mont Blanc & Chamonix Valley)
3* Residences de Charme is a selection of privately owned apartments in various parts of the resort, all with easy access to the centre and are between 400-800m from the lifts. Facilities and layouts vary.
Le Hameau de Barthelemy, La Rosière (Espace San Bernardo)
Brand new 4* Le Hameau de Barthelemy, which opened in February 2018, offers everything needed for a comfortable and convenient ski holiday. The residence enjoys an ideal position in the les Eucherts neighbourhood, 200m from the slopes, nearest lifts and ESF meeting point. A wide range of facilities and services a spa and wellness centre, free covered parking and free WIFI throughout the residence.
Hyatt Centric, La Rosière (Espace San Bernardo)
Opened in December 2017, the excellent Hyatt Centric hotel offers the last word in comfort, service and ski-in/ski out convenience. Enjoying a superb, quiet location in les Eucherts, the Hyatt Centric offers both easy access to the resort centre, at just 300m, as well as ideal proximity to the les Eucherts Express chairlift, ski school, nursery slopes and ski bus stop, all within 100m. Facilities include 2 bars, 2 restaurants and a 420m2 spa with pool.
Alparena, La Rosière (Espace San Bernardo)
Brand new for the 2018-19 ski season, the 4* Alparena Hotel & Spa is set to become one of the places to stay in La Rosière. It is ideally located in the les Eucherts area, with a choice of shops, bars and restaurants and a mini-market, just 150m from the Eucherts Express lift and with the advantage of being ski-in. Facilities include a bar and restaurant plus a 1000m2 spa with pool.
Chalets Caseblanche, St Martin de Belleville (3 Vallees)
4* Chalets Caseblanche is brand new for the winter 2018/19 ski season. The complex of 34 self-catered chalets and apartments is just 50m from the gondola and ski school meeting point. All the spacious chalets and apartments are well designed, beautifully appointed and stylishly decorated, benefitting from a living area with floor to ceiling windows.
La Bouitte, St Martin de Belleville (3 Vallees)
5* La Bouitte was originally built in the mid-70s as a mountain restaurant, over the past few decades this family-built and managed property has become a 5* hotel with a restaurant that's been awarded 3 Michelin stars. There are 15 chalet-style rooms and suites, all with en-suites, individually decorated in traditional rustic-chic Savoyard style. Facilities include the on-site restaurant and the Bela Yya Spa.
Chalets Home, St Martin de Belleville (3 Vallees)
Chalets Home is a collection of two chalets and three chalet apartments, built for 2016/17, 300m from the resort centre. All of the self-catered chalets and apartments are light, spacious, well-appointed and tastefully furnished, with en-suite bedrooms.
Chalet Lou, St Martin de Belleville (3 Vallees)
3* Chalet Lou is a self-catered chalet, part of a recently renovated stone village house in the authentically Savoyard hamlet of St Marcel. The chalet is simply decorated, with an open plan living area with fireplace, and has a balcony. It is a 3 bedroom plus mezzanine chalet sleeping 10.
Chalet Martine, St Martin de Belleville (3 Vallees)
4* luxury Le Chalet Martine is a catered chalet offering half-board, enjoying a convenient, yet quiet location just 300m from the lift and ski school meeting point in St Martin de Belleville, and is within just a 3 min walk of the village centre. Facilities include a small heated indoor pool, sauna and steam room (massages available on request, payable locally); a cinema room; TV room; ski room with boot dryers; covered parking (included – pre-book – subject to availability); complimentary bar with soft drinks, beers and spirits; WiFi. There are 5 en-suite bedrooms and it sleeps 10.
Please note, the chalet is for sole occupancy.
Chalets St Marcel, St Martin de Belleville (hamlet of Saint-Marcel) (3 Vallees)
Located in the small and pretty hamlet of Saint Marcel, just 1km above St Martin, the Chalets Saint-Marcel is a group of four recently built detached and semi-detached wood and stone luxury chalets. Under normal snow conditions, the chalets are ski-in and are 100m from the 3 Michelin star restaurant, La Bouitte. All are south facing, with views of the beautiful Cochet mountain.
Annapurna, Les Gets (Portes du Soleil)
4* Luxury Résidence Annapurna, which opened in February 2018, offers everything needed for a comfortable and convenient ski holiday. The residence enjoys one of the best positions in les Gets, just 150m from the Mont Chéry gondola and the village centre and 200m from the Chavannes lifts and ESF meeting point. Indoor heated swimming pool, a spa and wellness centre including hammam, Jacuzzi and treatment room; free covered parking and free WIFI throughout the residence. All the bedrooms have satellite TV.
Altaviva, Tignes 1800 (Tarentaise)
Brand new 4* Altaviva opens December 2018 at the foot of the 8-seater Boisses gondola. The self-catered apartments will benefit from a lounge with fireplace, kids/teenagers clubs, indoor heated pool with panoramic south-facing terrace, spacious wellness area, Jacuzzi, hammam, sauna, heated ski lockers and underground parking. There are plans for a restaurant with a slope-side terrace.
Les Chalets des Cimes, Les Saisies (Espace Diamant)
Brand new 4* Les Chalets des Cimes opens December 2018 in a fantastic ski-in/ski-out location just 200m from the resort centre. The self-catered apartments will benefit from a panoramic lounge with fireplace, multimedia room, kids/teenagers clubs, indoor heated pool (with wonderful views), wellness area, Jacuzzi, hammam, sauna, ski lockers and underground parking. There are also plans for a restaurant.
Les Fermes du Mont Blanc, Combloux (Mont Blanc)
Brand new 4* Fermes du Mont Blanc, which opened in February 2018, offers everything needed for a great value, comfortable ski holiday. The residence enjoys an ideal position just 300m from the centre of the charming authentic village of Combloux. An indoor heated swimming pool, a spa and wellness centre, ski lockers, covered parking (available at a supplement), free WIFI in the apartments and a luggage room.
Anitea, Valmorel (Grand Domaine)
Brand new 4* Superior Anitea, which opens in December 2018, is in a perfect location at the foot of the slopes and just 100m from Valmorel centre. Facilities include a free private indoor heated pool (and separate children’s pool) as well as a Jacuzzi, sauna, steam room and fitness room; a bar-lounge area, children’s area, its own underground garage, ski lockers with heated boot rack and a luggage room.
Elena, Les Houches (Les Houches)
Brand new 4* Superior Elena, which opens in December 2018, is just 200m from the nearest lift and right in the resort centre. Facilities include a free private indoor heated pool (and separate children’s pool) as well as a Jacuzzi, sauna, steam room and fitness room; a bar-lounge area, children’s area, its own underground garage, ski lockers with heated boot rack and a luggage room.
Alexane and Suites d'Alexane, Samoens (Grand Massif)
Brand new 4* Superior Alexane and Suites d'Alexane open in December 2018, just 150m from the resort centre and 600m from the nearest gondola. Facilities include a free private indoor heated pool (and separate children’s pool) as well as a Jacuzzi, sauna, steam room and fitness room; a bar-lounge area, children’s area, its own underground garage, ski lockers with heated boot rack and a luggage room.
Chalet Le Mas, Valloire (Galibier Thabor, Maurienne Valley)
4* Chalet Le Mas is located in a quiet hamlet, 800m from the Moulin Benjamin chairlift. The modern 100m2 self-catered chalet has a ski room, hammam, Jacuzzi, two terraces and private parking. It is a 4 bedroom chalet sleeping 8.
Chalet Alroc, Valloire (Galibier Thabor, Maurienne Valley)
3* Superior Chalet Alroc is just 800m from the resort centre in a ski-in/ski-out position 100m from the foot of the slopes and the Moulin Benjamin chairlift. The 130m2 self-catered chalet has private parking. It is a 4 bedroom with mezzanine chalet sleeping 10.
Chalet Clothile, Valloire (Galibier Thabor, Maurienne Valley)
4* Chalet Clothile is in a quiet location just 700m from the Clos Benjamin slopes. The spacious and comfortable self-catered chalet has a hot tub, games room with table football, utility room, ski room and private parking. It is a 6 bedroom chalet sleeping 14.
Chalet Matsuzaka Hotel and Spa, La Rosiere
The award-winning Chalet Matsuzaka enjoys an ideal, quiet, ski-in location (via the Papillon piste) in les Eucherts, with a few shops, bars, restaurants and a mini-market, all within 100m, as well as the slopes, main chairlift and ESF ski school meeting point.
A particular feature of the Chalet Matsuzaka is the excellent Japanese spa, including an outdoor Japanese hot tub, sauna and 2 treatment rooms where a range of relaxing, rebalancing and recharging treatments are available, including Swedish massage, sports/deep tissue massage, Indian head massage, craniosacral therapy, reflexology and Neal’s Yard facial spa, all carried out by the hotel’s own expert team.
Chalet Claudine, Morzine (Avoriaz)
Chalet Claudine enjoys a perfect location in its own grounds between Morzine and Le Nyon, just 900m from the centre of Morzine, affording breathtaking views of the resort and valley. The ski bus stop is 100m away. The 400m2 chalet includes an indoor pool and sauna. There are 5 bedrooms plus a cabin bedroom and it sleeps 13. The chalet is self-catered.
Chalet Cheops, Samoens (Grand Massif)
This brand new 4* luxury detached chalet comprises 4 self-contained very comfortable, spacious apartments sleeping 4-6. The ski bus stop is 400m away. Enjoying an ideal rural location in a slightly elevated position 1.4kms from the village centre and 2.1kms from the Grand Massif Express.
Chalet Angelonia, La Rosière (Espace San Bernardo)
The Chalet Angelonia is a boutique chalet of just 5 guest rooms, all en-suite and with south-west or east facing balconies, renovated throughout for the winter 18-19 ski season. Half board with high tea is included.
Chalet Enarpa, La Clusaz
The high-quality Enarpa (meaning ascent to the pastures in the local dialect) successfully combines the benefits of the services of a hotel stay with the independence of private chalet living. Located 4kms from the centre of La Clusaz on the road to the Lac des Confins, the Chalet Hotel Enarpa enjoys a peaceful, rural location set against the beautiful backdrop of the breathtaking Aravis mountains.
