A Perfect Alpine Mini-break by Toby Young, Spectator Life My wife Caroline and I wanted to do something special to celebrate our 15th wedding anniversary and a mini-break at Chalet Abode in the French Alpine village of Villarabout was exactly what the doctor ordered. Just getting three days alone together, given that we usually have our…
Last winter, La Bouitte added a new Spa – the Bela Vya: a spa to experience traditional Savoie well-being techniques inspired by nature.
Building on their reputation, having been awarded the ‘Assiette Michelin’ in Winter 2015, the team at Le Montagnard, led by Stéphane Maio in the kitchen and Valentin Suchet, owner of Le Montagnard, in the restaurant, are ready for a new season full of creativity. This year the menu offers new combinations of traditional Savoyard specialties with…
It`s a little known fact that 300km of the 600km of pistes in the 3 valleys, is in our very own Belleville valley. Sat at the gateway to the Belleville valley and the administrative centre of the valley is St Martin de Belleville. This is followed by St Martin’s brother and sister resorts of Les Menuires…
BA’s The Club, has great taste & style (in our opinion!) selecting The Ecurie as one of ‘The Worlds Most Spectacular Ski Chalets’ in their December issue.
By Sam Richardson – Ultimate Luxury Chalets Tuesday December 22nd, 2015 Sometimes it’s not the uber-modern chalets that steal your eye. For those less attracted to the shiny opulence of Courchevel and Megeve, wanting a more traditional alpine experience then The Ecurie is the chalet for you. The Ecurie was originally a typical Savoie stable located in the tiny hamlet…
Welcome to our ‘Behind the Scenes of St Martin’ series where we talk to some of the fantastic people who help make this charming Trois Vallées resort work. Here Helen Raemers, founder of The Alpine Club, chats to Didier Collomb, one of her favourite private ski instructors, who works for Skischool Les Menuires-Saint Martin. DIDIER…
Welcome to our ‘Behind the Scenes of St Martin’ series where we talk to some of the fantastic people who help make this charming Trois Vallées resort work. Here Helen Raemers, founder of The Alpine Club, chats to Lucy Chittenden, owner of The Piano Bar in the heart of the village. LUCY THE BAR OWNER…
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