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simply wonderful PRESS PACK WINTER 2015-2016 © SMBT / Tristan Shu / Tristan © SMBT www.savoie-mont-blanc.co.uk ACCOMMODATION Savoie Mont Blanc Tourisme is the Tourist Board for the Savoie and Haute-Savoie departments. Savoie Mont Blanc covers two third of the French Alps and is the first ski destination in the world, with 110 ski resorts and 18 linked ski areas. A new lift pass is launched this winter giving access to 1,300km of slopes, five glaciers and almost 400 lifts! The Alpine Legends covers the 3 Valleys, Paradiski, and Tignes/ Val d’Isère and is available for six, seven or nine days. The pass costs €340 for six days. Bergoend © Studio Taos Le Tignes Hôtel New hotels and chalets Châtel by French architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte, Chalet Mustang is a new luxury catered the hotel has 26 contemporary bedrooms chalet located at 200m from the Linga cable decorated in a mountain style. Breakfast can car. It has five en-suite bedrooms, all with be served in the bedrooms or in the Grand balconies, a large lounge and dining room. Salon. With its cosy décor, the Petit Salon is It can be booked for the week or short stays. the perfect place to relax at any time of the www.skipds.co.uk day. White 1921 Courchevel also includes a ski shop, a spa and a fitness area. La Clusaz From €290 per night for two with breakfast P.02 Introduction 5-star hotel Au Cœur du Village, part of P.03 Accommodation the prestigious Relais & Châteaux collection, Chalet Apopka is a new luxury chalet with P.07 New restaurants and events for foodies is opening a chalet. Chalet Les Ecrins can a floor area of 4,000 square meters. It includes a duplex, a master bedroom, three P.12 Non-skiing activities sleep up to eight people, in its three en-suite bedrooms and has a spacious living room. suites and three bedrooms, as well as a spa, P.16 Activities for families Guests can enjoy all the hotel’s services massage rooms, a fitness room and an P.18 Events when staying in the chalet. outdoor pool with breath taking views over P.21 Spring skiing www.hotel-aucoeurduvillage.fr the mountains. Noble materials like marble and leather have been mixed with wood and P.22 Access Courchevel stone to create a contemporary mountain White 1921 Courchevel is a new 4-star style. Chalet Apopka offers a hotel service hotel, located in the heart of the resort. Built 24 hours a day. Savoie Mont Blanc Lebeau Mont Savoie PRESS PACK • WINTER 2015-2016 • P.3 ACCOMMODATION Renovation Chamonix Located in Chamonix centre, Val Thorens Le Pashmina © Arro Architecture © Arro Pashmina Le Thorens Val 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 Flaine Terminal Neige - Totem © Terminal Neige - Le Totem C. Arnal & DR Totem Neige - Le © Terminal Neige - Totem Flaine Terminal Rent & Ride, where customer will be able to drink a coffee while renting or buying gear. From €122 per night for two with breakfast. Saint Martin de Belleville Tignes www.mercure.com New hotels and chalets Chalet l’Ecurie is a 130 year old Savoie stable Located in the heart of Tignes-le-Lac village, Les Gets which has been renovated into a luxurious Le Taos is a new 4-star hotel with 54 suites, Owned by the Mirigay family Flaine Beaufortain mountain retreat. Inspired by the mountains by the Montagnettes group. Inspired by the since 1947, 4-star chalet- Maisons & Hotels Sibuet keeps creating more Built in 1781 in the pretty village of and local history, the original features have Taos village in New Mexico in the American hotel La Marmotte is exciting hotels. After Les Dromonts in Avoriaz, Hauteluce, Chalet Nantailly used to be a been complemented with natural materials, Rockies, the hotel is decorated in mineral expanding with seven new l’Altapura in Val Thorens, and their four hotels farm which has been transformed into an warm, cozy fabrics and antique furniture. and smooth sand stones. It has a beautiful family suites, in a chalet in Megève, they are launching a new concept eco-friendly accommodation. The chalet has spa, with Nohèm products. Nohèm combines covered with old wood and in Flaine, the Terminal Neige - Totem. been renovated by the owner Fabienne Samoëns rare and unique ingredients from around the stones. The rooms are very Flaine, the highest resort of the Grand Massif, Lehenaff who is passionate about design Villa Rose is a beautiful house in the centre world such as Shea and rice. The Taos spacious and can sleep from was built in the 60’s on a virgin site, by the and ecology. She has created six beautiful of Samoëns. With 5 bedrooms, it can sleep restaurant will offer a French and Savoyard 4 to 9 guests.From €330 famous Bauhaus architect Marcel Breuer to bedrooms decorated with reclaimed wood, up to 12 people. Villa Rose has a cosy lounge cuisine, as well as some snacks. The Taos per night for a family suite. his design of a futuristic car-free resort. old furniture and other items which have with a wood-burning stove, a veranda, a will open on 4 December 2015. www.hotel-marmotte.com The Totem building, located in Flaine Forum been redesigned. The chalet has one kitchen and a dining room, as well as a From €183 per night for two with breakfast. private garden and a car park. The rooms directly next to the Picasso Totem embodies bathroom, two lounges with wood-burning www.hotel-le-taos.com Megève have luxury Italian linen, Egyptian cotton the architectural style of the resort. The stoves, a kitchen and a dining room, as well Built in 1927, close to the towels and bath robes, and luxury toiletries. Val Thorens interiors are designed in an ethnic spirit, with as three terraces. There is also an outdoor centre of Megève, 2-star Guests can choose full-board, half-board or Val Thorens’ fourth 5-star hotel, Le woven, woollen fabrics inspired by Native Nordic bath. Chalet Nantailly can sleep up hotel Le Gai Soleil has breakfast only. Pashmina is a luxury mountain refuge by American culture, vintage furniture and a to 15 people. renovated most of its From €220 per night. Val Thorens’ pioneers and mountain lovers, more urban soul integrating the latest From €2,200 per week bedrooms. From €95 per www.villarosesamoens.com the Gorinis. Le Pashmina has 42 bedrooms technology. Terminal Neige – Totem will have www.chaletnantailly.fr night, it offers great value and suites, as well as 8 apartments and a a bar, a restaurant and a small grocery store for money. Val Cenis Val d’Isère 400m2 Spa By l’Occitane. It also has an (l’Epicerie), a ski shop and a Pure Altitude spa. The owners of the beautiful 5-star hotel Le www.le-gai-soleil.fr From €132 per night for two with breakfast A new 4-star hotel, Le Saint Charles, will Igloo-Pod, a heated, furnished geodesic Blizzard are opening another luxury hotel. dome on the hotel roof that opens out onto Val d’Isère www.terminal-neige.com open in the centre of Val Cenis in December 2015 with 55 bedrooms and 38 apartments. Hotel Village La Mourra has ten suites and the sky so guests can sleep under the stars. Hotel Le Samovar, located Le Saint Charles will also have a restaurant four chalets, each with five to seven 4. The hotel’s two restaurants, “Les Explo- in La Daille, has a new Pure with a terrace on the slopes, a spa, a pool, bedrooms. Guests will be able to enjoy a spa rateurs” and “Le Base Camp” offer gourmet Altitude spa and has been a fitness area and an ESF desk to book ski My Blend by Clarins, as well as a pool, steam cuisine created by chefs Romuald Fassenet awarded a fourth star. lessons. room and a sauna. (‘Best craftsman in France’ award) and www.lesamovar.com From €80 per night for two with breakfast. Josselin Jean-Blanc. www.maranathahotels.com From €255 per night per person half board. © Savoie Mont Blanc / Mulot Mont © Savoie www.hotelpashmina.com P.4 PRESS PACK • WINTER 2015-2016 • PRESS PACK • WINTER 2015-2016 • P.5 ACCOMMODATION NEW RESTAURANTS AND EVENTS FOR FOODIES Val Thorens _ Le Pashmina © Arro Architecture © Arro Pashmina _ Le Thorens Val Châtel Résidence Les Fermes de Châtel © Odalys Fermes de Châtel Les Résidence Châtel New restaurants Val-Thorens Courchevel New 5-star hotel Le Pashmina in Val Thorens Aquadèj: Aquamotion, the new aqua centre New residences boasts two gourmet restaurants: Les in Courchevel, has several restaurants Explorateurs and Le Base Camp, with Chef serving different types of food, from morning Les Arcs Les Menuires Romuald Fassenet (‘Best craftsman in to evening. Breakfast, healthy food, treats A new 5-star residence, Les Monarques, is Made of larch and wood, 4-star residence France’ award) creating the menus and Chef and afternoon tea can be enjoyed while The Igloo Village at le Dou opening on 12 December in the Edenarc Chalet Natalia will combine charms and Josselin Jean-blanc in the kitchen. taking in panoramic views of the forest and du Praz, above Plagne Village, development, located above Les Arcs 1800.