Ski resorts
France / Ski resorts
Italy / Ski resorts
Switzerland / Ski resorts
Austria / Ski resorts
Type of accomodation
Bedrooms:
Budget (€ per week)
Courchevel 1850
France
Le Chalet de Pierres on the Verdons, La Folie Douce above Meribel, three dinner rooms at Les Airelles, and Japanese at Aman Le Melezin. Hours, addresses, and how to get there without skis.
Chamonix
Forty-one rooms just off Chamonix s main street, renovated by Sybille de Margerie: Le Matafan under a glass roof, a 14-metre outdoor pool heated all year, a Clarins spa, and an honest word on skiing from the town centre.
Chapitre Six opens Bourbon Hotel in December 2026 on the site of the former Hotel des 3 Vallees. Thirty-one rooms, dark wood and velvet, Simonetta by Simone Zanoni, a vinyl bar and a contrast therapy spa.
Both Airelles Alpine hotels reopen on 4 December 2026. Christmas in suites and apartments in Val d Isere, four weeks at Chalet Schuss, February suites in Courchevel and January for the private chalets.
Maisons Pariente reopens a familiar address on the Bellecote piste. Thirty-seven rooms, an Ottoman-inspired spa and pool, a privatisable fifth floor, and a 18 December 2026 opening date.
Le Zinc until one in the morning, an English pub three nights a week, or the only pool of the three. How the evening differs at Fahrenheit Seven Val Thorens, Courchevel 1650 and Les Menuires, with winter 2026/27 opening dates.
Italy
Rifugio lunch at 2,000 metres, a via ferrata day, four summits, Venice by boat. Eight dated offers at Aman Rosa Alpina. Four close in October 2026
Switzerland
Three separate layers: a sixty-minute scan, a circuit of chambers, and the classical seven-night residence. Which one answers your question, and what to do with the six days left over
