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Chalet Appaloosa is located in one of France's most chic and desirable ski resorts, Val d'Isère. This stunning Savoyard village has loads of character and charm, plus one of the most highly regarded ski areas in the world. The connected area of Val d'Isère and Tignes offer over 300km of slopes, with something to suit all abilities, plus one of the best snow records in all of France. The chalet can be found on the Route du Petit Alaska, a pretty and peaceful street just a few minutes' walk to the main high street of Val d'Isère, where you'll find a fantastic selection of bars, shops and restaurants. The chalet is approximately 10 minutes' walk from the Solaise and Bellevarde lifts, which give fast access to the whole of the Val d'Isere-Tignes area, but guests staying at Chalet Appaloosa wont' need to worry about the walk in the morning, Ski France provides a free shuttle service to you off and pick you up from the lifts each day. The Chalet Chalet Appaloosa is a stunning property which has been cleverly designed to blend Savoyard chalet traditions with a comfortable and modern finish. Set over four flours, with lift access too, Appaloosa is incredibly spacious and can sleep up to fourteen guests in its seven cosy bedrooms. With its own hot tub and steam room, we're certain this will make a wonderful chalet for a group of friends or family. It's also an excellent choice if you're looking for a property with disabled access, as there is a lift which serves all four floors of the chalet. Entrance to the chalet is on the ground floor, where you'll find a spacious ski and boot room complete with heated boot drier, so no need to worry about cold toes when you hit the slopes each morning. There is a large dining room, with plenty of space for fourteen guests. The dining room has been beautifully furnished with elegant chandeliers above the table the focal point of the room. The kitchen is separate, but next door to the dining room. It's a semi-professional kitchen with stainless steel work surfaces and fully equipped with oven, hob, dishwasher, a large fridge, freezer, microwave, kettle, toaster, nespresso machine and coffee percolator, so you should have everything you require to rustle up a feast for all your family and friends. Outside the kitchen and dining room is a spacious balcony, a great spot to enjoy aperitifs and nibbles before dinner and enjoy the stunning views of the surrounding area whilst the sun sets. There is a mezzanine level on the ground floor, where you'll find a large and spacious living area with a roaring log fire and wonderfully comfortable sofas. Unusually after the ground floor in this chalet, you then head down rather than up. On the lower first floor you'll find three bedrooms with twin beds, each with its own balcony and two of which have en-suite bathrooms and WC and the third which has an en-suite shower room and WC. There is a fourth bedroom on this level which has a large double bed, balcony and en-suite bathroom with WC. On the lower second floor there are two bedrooms with twin beds, and one bedroom with a large double bed, each with its own en-suite bathroom, WC and balcony. Head downstairs again, or take the lift if you prefer, and you'll find an indoor hot tub and steam room, the perfect spot in which to relax and ease those aching muscles after a tiring day on the ski slopes. There is free WI-Fi throughout the chalet, perfect if you need to work whilst away, or stream your favourite film or TV shows whilst relaxing in front of the roaring fire. If you drive to Val d'Isère, there is space for two cars to park on the driveway right outside the chalet.
Chalet Appaloosa is located in one of France's most chic and desirable ski resorts, Val d'Isère. This stunning Savoyard village has loads of character and charm, plus one of the most highly regarded ski areas in the world. The connected area of Val d'Isère and Tignes offer over 300km of slopes, with something to suit all abilities, plus one of the best snow records in all of France. The chalet can be found on the Route du Petit Alaska, a pretty and peaceful street just a few minutes' walk to the main high street of Val d'Isère, where you'll find a fantastic selection of bars, shops and restaurants. The chalet is approximately 10 minutes' walk from the Solaise and Bellevarde lifts, which give fast access to the whole of the Val d'Isere-Tignes area, but guests staying at Chalet Appaloosa wont' need to worry about the walk in the morning, Ski France provides a free shuttle service to you off and pick you up from the lifts each day.
The Chalet
Chalet Appaloosa is a stunning property which has been cleverly designed to blend Savoyard chalet traditions with a comfortable and modern finish. Set over four flours, with lift access too, Appaloosa is incredibly spacious and can sleep up to fourteen guests in its seven cosy bedrooms. With its own hot tub and steam room, we're certain this will make a wonderful chalet for a group of friends or family. It's also an excellent choice if you're looking for a property with disabled access, as there is a lift which serves all four floors of the chalet.
Entrance to the chalet is on the ground floor, where you'll find a spacious ski and boot room complete with heated boot drier, so no need to worry about cold toes when you hit the slopes each morning. There is a large dining room, with plenty of space for fourteen guests. The dining room has been beautifully furnished with elegant chandeliers above the table the focal point of the room. The kitchen is separate, but next door to the dining room. It's a semi-professional kitchen with stainless steel work surfaces and fully equipped with oven, hob, dishwasher, a large fridge, freezer, microwave, kettle, toaster, nespresso machine and coffee percolator, so you should have everything you require to rustle up a feast for all your family and friends. Outside the kitchen and dining room is a spacious balcony, a great spot to enjoy aperitifs and nibbles before dinner and enjoy the stunning views of the surrounding area whilst the sun sets. There is a mezzanine level on the ground floor, where you'll find a large and spacious living area with a roaring log fire and wonderfully comfortable sofas.
Unusually after the ground floor in this chalet, you then head down rather than up. On the lower first floor you'll find three bedrooms with twin beds, each with its own balcony and two of which have en-suite bathrooms and WC and the third which has an en-suite shower room and WC. There is a fourth bedroom on this level which has a large double bed, balcony and en-suite bathroom with WC. On the lower second floor there are two bedrooms with twin beds, and one bedroom with a large double bed, each with its own en-suite bathroom, WC and balcony.
Head downstairs again, or take the lift if you prefer, and you'll find an indoor hot tub and steam room, the perfect spot in which to relax and ease those aching muscles after a tiring day on the ski slopes.
There is free WI-Fi throughout the chalet, perfect if you need to work whilst away, or stream your favourite film or TV shows whilst relaxing in front of the roaring fire. If you drive to Val d'Isère, there is space for two cars to park on the driveway right outside the chalet.
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Chalet Appaloosa
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• WiFi
• Hot Tub
• Steam room
• 600m to slopes
• 500m to town centre
• Available self catered or as contactless catering (Please call for details)
• Flat-screen TV
• Fireplace
• Car Parking
• Hairdryer
• Ipod docking station
• Ski and boot room
• Balconies
Unusually after the ground floor in this chalet, you then head down rather than up. On the lower first floor you'll find three bedrooms with twin beds, each with its own balcony and two of which have en-suite bathrooms and WC and the third which has an en-suite shower room and WC. There is a fourth bedroom on this level which has a large double bed, balcony and en-suite bathroom with WC. On the lower second floor there are two bedrooms with twin beds, and one bedroom with a large double bed, each with its own en-suite bathroom, WC and balcony.
Head downstairs again, or take the lift if you prefer, and you'll find an indoor hot tub and steam room, the perfect spot in which to relax and ease those aching muscles after a tiring day on the ski slopes.
Bedroom 1 - Twin suite with en suite bath & loo, private balcony (space for cot / Z-bed)
Bedroom 2 - Double suite with en suite bath & loo + access to terrace (space for cot / Z-bed)
Bedroom 3 - Twin suite with en suite bathroom & loo + access to terrace (space for cot / z-bed)
Bedroom 4 - Twin suite with en suite bath & loo + private balcony (space for cot / Z-bed)
Bedroom 5 - Double suite with en suite bath & loo + private balcony (space for cot / Z-bed)
Bedroom 6 - Twin suite with en suite bath & loo + private balcony (space for cot / Z-bed)
Bedroom 7 - Double suite with en suite bath & loo, private balcony (space for cot / Z-bed)
• 2 Separate Loos
• Floor area - approximately 300 m2
Please Note - Parking covered parking for 2 cars (1 space away from chalet). Space at chalet takes small car only. Steep access, snowchains essential.
Your chalet will be ready on arrival - beds made, dinner ready and fridges stocked*, wine-cellars replenished, skis and lift passes all booked. But you won't see us. We'll be at the end of the phone, but there will be no contact, unless you need it. You and your family will be safe and looked-after, as we work in the background, providing everything you need.
Our contactless catering service comes with the choice of two pricing options, a fixed menu with food and drink included in the price, and our à la carte option which allows you greater flexibility to eat and drink whatever you desire and the cost of the food is on supplement, at cost price, and depending on what produce you choose to order.
For those looking for a simple packaged chalet price, we are offering an all-inclusive price, which includes rental of the chalet and your food and drink for the week. Included will be breakfast, afternoon tea, a three course dinner on 6 out of 7 nights, plus unlimited wine and some beers. We have prepared a delicious menu for the week, with a mix of ready prepared meals from a local delicatessen and easy to cook dishes or sides. All that will be required from you is to pop a few things in the oven and throw together a few ingredients to make a simple salad, or steam a few vegetables as sides to your main meal.
Perhaps you want the freedom to choose your own menus, or perhaps you'd prefer to eat out more than one evening during the week, or you just love to cook yourself and enjoy the holidays where you have time to do this in a relaxed way. That's where our à la carte contactless catering service comes in. As an alternative to the service detailed above, we will also offer a lower rate, which does not include the food and drink for the week and we will give you the opportunity to order the food and drink of your choice, at the local hypermarket rates, and bill you for this afterwards. Four days before arrival, you will receive a comprehensive provisions list with everything you could possibly need for your holiday. That might be oven-ready meals, or the ingredients you'll need for Bolognaise, Soufflés or Cheese Fondues. Dry goods, dairy, fresh fruit and veg, fresh meat or fish, beers, wines, champagne, whatever, all bought for you and stocked in advance.
Our aim is to provide the safest possible environment for a ski holiday, whilst staying as affordable as possible. The new way to holiday will be by enjoying the facilities, food and beverages but without the staff waiting on you hand and foot. That will keep things safe and affordable. However, for those in search of a little more luxury, we are able to provide drivers, chefs, daily cleaning, ski lessons etc, all of which can be discussed at the time of booking or with our concierge service prior to arrival.
*Please note that for the à la carte option, all food, drink, ski hire and lift passes come at additional costs and are not included in the chalet price. Provisions will be billed at cost price and can be ordered from the list that will be sent out to you, and ski hire and lift passes can be booked in advance with our preferential rates. For our fixed menu option, the price does not include ski hire and lift passes, but it does include breakfast and afternoon tea for 7 days, plus a 3-course dinner with beer and wine for 6 days.
At a resort height of 1850m, Val d'Isere is part of the Espace Killy region alongside the resort of Tignes. As a whole, the Espace Killy has a total piste distance of more than 300km and two glaciers.
Val d'Isere's early and late snow records are among the best in Europe, making up a huge part of the resort's appeal to skiers across the continent and beyond. It's little wonder this French mountain village has won the hearts of so many.
One of the other things that draws skiers and others to Val d'Isere is the beauty of the traditional village around which the resort has grown up. It's rare to find a French resort of any size with that old-fashioned feel, and perhaps one of the reasons Val d'Isere manages is that its position as host of the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, making the slopes here very prestigious. If it’s the resort feel you’re looking for, though, don't worry – ski-in ski-out accommodation is available throughout, in chalet, hotel, and apartment form.
The resort itself is made up of three main areas; La Daille, the resort's unnamed centre (which in itself is made up of smaller, named neighbourhoods), and Le Fornet. La Daille is located at the entrance to the resort, near the end of the Olympic downhill runs. After passing through La Daille you will enter into Val d'Isere's central areas, including the picturesque neighbourhoods of Le Cret, Le Legettaz, Le Josery, Le Chatelard, and the exclusive Bellevarde Cliffs (or Millionaires' Row as the locals call it) and then, beyond the church, is the beautiful Le Fornet.
La Daille is chiefly made up of self-catered apartments with one or two catered chalets & hotels mixed in, where Le Fornet is nigh-exclusively comprised of beautiful traditional chalets. More variety is found in the central area which contains a good mix of apartments, chalets and hotels.
Many resorts don't differentiate between sections so strongly, but Val d'Isere's areas are a fascinating and beguiling mix of styles and slopes. It's also worth bearing in mind the number of clubs and bars in the centre of town as well as the relaxing and convenient ski down to La Daille that caps off an afternoon at the Folie Douce, Val d'Isere's top apres bar. Le Fornet, by contrast, has an unbeatable advantage for dedicated skiers – immediate cable car access.
Don't be too concerned about getting from point to point, though; the bus service in town runs well into the night and will never leave you waiting for long. There really isn't a bad part of town to stay in.
While the home of an Alpine World Cup is – deservedly – considered more in terms of intermediate and advanced slopes, Val d'Isere has a number of green and blue runs – and, better, the lifts for the nursery slopes are free of charge, so no beginner needs to buy a full week's lift pass just to find out whether they have the makings of a better skier. It's completely possible for a dedicated visitor to return year on year, improving their abilities on the slopes, and enjoying a new skiing experience every time.
The ski schools of Val d'Isere are very welcoming and are up for almost any challenge. However, fledgling skiers should be aware that while the nursery slopes are easy to access, many of the runs that you will progress onto are some height above the resort itself. Some of the runs which would return you to the town center are substantially more difficult – most notably “the Face”, one of the resort's justly-feared black runs.
We therefore often recommend that beginners either ski to La Daille before boarding a bus into town or head to Le Fornet or Laisinant, which are serviced by easy winding runs that will soon bring you back to town via a convenient bus stop.
Intermediate skiers will delight in great numbers of both blue and red runs, enough that a week's determined skiing won't even require many repetitions of routes. Particularly recommended for experienced intermediates are the Germain Mattis and the OK/Orange, which form a nice bridge between intermediate and advanced skiing.
If those seem more of a challenge than you're ready for, however, the Diebold run and Piste 'L', both blue, are excellent, enjoyable to traverse, and sure to raise your confidence in your own skills. Beyond those specific recommendations, an intermediate skier in Val d'Isere is encouraged to explore, swap recommendations with others in the various apres bars and lodges, and generally test themselves as appropriate.
As well as countless opportunities to enjoy the powdery slopes off-piste, Val d'Isere offers several black runs suited to the very best. La Face or, to give it its full name, La Face de Bellevarde is the queen of these, however, and it should be – it's also the Olympic run, and as it takes you right into the heart of town, it makes a wonderful capstone to a day's skiing for any advanced practitioner.
Still, it's far from the only available black run, and one thing's for sure – you will not be bored while you're here!
Both Val d'Isere and the other major resort in the Espace Killy, Tignes, have modern and highly respected snow parks. For the snowboarder who wants more, however, the off-piste is some of the best in Europe much loved by snowboard aficionados and there are even several areas perfect for honing your jibbing skills if you're one of those who doesn't so much have a board as a jib stick.
Fun is assured for all skill levels of snowboarder; the resort has a reputation for hooking visitors and seeing one of the highest rates of return among the snowboarding community.
Given its fantastic snow record, a trip to Val d'Isere gives you every chance of getting a week's worth of powder skiing. With good conditions, the off-piste skiing in Val d'Isere is phenomenal! Le Fornet is the best base of operations for those who like it steep and deep between the trees. There is also a lot of easily accessible off-piste to be had, so you can get your powder fix without having to hike.
There really is everything here a ski lover could want.
The resort can't be said to fall down on apres-ski. This picturesque traditional French village has some sublime gourmet restaurants and wonderful shops to browse, to say nothing of the clubs and bars out on the piste.
Whatever your tastes, budget, or the size of your group, Val d'Isere has somewhere that will cater to you, from the students spending the last of their year's loan for a holiday blowout to the captains of the industry looking for a celebration to remember after signing the deal of their lives.
Queen of the apres-ski scene in Val d'Isere is La Folie Douce, a mountain bar and restaurant that is part of an amazing chain with outlets only in the greatest ski resorts worldwide. Their website will keep you up to date on the chef's recommendations and any special events they're hosting, but don't make the mistake of thinking that a chef's recommendations, openly posted, mean this is anything less than a party joint – because this is partying in the approved French fashion, and the best food is matched by the best champagne and the best atmosphere, with dancers on hand to keep the party going.
You can challenge yourself to return to the resort on ski or ride down in comfort in the lift.
It doesn't stop there, though; there's always a party in full swing, and not much less famous than La Folie Douce is Dick's Tea Bar, a standout for the English skier and rightly infamous – for all the best reasons. Ski all day, party all night – whatever you prefer, Val d'Isere has you covered.
The Health Spa and well-equipped sports center give plenty of options to those who want to enjoy themselves while their partner's taking to the slopes & luxuriate in the hammam (Turkish steam bath). Alternatively, enjoy taking a skidoo trip or spend your time exploring the mountain at a more sedate pace by snowshoe.
Or you can get a completely different perspective on the resort from the air, taking an aerofoil to see the mountain from a seeing-is-believing perspective above it. Whatever you like to spend your leisure hours doing, you're almost guaranteed the chance in this beautiful resort setting.
Part of the Espace Killy ski area
View the Val d'Isere resort guide
