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January 31, 2023
Stayed here with Alpine Elements in March 2022. Overall, my ski buddy and I were both very impressed. In over 40 weeks' skiing over the years this was one of the best stays I've experienced, certainly when the price was factored in (though booking late we got a good discount). The bedroom was a very good size, with plenty (almost exceptionally so) of drying and hanging space, very much a hotel room not a chalet bedroom, and with a very good outlook to the western slopes. Bathroom and toilet were separate, useful, and unusual in my experience. On a couple of occasions the shower was only lukewarm not hot, but this was quickly fixed. The food was very good, choices for all three courses, and an hour-long window within which to sit down, an improvement on the normal fixed start in chalets. Definitely restaurant quality, and about the right portion sizes. My only quibble compared to a standard chalet holiday was no free wine with dinner. Breakfasts were very good; you could certainly load up more than enough to not need anything other than fluids at lunch, particularly as the afternoon teas were also very good. Clearly, chefs and seasons will vary, but the pastries when we were there were again, patisserie, more than normal chalet, standard. The sauna / steam room / hot tub was good, albeit the sauna wasn't working on one afternoon - again, soon fixed. The week were there the hotel was only about half full, and we wondered how the facility would have coped with more users. Even so, a nice touch after a tiring day skiing. The small bar was adequately, rather than extensively, stocked. The location is superb; there than when I've stayed in properties that literally opened onto the piste, this was as good as you can get. Ski in to the other side of the road, and ski out from 100 yds level walk. The boot room had lockable racks, and good boot driers. Again, in a busy week it would likely be cosy in the morning, but when we were there it was fine. There's also a lift serving all but the ground floor (it's an upside-down hotel as it's built on a steep slope). There's no parking on site, but that's not unusual for Tignes. I'd never been with Alpine Elements before, but we agreed we'd use them, and certainly this hotel, again. The staff weren't the most experienced, but in a season interrupted at the outset with CV challenges, which I'm sure compromised start-up and training, they were all trying very hard.