Hotel Les Rois Mages

Features

Half board

It has marvellous views of the village, the ski slopes and the race piste. You simply cross the road (quiet due to the by-pass tunnel), get on your skis and pick up a lift.

There is a spacious restaurant, reception area leading to the restaurant and an ideal bar with a sun terrace over-looking the slopes (often a stop off point for the local ski school). On the lower level is a large entertainments room which has its own lively bar. There is also Karaoke which is, of course, a favourite! All rooms have single beds and bath/shower with separate WC. Many of the rooms are quite large and may have extra beds or bunks even when they are used as twins.

Guests benefit from the in-house ski hire with a ski technician resident in the hotel for kitting out your group with skis and boots and maintaining the equipment. Snowboards are hired in from a local supplier.

• Bar
• Sun Terrace
• Boot room and ski fit
• Basement Bar / Activity lounge
• Video Games
• Pool Table
• Conveniant location

Montgenèvre Resort Info

Found two kilometres from the Italian border, Montgenèvre is the one French direct link into the massive Milky Way network, with its hundreds of kilometres of pistes. At 1860m, this small resort has a very good snow record, ski-to-your-door accessibility and cheap and cheerful accommodation and restaurants. Queues are absent in the week, but can grow with the influx of French and Italian day-trippers at the weekend. The skiing at Montgenèvre is fine for beginners and intermediates, but better skiers and boarders will have to head for more challenging skiing over in Italy.

The advantage of heading to Italy is also one of economics – everything is a fair bit cheaper. The mountain restaurants are slightly better, too. However, the link to the Milky Way is time-consuming - you may have to spend a fair amount of time getting to the area you want. Once you get off the main road in Montgenèvre, there is a lovely old village to explore. There are not many other non-skiing activities. In the words of one visitor: 'the main club could just about fit into my bathroom'. Others talked of the après-ski as being rather quiet.

Overall, Montgenèvre is a good budget venue by French standards. Access to the Milky Way and the frugality of Italy is hugely beneficial. It offers no frills, but great snow and, if you have a car, excellent skiing is always accessible in neighbouring resorts.