Chalet Les Gnellets
Features
The location is great for skiing and pretty good for après-skiing. It is next to Chez Savoy and La Moraine, a three-minute walk from the pistes, lifts and buses, and just five minutes from the church.
Les Gnellets was built a couple of decades ago in the time-honoured local way, all wood and stone, with some of the rooms tucked in under the massive roof timbers. It is a pretty, comfortable and welcoming chalet.
The room the time-honoured locals obviously planned to spend most of their time in is the spacious, high-ceilinged, open-plan dining-sitting-room-kitchen, with its log fire surrounded by sofas, terrace, mezzanine etc.
Not to say that the bedrooms aren’t comfortable. There’s a super master bedroom with a balcony overlooking the Calabourdane stream, and both a bath and a very indulgent rain-head shower. Two other bedrooms have en-suite facilities, while the last two share a bathroom and separate loo. These two rooms are tucked under the rafters, up a staircase with not one but two low beams to test sobriety.
There are two more beds on the mezzanine above the living room, which children or friends can take at half price, although we cannot guarantee flight seats for these two extra beds.
CHALET DETAILS
Bedroom 1:
Double (12'6" x 11') on the ground floor with en suite bathroom, separate wc and private balcony.
Bedroom 2:
Twin (12' x 10') on the ground floor, en suite bathroom with wc.
Bedroom 3:
Ground floor double (10' x 9'6"), shower & basin.
Bedroom 4:
Twin (10' x 9'6") on the first floor. Sweet room tucked under the eaves
Bedroom 5:
Twin (9' x 9'6") next door to and rather like Bedroom 4. It is actually larger than the measurements given, but part is not very accessible owing to the low beams
Bathrooms:
As well as the en-suite facilities there is a wc on the ground floor. On the first floor there is a bathroom with bath and basin and a small separate wc for rooms 4 and 5.
Sitting-Dining Room:
(22'6" x 13'6") Long and high, with sofas around the fireplace. The kitchen (not included in measurements) is off the dining area. Mezzanine (13' x 13').
Extra Beds: Two half-price single beds on the mezzanine.
Note
There are 4 bathrooms and 3 ensuite available in this chalet.
Val d'Isère Resort Info
Val d'isère skiing
Val d'isère is justifiably ranked up there with the best resorts in the world. Lift linked with Tignes with which Val d'isère makes up L'Espace Killy, there are 300km of varied pistes to please everyone from beginners to pros. Expert skiers and snowboarders are particularly spoilt for choice in Val d'isère with the 1992 Olympic course, the 'Face', plenty of off-piste (remember to take a guide) and a world class snow park.
Val d'isère ski resort
Val d'isère has not only world class skiing but also boasts some world class après ski. The Folie Douce at the top of la Daille gondola is probably the most famous of Val d'isère's après haunts but is far from the only one. Restaurants on and off the mountain are pricey but good, which added to a good range of accommodation and lot's to do for the non-skiers makes it easy to see Val d'isère's attraction .
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