Hotel Le Royal Ours Blanc, Alpe d'Huez

France

Hotel Le Royal Ours Blanc

France

Contemporary styled hotel with fantastic facilities to relax in after a day on the slopes

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Hotel
Bed and Breakfast
800m to slopes
In Resort Centre
Distinctively modern styled rooms & facilities
Convenient for local restaurants, bars & ice rink
Spa & pool ideal for apres-ski wind down
Family friendly with play area for children

Overview

The Hotel Royal Ours Blanc is in a wonderful location for accessing the pistes and enjoying the activities on offer in this sunny resort. The free local bus stop is conveniently located just outside the hotel to take you to other parts of the resort.

The contemporary style hotel boasts an indoor pool and spa area with sauna and hot tub, perfect to unwind at the end of the day.

Offered on a half-board basis with a good selection of dishes every mealtime to cater for all guests.

Description

Location

Central location

4 minutes' walk to the lifts

10 minutes' walk to the ski school meeting point

Rooms

All rooms have a flatscreen TV, safe, telephone, hairdryer and WiFi.

Superior twin room with mountain view and balcony - sleeps 1-2: Twin beds or double bed, private bath or shower, WC and balcony with mountain view.

Family room with mountain view and balcony - sleeps 2-4 (max 3 adults and 1 child up to 11 years): Twin beds or double bed, double sofa bed, private bath with shower, WC and balcony with mountain view.

Twin beds are provided as standard – if you’d like a double bed, please contact us so we can update your booking..

Facilities

Indoor pool (open from 7am – 7.30pm)

Wellness area with sauna, steam room and hot tub, open daily from 10am – 12.30pm (free access during these times) and from 3-8pm (extra charge of approx. €20 per hour / €35 per hour for those not staying at the hotel) – please reserve time slots at reception

Bar and lounge with open fire

WiFi

Lift

Extra charge for laundry services

Free on-site parking* (subject to availability)

*Parking cannot be reserved in advance at this accommodation.

Catering

· hot and cold buffet breakfast · afternoon snacks (extra charge for drinks) · 3-course evening meals

Accommodation Attributes

All Ensuite

Wheelchair

Accommodation Facilities

Hot Tub

Indoor Pool

Sauna

About Alpe d'Huez

Alpe d'Huez skiing

Alpe d’Huez is set on a high sunny plateau, at 1,860m in the Grande Rousses area of the Southern French Alpes. Surrounded by an amazing snow bowl, it has mile after mile of varied pisted and off piste opportunities. With over 250km of skiing to choose from, it provides endless choices for all levels of skiers and boarders. The resort boasts an excellent snow record due to its high altitude – high altitude goes hand in hand with breathtaking views and a wonderful starting point for the Sarenne descent, officially one of the longest black runs in Europe.

Alpe d'Huez is known as Island of the Sun ('Lile au Soleil') and most of the main slopes face south benefiting from the claimed average of 300 sunshine days a year! The resort spreads down a gentle slope in a triangular shape from the main lift station at the top corner. Access roads enter the village at the lower two corners. The main Avenue des Jeux is used as a central focus and this is where you will find some of the shops, bars and restaurants along with the swimming pool and ice rink. Towards the bottom of the town is the older, original core of the resort which has a slightly more traditional feel to it.

Alpe d'Huez has skiing suitable for everyone. The large network of lovely wide green runs immediately above the village is as good a beginner area as you will find anywhere. For intermediates there is a fine selection of blue and red runs, the variety being difficult to beat with trees, valleys and a range of terrain to explore. The slopes divide into four areas with good connections between them. Every section of the resort has some challenging red runs to test the adventurous as well as some serious off-piste routes for the experts to enjoy. Gondolas and fast chairs are the main access to the lifts, although there are a few older chairs and drag lifts scattered around.
There are two terrain parks, one near the bottom of the slopes for novices with various jumps and rollers and another 1.5km advanced park close to the Lac Blanc drag which has a half-pipe, jumps, rails, big air and boardercross course. Above Vaujany there is another beginners park. Experienced boarders are well catered for with lots of good freeriding to be had, together with vast and varied off-piste to be tried with a guide. For cross country skiers there are 50km of snow sure trails with varying degrees of difficulty.

The resort is linked to Vaujany where there is some great runs and some lovely little cafes - well worth making the effort to get there as only a short ski away from the main slopes of Alpe d'huez.

Resort Attributes

Beginner Friendly

Easy Slope Access

Family Friendly

Good Beginners

Good For Non-Skiers

Good For Snowboarding

Great Off-Piste

Great for Mixed Abilities

High Altitude

Large Ski Area

Lively Night Life