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Hotel Kilimandjaro, Route de L’Altiport, 73120 Courchevel 1850, France
73120
Chalet Les Sorbiers
- Style
- Elegant escapism
- Setting
- Gingerbread-traditional chalet
Courchevel has a well-deserved reputation as a magnet for high-living pleasure seekers and Chalet Les Sorbiers allows you to experience this to the full. Run by the resort's peerless Hotel Kilimandjaro, you can enjoy all the hotel's services with the seclusion and personal service of a private chalet.
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'A wonderful stay and absolutely impeccable service'
'We couldn't have asked for a better location near the slopes'
'The chef prepared simply marvellous food'
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Sleeps
10 in five bedrooms, all with en suite bathrooms.
Ideal for
Faultless service, fantastic skiing and a large slice of Courchevel cachet.
Rates
€7,300 to €12,700 a night, half board.
Minimum hire
The normal rental period is one week starting on Saturday but they can be flexible
Also
A luxury car is provided for guests. Hotel Le Kilimandjaro also offers a shuttle service for chalet guests: this is free-of-charge and available 24 hours a day (contact the concierge desk of the hotel to order a transfer)
Eating & drinking
The chalet provides a professional chef and a butler who will serve breakfast, afternoon tea and a gourmet meal in the evenings. The dining table comfortably seats all 10 guests and is next to the central fireplace, beneath the spectacular antler chandelier. You can choose your wine from the Hotel Kilimandjaro’s fantastic cellar. Chalet Les Sorbiers offers all the facilities of Hotel Kilimandjaro with the seclusion and personal touches of a private home. The chalet provides a butler, chef and driver to be at your disposal throughout your stay. Breakfast, afternoon tea and evening meals are prepared every day and the chef can cater to individual requirements. Children’s menus are also available.
Children
Welcome. Highchairs, cots, pushchairs, booster seats, listeners and kid’s cutlery are readily available. Children’s menus are provided, too. Qualified baby-sitters and nannies can be arranged on request.
Music
There is a CD, DVD player in the living room. All the hotel’s facilities including the pool, spa, library, games room and gym are available to chalet guests. In-chalet massage, yoga, beauty treatments and personal trainers can all be organised. The Kilimandjaro is 150 metres from the chalet.
Provided
Towels, bathrobes, toiletries, PlayStation 3 and a selection of games and WiFi throughout the chalet (and an internet connection in every room). Guests may use the Kilimandjaro's facilities such as the pool, spa and gym.
Packing tips
Bring some swimwear for the hotel pool.
Eco policy
The chalet is built to the resort's strict environmental codes to keep its impact to a minimum.
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The larch wood and stone chalet is traditional in style but the interior, with its polished oak floors and marble bathrooms has a contemporary Alpine feel. Antler chandeliers and rustic flourishes are blended with all the modern comforts you could wish for. Each bedroom has an en suite and LCD TV and internet connection.
Interior
Bedrooms
Bedroom 1: a double bedroom with en suite bathroom on the ground floor.
Bedroom 2: a double bedroom with en suite bathroom on the ground floor.
Bedroom 3: the master double bedroom on the ground floor with a beautiful fireplace and an en suite bathroom.
Bedroom 4: a double bedroom with en suite bathroom on the same floor as the sitting and dining rooms. This is slightly smaller than the other rooms.
Bedroom 5: double bedroom with en suite bathroom on the top floor. This is the master bedroom and it also has a sitting area.
Kitchen The fully equipped kitchen is the chalet chef’s domain. He prepares breakfast, afternoon tea and a suberb evening meal throughout your stay.
Living room The large living room has a spectacular central fireplace. There's also an LCD TV, DVD player, sound system and home cinema.
Dining room The dining table comfortably seats all 10 guests and the chalet butler is always on hand to make sure you want for nothing.
Other The spacious boot room on the ground floor has a heated boot rack.
Outdoor
Poolside The south-facing terrace has a wooden hot tub.
Gardens Les Sorbiers' garden is small but peaceful and the terrace gets lots of sunshine.
Parking There's a heated garage. The chalet has a chauffeur-driven car at your disposal.
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Courchevel has fantastic skiing but that's only part its appeal. Style on and off the slopes is of equal importance and you won't find smarter or sleeker restaurants and nightclubs anywhere else in the Alps.
Activities
Activities
Courchevel is part of the Trois Vallées ski area – the largest in Europe. There are over 200 ski lifts and almost 350 runs in the immediate area, offering suitable terrain for both beginners and experienced skiers. The resort’s high altitude usually guarantees excellent conditions and serious skiers will love the black Les Suisses run as well as the off-piste couloirs from The Saulire. Try to ski the black runs at the beginning of the week as they become crowded towards the weekend, as people build up their courage. Courchevel also has excellent snowboarding conditions and heli-skiing trips over the border to Italy can be arranged. You can also enjoy skidooing, hot-air ballooning, parapenting, ice-skating, tobogganing and snow shoeing. For really extreme sports, take a transfer to nearby La Plagne to shoot the bobsleigh run or head to Tignes to try some ice-diving. Contact Whitetracks on +33 (0)686 12 34 17, www.whitetracks.co.uk.
Smith tip
You can transfer from the main regional airports to Courchevel by small private plane. Chalet Les Sorbiers is on the road up to the Altiport. Take-off and landing is not for the faint hearted, with the runway built on a slope. This means you either have to land facing uphill or take off pointing downhill – gulp! A helicopter may be a better idea (www.helicopter-courchevel.com).
Eating, drinking and dancing
Restaurants
The Bateau Ivre
(+33 (0)4 79 00 11 71)
Courchevel 1850 is the only place in the Alps where you’ll find a brace of two-Michelin-star restaurants right next to each other. This restaurant at the Pomme de Pin hotel has the best views of the slopes.
Le Bateau Ivre, La Pomme de Pin Hotel, Courchevel 1850
Chabichou
(+33 (0)4 79 08 00 55)
Right next to the Bateau Ivre is the gastronomically spectacular Chabichou, also with two Michelin stars. There’s no shortage of fantastic ways to blow your cash at 1850.
Chabichou, Rue des Chenus, 73121 Courchevel 1850
Le Farçon
(+33 (0)4 79 08 80 34)
This restaurant in La Tania has one Michelin star, which may be low by Courchevel standards but is still high enough to guarantee an unforgettable meal. The nine-course tasting menu is excellent.
Le Farçon, La Tania, Courchevel
La Crêperie du Moulin
(+33 (0)4 79 08 10 90)
This informal and friendly restaurant is great for crêpes and Breton pancakes in the afternoon and fondue and Savoyard reclettes in the evening.
La Creperie du Moulin, Place du Tremplin, Courchevel 1850
Le Genépi
(+33 (0)4 79 08 08 63)
The only thing this restaurant lacks is a terrace but it’s a firm favourite serving excellent, classic French food in traditional surroundings.
Le Genépi, Rue Park City, Courchevel 1850
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Housekeeping
Your chalet staff take care of all housekeeping at Chalet Les Sorbiers.
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Getting there
Planes Chambéry airport is nearest and just under 90 minutes away. Flybe has winter services from Southampton, Norwich, Exeter, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds and Newcastle (www.flybe.com). It’s about three hours to Lyon and Geneva airports. Helicopter and private plane transfers to the Courchevel Altiport can be arranged in advance by the chalet.
Trains Eurostar operates a very convenient overnight Ski Train service during the winter. It runs on Fridays and Saturdays, stopping at Moûtier, 30 minutes from Courchevel (www.eurostar.com).
Local taxi service Call Taxi des Cimes if you get separated from your chauffeur (+33 (0)4 79 08 26 57)
Directions by road Follow the E711 and E70 from Lyon or the E25 and E712 from Geneva to Chambéry. Take the péage to Albertville and then the N90 dual carriageway to Moûtier. Just beyond the town, the road to Courchevel climbs the mountainside in a series of tight hairpin bends. Chalet Les Sorbiers is in Courchevel 1850, a short distance from Hotel Kilimandjaro on the road towards the Altiport.
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Traditional features such as antler chandeliers and waxed oak floors are blended with all the modern conveniences necessary for the perfect escape to the mountains.
Review
Chalet Les Sorbiers gives you the best of both worlds: the services and facilities of the resort's peerless Hotel Kilimandjaro, combined with the seclusion and personal attention of a private chalet. Located in the rarefied upper reaches of Courchevel 1850, this larch wood and stone property will make you feel totally at home in the the French Alps' most glamourous and sophisticated resort. The traditional lines of the exterior conceal a charming interior dedicated to style and comfort.
Traditional features such as antler chandeliers and waxed oak floors are blended with all the modern conveniences necessary for the perfect escape to the mountains. It's only a short stroll to the nearest ski lift but guests will undoubtedly have to tear themselves away from the relaxed environment of the chalet. Each of the five individually designed double bedrooms is cosy and serene. Some have their own fireplace while others have a private sitting area. All rooms have an en suite marble bathroom.
The main living area has a spectacular central fireplace around which you can enjoy drinks in the evening. Alpine flourishes such as ice skates, antique sledges, milk churns and even a stuffed bear gazing out from the wall are combined with a state-of-the-art home cinema and large LCD TV. The neighbouring dining table comfortably seats all 10 guests and is beneath the rather magnificent antler chandelier. Chalet Les Sorbiers has its own butler and professional chef who prepare breakfast, afternoon tea and a gourmet evening meal every day. Meals can be tailored to your personal requirements and Kilimandjaro’s excellent wine cellar will satisfy the most discerning connoisseur.
Courchevel is part of the Trois Vallées ski area – the largest in Europe – and is ideal for all levels of ability. There are over 350 miles of ski runs to choose from as well as some outstanding off-piste skiing. The chalet can organise hand-picked instructors whose detailed knowledge of the mountains includes knowing the best time to ski a certain piste so that you are in sunshine all day (weather permitting, of course). Hotel Kilmandjaro’s ski shop can provide all the equipment you need and can coordinate in-chalet fittings. The region also offers a wide range of alternative Alpine sports and your host can arrange heli-skiing, parapenting and even bobsleighing.
After a busy day mingling with all that Prada on the pistes, you may wish to unwind in Chalet Les Sorbiers’ hot tub. Alternatively, Hotel Kilimandjaro’s pool and spa are at your disposal and in-chalet massage and beauty treatments can be booked. For a further dose of Courchevel’s style and swagger, a chauffeur is on hand to take you anywhere in the valley. Fabulous Michelin-starred restaurants and chic nightclubs guarantee the best après-ski scene in the Alps.
This chalet in Courchevel sleeping ten guests was reviewed by Jim Whyte
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