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Le Ti Chalet, Chemin de Clambin, Verbier, Switzerland
Le Ti Chalet
- Style
- Faultlessly furnished
- Setting
- Flawless snow scenes
In an ideal location, close to the centre of Verbier and the main Médran ski station, Le Ti Chalet is a charming, traditionally-designed Alpine chalet with a cosy and intimate atmosphere. Offering the highest level of service, and skilfully furnished in a rustic yet impeccably comfortable style, Le Ti is an ideal place to escape with family or friends. The owners’ faultless attention to detail delivers everything you need for some well-deserved mountain magic.
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'For a luxurious family skiing holiday look no further than this chalet'
'Oozes all the intimacy and warmth you hope for from a traditional chalet'
'A wine cellar to rival anything I've seen in the Alps'
In the know
Sleeps
Six guests in two double rooms and a mezzanine twin room, plus three children in a bunk room
Ideal for
Family ski holidays and totally indulgent escapes with a group of close friends.
Rates
CHF18,000 to CHF44,000 a week (about £9,000 to £22,000).
Minimum hire
One week, with the rental period normally starting on a Sunday when there are more flights and fewer crowds
Also
Smoking is not allowed in the chalet. There’s WiFi access throughout the building.
Eating & drinking
The chalet has a professional chef who will prepare breakfast, afternoon tea and evening meals for you. There’s plenty of space to fit all the guests around the dining table next to the open-plan kitchen. Le Ti has a complimentary bar, and you also have access to the spectacular 2,500-bottle wine cellar at sister property Chalet Kernow. Le Ti Chalet comes with a staff of four, including a professional chef who will prepare tailor-made menus to suit your preferences. He’s not available on Wednesdays but there are some excellent restaurants in Verbier. House wines and champagnes are carefully selected, and there are some very special bottles in the wine cellar to tempt you. Le Ti shares Chalet Kernow’s 2,500-bottle wine cellar.
Children
Welcome. The bunk room sleeps three. The chalet can organise baby-sitters and child minders. There are plenty of toys, games and a children’s menu as well. Highchairs, cots, car seats and pushchairs are all provided.
Music
There’s a CD player with discs and sub speakers in the living room, and another entertainment and music centre in the fantastic den. The chalet can organise restaurant bookings, in-house massage, Pilates and yoga tuition. Ask them about special event catering for birthdays and anniversaries, too.
Provided
Bed linen, towels, bathrobes, Jo Malone toiletries, two chauffeur-driven 4x4s available 24 hours a day, Krug champagne reception on arrival, free bar, breakfast, afternoon tea, and evening meal with wine. Daily ski pack with sun cream and chocolate.
Packing tips
The den is the perfect place for a game of poker. Make sure you bring a pair of sunglasses as it makes it much easier to bluff. Oh, and you can wear them skiing too.
Eco policy
Local suppliers and local businesses are used whenever possible to reduce carbon emissions. Verbier uses bio-diesel for all its piste-grooming vehicles and has three mini hydro-electric plants.
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There are two double bedrooms, a children’s bunk room and a rather quirky twin room on a mezzanine level directly above the main living area. All bathrooms have Jo Malone products. The bedrooms have humidifiers to off-set the dry Alpine air.
Interior
Bedrooms
Bedroom one: this double room on the ground floor is the master bedroom. It has a semi-open-plan bathroom with a roll-top bath. The room has a front-facing view over the garden.
Bedroom two: also on the ground floor, this double room has an en suite bathroom with an unusual (and fun) alcove bath.
Bunk room: this room sleeps three and is ideal for children. It has an en suite stone shower room.
Bedroom three: this twin bedroom on the mezzanine level above the living room might seem a bit unconventional. It has its own bathroom but it’s on the ground floor. If you’re on holiday with family, or if you’re the life and soul of the party, then it’s ideal.
Kitchen The kitchen is open-plan and on the second floor next to the dining area and terrace. The chalet chef is on hand throughout your stay, except on Wednesday evenings.
Living room The main living space is decorated in a rustic style with comfortable armchairs, fur cushions, antique trunks and a stone fireplace. This area opens onto the terrace and balcony. There’s a flat-screen TV, DVD player and a complimentary bar.
Dining room The dining table is in the main open-plan living area and has plenty of space for nine people, so adults and children can eat together if they wish.
Other There is a fabulous den with US-style pool table, huge plasma screen TV, DVD and CD players and a fully-stocked bar. There is a small library outside the den. The entrance hall has a heated boot rack and plenty of space for getting ready in the morning.
Outdoor
Gardens The chalet has a great garden with terraces to the side and rear of the property. It’s ideal for outdoor dining in warmer weather.
Parking The cavernous underground garage has space for three cars. Two chauffeur-driven 4x4s are available 24 hours a day so you won’t need to bring your own transport.
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It’s only five minutes' walk downhill to the centre of the resort. Verbier has a well-deserved reputation for having some of the best après-ski and nightlife in the Swiss Alps. The chalet’s chauffeur-driven 4x4s are available 24 hours a day to take you wherever you want to go in the valley.
Activities
Activities
With over 250 miles of runs, Verbier has skiing to suit all levels of ability, but intermediate and experienced skiers in particular will find plenty of challenging slopes to tackle; the north face of Mont-Fort is not for the faint-hearted. As well as famous routes like Stairway to Heaven, Verbier also has some of the best and most accessible off-piste skiing in the Alps. Beginners aren’t left out though – there are gentler options, particularly on Les Ruinettes and Savoleyres. There’s also a host of other activities, including paragliding, skidooing, snow shoeing, ice-skating and two 10-kilometre toboggan runs. La Fantastique offer these activities as well as ice climbing (www.lafantastique.com).
Smith tip
Culture and skiing don’t normally go together but Verbier is a little bit different. It’s a short drive or train ride from the resort to Martigny, home of the excellent Foundation Pierre Gianadda (www.gianadda.ch). This is a complex of galleries, museums and concert halls which hosts exhibitions by artists such as Chagall, Kandinsky and Van Gogh as well as staging numerous classical concerts.
Eating, drinking and dancing
Restaurants
Pierroz at Rosalp
(+41 (0)27 771 6323)
Chef Roland Pierroz has established an unmatched reputation in the resort and serves perhaps the best French cuisine in Verbier. This Michelin-starred restaurant is ideal for a special occasion.
Hotel Rosalp, Route de Médran, 1936 Verbier
Chalet Adrien
(+41 (0)27 771 62 00)
Unusually for Verbier, the excellent, Michelin-starred L'Appartement restaurant specialises in Italian cuisine. Nicolas Isnard, their celebrated chef, only works here in the winter season.
Hôtel-Restaurant le Chalet d'Adrien, Chemin des Creux, 1936 Verbier
Bars
Le Crok Bar
(+41 (0)27 771 6934)
This sophisticated bar retains a laid-back and relaxed atmosphere. It’s Alpine Modernist interior is a great setting for some cocktails before heading for Verbier’s nightclubs.
Le Crok, Route des Creux 22, 1936 Verbier
Cafes
Offshore
(+41 (0)27 771 5444)
Nowhere does better hot chocolate than this café right by the Médran lift. It’s a welcome sight at the end of a hard day’s skiing or a perfect way to start your morning on the slopes.
Offshore Café, Médran lift station, 1936 Verbier
Pubs
Pub Mont-Fort
(+41 (0)27 771 4849)
A lively and friendly bar which has been a mainstay of the seasonal (particularly the British) party scene for many a winter. It’s more a place for shots rather than slow cocktails. Don’t expect to be the first on the slopes in the morning.
Pub Mont-Fort, Chemin de la Tinte, Case Postale, 1936 Verbier
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Housekeeping
Your chalet staff provide all housekeeping and can accommodate any special requirements with a little advanced notice.
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Getting there
Planes Geneva airport is a little under two hours away by car (www.gva.ch). Le Ti Chalet can organise transfers and will meet you at the airport. They even bring a goody bag for your journey.
Trains Getting to Verbier by train is perfectly possible. The journey takes three hours from the airport to the nearest station down in the valley at Le Châble. You can make the transfer to the resort by cable car, which drops you off within five minutes' drive of the chalet, or organise a transfer with the chalet manager.
Local taxi service In the unlikely event you get separated from your chauffeur-driven 4x4s and need a taxi, try May Taxi (+41 (0)27 771 7771) or Taxi Rosset (+41 (0)27 771 1266).
Directions by road It’s motorway all the way from Geneva to Martigny. It’s cheaper to hire cars on the French side of Geneva Airport but these don’t have the permits for the Swiss motorways so don’t be tempted. From Martigny take the E27 and follow the directions to Verbier. It’s best if you arrange to be met in the main square in the resort; the chalet is only a short drive from there.
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Le Ti’s most enticing room is the fabulous den, with its US-style pool table and an entertainment system worthy of NASA.
Review
Built with weathered timbers and local stone, and surrounded by its own garden, Le Ti projects the rustic image of a traditional Alpine chalet. Inside, the atmosphere is warm and snug, with antique trunks, comfy armchairs and plenty of Old World character. But this beautiful property is far from basic. Guests here enjoy the very highest standards of comfort and service, with all the facilities you would expect from one of Verbier’s leading chalets. This is definitely a most indulgent way to enjoy one of the most outstanding resorts in the Swiss Alps.
Le Ti is smaller than most chalets but that serves only to accentuate its cosy air of relaxed informality. The two double bedrooms, three-bed children’s bunk room and twin bedroom on the mezzanine level make the chalet an ideal choice for a family ski holiday or a getaway with a group of close friends. All rooms have en suite bath or shower rooms which themselves have lots of personality. The semi-open-plan roll-top bath and the alcove tub are both great fun. The mezzanine twin bedroom might lack a bit of privacy, but sleeping under the eaves is a great experience.
The chalet has a staff of four, including a professional chef who will prepare breakfast, afternoon tea and an evening meal with wine for you. Le Ti offers a completely personalised service so the chef can prepare whatever you would like, given a bit of notice. Your host will make sure you’ll never want for an apéritif or post-dinner drink. The chalet has a complimentary bar as well as a fantastic 1,200-bottle wine cellar, so in addition to the excellent house wines there’s a dazzling selection of some of the world’s finest grand crus to choose from.
The dining area next to the open-plan kitchen is a great place to spend the evening, and the sitting area with its comfortable armchairs next to the stone fireplace is ideal for guests wanting to relax. The chalet’s garden is a great bonus and it’s also possible to eat out on the terrace. Le Ti’s most enticing room, though, is the fabulous den, with its US-style pool table and an entertainment system worthy of NASA. It’s a great place to party under the watchful gaze of Hendrix and Morrison. You won’t want to miss out on Verbier’s lively nightlife either; two chauffeur-driven 4x4s are at your disposal 24 hours a day to help you explore.
Despite Verbier’s famed après-ski it’s best to pace yourself in this resort. You’ll need plenty of energy in the morning to get the most from over 250 miles of runs and some excellent off-piste skiing. Your chalet manager can arrange a wealth of activities, including parapenting, skidooing, ice climbing and heli-skiing. All those time-consuming details, such as lift passes, in-chalet ski and boot fitting, ski lessons and mountain guides can be effortlessly taken care of so that you can concentrate on carving a few stylish edges as you glide down the mountains.
This chalet in Verbier was reviewed by Jim Whyte
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