Mr & Mrs Smith

Portetta

Courchevel, France

Portetta hotel, sibling to Lime Wood and the Pig, takes all the charms of the forest and pitches them on the piste: you can expect all the sparkly service, effortless style and tasty food, as well as an enviable ski-in, ski-out setting and magical mountain sights.

Need to know

• Rooms 44, including six loft suites, plus three self-catering ski chalets in Courchevel.
• Rates Double rooms from $446.92 (€346), excluding tax at 7 per cent. Please note the hotel charges an additional local city tax of €1.65 per person per night on check-out.
  The price shown represents the lowest nightly rate for a double room available at this hotel over the next 21 days. Any price conversions from the hotel's local currency (€346) have been conducted using today's exchange rates from xe.com.
• More details Rates include breakfast and dinner for hotel guests (b&b only for loft guests), but not the daily tax of €1.65 for every adult.
• Facilities Ski shop, spa, gym, restaurants, bars, concierge, DVD library, games room, WiFi throughout. In rooms, flatscreen TV, minibars and L’Occitane bath products.
• Check-out 11am. Earliest check-in, 4pm; 5pm for loft suite guests.
• Children Cots and extra beds can be provided for children under 11; it’s €30 a day for a cot, but the price for extra beds varies. With 24 hours’ notice, a babysitter can be arranged (roughly €15 an hour).
• Also The hotel has two rooms adapted for wheelchair users.
• Hotel closed The hotel is open in winter only, and generally closes between mid April and mid December.

Food and drink at Portetta

• Hotel restaurant

  Hearty Savoyard fare is on offer at the hotel’s wood-lined restaurant: fondue, tartiflette and amazing cheese plates to make sure you’re replacing all calories burnt on the slopes. At night, the twinkling lights of the valley and low-lighting up the romance levels. Food is also served outdoors, on Courchevel’s biggest terrace, no less, and in the Brasserie.

• Dress code Smart après-ski: cashmere and cable knits.
• Top table Fill up in between runs without even taking off your boots by sitting out in the Brasserie or Terrace. Indoors, go for a valley-facing window seat where you can watch the stars sparkle over the snow.
• Last orders Breakfast is served between 7.30am and 10am; have lunch from noon until 2.30pm and dinner between 7pm and 9pm. A snacks menu is served until 5pm. The bar shuts at 11pm.
• Room service None.
• Hotel bar

  The bar is open all day for vin chauds by the fire, cocktails and, if you’re lucky, live music – the hotel hosts regular gigs. There's also the outdoors Fire & Ice bar, lit by flaming torches and decorated with snuggly fur furnishings.

Portetta Rue du Marquis, Courchevel 1650, 73120 Saint Bon Tarentaise