Val d'Isère, France

La Mourra Hôtel Village

Price per night from$832.69

Price information

If you haven’t entered any dates, the rate shown is provided directly by the hotel and represents the cheapest double room (including tax) available in the next 60 days.

Prices have been converted from the hotel’s local currency (EUR772.73), via openexchangerates.org, using today’s exchange rate.

Style

Well-connected winter wonder

Setting

Val d’Isère central

Five words you want to hear from a top-notch mountain stay: everything is taken care of – and never more so than at La Mourra Hôtel Village. This superlative Val d’Isère address comprises luxury chalets and spacious suites. The former come with chefs, butlers, drivers and porters; there’s a cinema room and spa in situ at each chalet and the concierge is as well connected as the hotel’s underground tunnels (linking the chalets and hotel). The latter, eight stylish suites, are in pole position above the hotel’s Japanese-fusion restaurant and Clarins spa, with shuttles to the ski lifts, a centre-ville location and seamless service making any stay here a (mountain) breeze.

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Facilities

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Need to know

Rooms

Eight suites, plus five chalets (sleeping from nine to 16).

Check–Out

11am; earliest check-in, 3pm. Both are flexible, subject to availability.

Prices

Double rooms from £725.51 (€850), including tax at 10 per cent. Please note the hotel charges an additional local city tax of €3.00 per person per night on check-out.

More details

Rates include breakfast for hotel guests; chalet stays include afternoon tea and dinner, too.

Also

Chalets have lifts to all floors and a wheelchair-accessible double bedroom either at ground level or on the first floor. One hotel junior suite (sleeping three) is wheelchair-friendly, too.

Hotel closed

The hotel closes annually in May and reopens in December.

At the hotel

Free shuttle bus, By Clarins spa. For chalet guests: use of a porter and driver; in-chalet dining with chef and butler. In rooms: free WiFi, Apple TV, iPod dock, free minibar, Nespresso machine and kettle, free bottled water, Diptyque bath products.

Our favourite rooms

Warm timbers, luxury textiles and a sophisticated finish make all suites at La Mourra tempting – especially the two-bedroom suite with a separate sitting room (wood-burning stove included). Of the chalets, showstopping La Grange has a double-height, vaulted living space with a sweeping terrace; Chalet Chêne impresses with polish and proportions, and Ambre’s eye-catching layout – with only a lobby at ground level and a fifth bedroom under the eaves on the third floor – is a breath of fresh air.

Poolside

Fringed by cushioned sofas and chairs, the heated, marble-edged pool at the heart of the hotel spa is open from 10am until 9pm. Or enjoy a private dip without even leaving the house, courtesy of the plunge pool in every La Mourra chalet.

Spa

A mosaic-tiled hammam and wood-lined sauna edge the relaxation area of sofas and easy chairs beside the marble-framed lap pool at the hotel spa. Clarins treatments using customised My Blend spa products can be booked for one of the spa’s two timber-panelled treatment rooms or for the private spa cabin at your chalet. All chalets come with a private sauna, steam room and plunge pool, too.

Packing tips

In your deliberations over ski jackets, salopettes and snow boots, don’t forget that togs for the spa and glamorous threads for dinner are equally deserving of your attention.

Also

Chalet guests with oenophilic leanings should request a private wine tasting with La Mourra’s sommelier.

Pet‐friendly

Dogs are welcome (from €30 a night). See more pet-friendly hotels in Val d'Isère.

Children

All ages are very welcome. Cots can be provided free but no extra beds, as suites are set up for families. Babysitting is available (from €20 an hour).

Best for

Over-sevens are best placed to enjoy wintersports, the swimming pool, restaurant and of course the home cinema set-up in the chalets.

Recommended rooms

Groups of nine or more will love the chalet set-up with dining chez vous, a private spa and cinema. In the hotel, two-bedroom suites are spacious and private.

Crèche

There’s no kids’ club or crèche, but the concierge can help arrange ski or board tuition for little Smiths and for younger children, and assist with finding childcare (see babysitting).

Activities

Skiing, snowboarding, tobogganing, ice skating.

Swimming pool

The lap pool at the spa is chlorinated and heated, with ladder entry and a broad marble border; under-12s must be accompanied and there’s no lifeguard on duty.

Meals

Both the hotel restaurant and room service menus include choices for children, and the kitchen is happy to heat baby food for suite guests.

Babysitting

The hotel can arrange babysitting or a nanny for daytime childcare from €20–€30 an hour (48 hours’ notice required).

Also

Free shuttles to town, underground access between the chalets and the hotel, plus ski equipment delivery and ski lockers on your doorstep make getting around with little Smiths a breeze.

Sustainability efforts

The hotel provides electric charging stations for vehicles. Energy-efficient light bulbs are used throughout the hotel and waste is sorted for recycling.

Food and Drink

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Top Table

In keeping with the Japanese fare on offer, sofa-lined low tables to the left of the entrance are a romantic spot in which to savour sushi.

Dress Code

A silk shirt, kimono jacket or sakura-print blouse will all pair glamorously with the Japanese-fusion cuisine.

Hotel restaurant

The timbered dining room is cosy with a capital c: warm-wood panelling; eye-catching pendant lights and chandeliers; chairs upholstered in stripes, woven fabrics or velvet, but always pillowy; linen-draped tables and deft, friendly service. It’s an Alpine setting that sits in contrast to its Japanese-fusion menu, which includes a choice of freshly prepared sushi and mains such as umami-style Bresse chicken, beef tataki, cod with miso or sole furikake.

Hotel bar

Alongside the restaurant at the heart of the hotel, La Mourra’s bar is a low-lit lounge of easy chairs and side tables and high stools beside the bar: try signature cocktail, Aki No Tsuki – a blend of vanilla vodka, lemon-ginger sake and tropical fruit juices. An eye-catching wine cellar at the entrance is a trove of French vintages that the hotel’s resident sommelier will be all too happy to guide you through.

Last orders

Breakfast is served, 7am–10.30am; dinner is from 7pm until 9.30pm.

Room service

From 11am–11pm, you can order from a dedicated menu including salads, croque monsieur, pasta and a choice of desserts, plus options for little Smiths.

Location

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Address
La Mourra Hôtel Village
460 avenue du Prariond
Val-d'Isère
73150
France

Savoie mountain stay La Mourra Hôtel Village is in Val d’Isère in the Tarentaise, not far from the Italian border.

Planes

Chambéry airport is a two-hour drive from the hotel; Geneva, Grenoble and Lyon St Exupéry are each less than three hours away by road. The hotel can arrange private transfers from Geneva (price on request).

Trains

Bourg St Maurice is a 40-minute drive from La Mourra. Private transfers through the hotel start at €110 for two people each way.

Automobiles

The hotel offers valet parking: two parking spaces are included free with chalet bookings; for suite stays, parking costs €25 a night.

Other

The hotel can arrange private helicopter transfers from Geneva (price on request).

Worth getting out of bed for

Haute-Tarentaise is a snowy playground beloved of wintersports enthusiasts and prized for its long season, from the end of November all the way to May. Close to the Italian border, it’s well set-up for those looking to heliski. And its link with Tignes creates a ski area with 300km of pistes, two glaciers (ensuring late-season snow up high), a snowpark, cross-country skiing and biathlon. Throw in some aerial derring-do with speed riding, paragliding or snowkiting – or stick at ground level and try snowshoeing, dog-sledding or snowmobiling. To keep little Smiths occupied, Val d’Isère has an ice rink and toboggan area.

Local restaurants

Claire and Gilles Malafosse bring LouLou to the mountains at Airelles – a ceiling of blossomed boughs in the dining room as much of a showstopper as the Italian-French fare, including pizza truffe noir, lobster linguine and seven-hour slow-roasted shoulder of lamb. La Mourra’s sister hotel Le Blizzard is home to a timbered Alpine dining room where chef Patrice Durand works flavourful wonders with mains such as smoked scallops and creamy polenta and thyme-seasoned saddle of lamb with caramelised cutlets. All things Savoyard and cheesy are served in Hotel Blizzard’s dinner-only restaurant, La Luge.

Reviews

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Anonymous review

Every hotel featured is visited personally by members of our team, given the Smith seal of approval, and then anonymously reviewed. As soon as our reviewers have returned from this ski hotel in Savoie and unpacked their génépy and wraparound Oakleys, a full account of their mountain break will be with you. In the meantime, to whet your wanderlust, here's a quick peek inside La Mourra Hôtel Village in Val d’Isère


A dilemma familiar to all winter-holiday devotees is whether to opt for the home-from-home comforts of an Alpine chalet or seek out hotel frills and forgo exclusivity. The solution is La Mourra Hôtel Village – a stellar stay of suites and standalone chalets at the heart of Val d’Isère – which offers the benefits of both, whichever option you plump for. Its hotel suites afford the space and privacy you’d expect of a chalet (balconies, living areas, generous ensuites); its five finessed chalets come with the kind of extras, service and thoughtful details you’d expect from an upscale hotel (a private chef, butler, alcohol allowance, free shuttles, concierge services for help with everything from ski hire to babysitting). The marble-lined Clarins spa is a boon for all guests (although chalet stays come with a private spa chez vous, too) and the hotel’s glamorous Japanese-fusion restaurant and bar are a gastronomic go-to for diners resort-wide. With views of the imposing Face de Bellevarde from the hotel and Val d’Isère’s centre-ville in easy reach, La Mourra’s first-class location is free of compromise, too.

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Price per night from $832.69