Chalet Karine (La Chaumiere Chalets), Les Gets

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I have never been on a holiday like this before (I.e. catered chalet) but I think the service has been amazing. Every meal has been fantastic and I have tried lots of different foods. It really has been great and more so because of the staff and wonderful facilities. + more
Gosling family
4 out of 5
I have had an amazing stay in Les Gets and would return again. The staff were all very attentive and professional and the food was top class. Thank you. + more
Tomlinson Family
4 out of 5
Our fourth time with this chalet company and still as brilliant as ever - keep up the good work - you are the number one child friendly ski holiday company! All staff amazing!! + more
Chapman Family
4 out of 5
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Overview: chalet description: Chalet Karine (La Chaumiere Chalets) description

NB: This is a "family" chalet, so all bookings must include at least one child or teenager.

The Karine is the largest of our four La Chaumière chalet apartments in this Savoyarde-styled building which was converted for our exclusive use, with each apartment having its own chalet host. All four also share our in-house childcare rooms, sauna, hot-tub and ski storage on the lower two floors.

Situated on the first floor the Karine's accommodation is attractive and well-laid out for family use with an open plan living and dining room with log burner, as well as a terrace area and balcony. The five en suite bedrooms all lead off from the central living area and most have their own balcony too.

The village centre and closest lifts, the Chavannes and Mont Chéry, are all within a short stroll and families will appreciate the seclusion of the location.

Our Nursery and Snow Club rooms are on the ground floor in bright and spacious childcare rooms, where we also run our Cocoa Clubs in the evenings. Children in Classic childcare use Chalet Aventine for their lunches.


Families: Chalet Karine (La Chaumiere Chalets) for children

  • Nursery 17 weeks - 40 months Ground floor of La Chaumière
  • Snow Club 3 - 8 years Ground floor of La Chaumière
  • Cocoa Clubs
    • Mini Cocoa Club 3 - 5 years Ground floor of La Chaumière
    • Cocoa Club 6 - 12 years Ground floor of La Chaumière
  • Children’s Ski Lessons 3 - 12 years offering a wide range of ski classes and activities
  • Strict signing-in/out procedures for all ages whenever responsibility for children passes between staff or ski instructors and parents
  • Guided Ski Fun 6 - 12 years afternoon groups
  • Snow Club fun 40 months + for children over nursery age

Ski Childcare & Children’s Ski Lessons

We have led the childcare concept for UK families on skiing holidays for the last 35 years and our programme is constantly reviewed and refined, with previous guest feedback always the key element in further enhancing the experience.

For parents, Classic Childcare means being able to leave your accommodation after breakfast to head for the first lifts, only needing to return after the last one shuts. We look after your children completely throughout the ski day if you wish.

While the babies and toddlers go to our Nursery, staff take the older ones to our partner ski-school, collect them, give them lunch, run activities to keep them happy and stimulated and then take them back to their chalets for their high tea, giving you our super-convenient ‘Seamless Service’ throughout the day.

Why Choose us?

  • 35 years experience as the UK’s leading family ski specialist
  • The biggest choice of childcare services in skiing
  • Flexible childcare options, from half-days up to our 'Seamless Service' from 9am-6pm
  • Strict ratios of nannies to children in all our Nurseries
  • All nannies properly qualified and English-speaking
  • All childcare staff are subject to the new Disclosure and Barring Service Enhanced Check (formerly the 'CRB' check) in line with the UK's legal requirements for anyone working regularly and closely with children.
  • All appropriate childcare and catering staff trained to the City & Guilds Level 2 in Food Safety or equivalent
  • Strict signing-in/out procedures for all ages whenever responsibility for children passes between staff or ski instructors and parents
  • Exclusive ski classes, with the best English-speaking instructors
  • Maximum 8 children in a class, and only 6 per class for 3-4 year-olds
  • Guided Ski Fun afternoon groups
  • Family Ski Guiding on your last day
  • FREE evening Baby-Listening/ Child Patrol Service every night in all our Chalet Hotels, Xtra Chalets and larger chalets, and in all properties on our staff’s one night off per week

Facilities: Chalet Karine (La Chaumiere Chalets) features

  • Superb convenient location
  • Village centre approx. 7 minutes' walk (550m)
  • Log-burning stove and free Wifi
  • Sauna and hot tub shared by our four chalets
  • Images shown are typical of the interior style in La Chaumiere apartments
  • 5 en suite bedrooms, 1 is a family quad
  • Dedicated childcare rooms
  • Substantial breakfast, afternoon tea, children's high tea, and 3-course evening meals with complimentary wine and coffee

Room Types: Chalet Karine (La Chaumiere Chalets) bedrooms

  • LOWER GROUND FLOOR

    Sauna, 2 showers & wc

  • GROUND FLOOR

    Nursery, Snow Club & boot room, Hot-tub

  • FIRST FLOOR

    Living/dining-room with fireplace, kitchen area, wc, terrace & balcony

    Room 1, Sleeps 4, Quadruple family room with double and bunks(bath/wc/balcony)

    Room 2, Sleeps 2, Twin (shower/wc/balcony)

    Room 3, Sleeps 2, Double (bath/wc/balcony)

    Room 4, Sleeps 2, Double (bath/wc/balcony)

    Room 5, Sleeps 2-3, Twin/triple room with twin beds and single sofa bed(shower/wc)

  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

    Room 5 will take a cot.
    Supplements per person per night: Shower/wc/balcony £3.50; Bath/wc/balcony £4.50 (Rooms 3 & 4 only)
    Floor plans are for guidance only and may not be to scale.


Meals: Chalet Karine (La Chaumiere Chalets) food & drink

Winter 2017/18 Cuisine

We set high standards for our cuisine, and train our staff extensively before the season starts, to ensure that guests will enjoy every meal.

Breakfast

In all our properties breakfast is served buffet-style with a selection of cold options including a choice of cereals or porridge, cold meats, cheese and preserves, and bread (and croissants in France) fruit juices, tea and coffee and a cooked breakfast of bacon, sausage, eggs and beans.

On the one staff night off per week, a continental style breakfast is laid out for you to help yourselves in all chalets.

Piste Picnics

Our Chalet Hotel teams can also prepare a packed lunch for you on request, at a small local charge.

Afternoon Tea

Every day, apart from the one staff day off, a home-baked cake and tea and coffee making facilities are laid out for you to help yourself when you return from the slopes.

Chalet Meals

High Tea at 5.30pm is served as a 2 course evening meal for all children under 13 as many parents prefer to enjoy adult-only company over dinner. Parents are asked to accompany their children under 3, whilst 3-12 years old are supervised by our childcare team.

Adult dinner at 7.30pm comprises 3 courses including an appetiser, main dish and dessert, preceded by a prosecco apéritif, accompanied by a choice of red and white wines, and culminating with tea or coffee.

If it's important to you to eat dinner altogether as a family, we offer Family Dining in any chalet when you book the entire chalet for exclusive use. Dinner is then served from 6:30pm with the menu based on our adult dishes with some flexibility for the children's preferences. There is a supplement of £39 per child for Family Dining.

Children’s High Tea

High Tea provides children under 13 with a healthy menu, but tailored more towards children’s tastes than our main adult dinner, and puréed food is also always available for infants on request. Parents are asked to accompany their children under 36 months at High Tea please, whilst children from 3-12 years will be supervised by staff.

Special Diets

Vegetarian options are available in our chalets if you advise us in advance. Other special diets can generally be catered for at a cost of £35 per person per week. Any dietary requirements must be advised to us at the time of booking in order for us to be fully prepared.

Winter 2018/19 Cuisine

Our staff prepare and serve breakfast, afternoon tea and a 3 course evening meal including wine and coffee, on five days a week, representing great value for money in any ski resort and giving you more precious time as a family. The staff nights off give you a chance to sample some of the delicious local restaurants an ensure that you don’t leave The Alps without your fill of Weiner Schnitzel or Fondue! Our baby listening service ensures that you can enjoy your meal out without worry.

We set high standards for our cuisine, and train our staff extensively before the season starts, to ensure that you will enjoy every meal.

Breakfast

In all our properties breakfast is served buffet-style with a selection of cold options including a choice of cereals or porridge, cold meats, cheese and preserves, and bread (an croissants in France) fruit juices, tea and coffee and a cooked breakfast of bacon, sausage, eggs and beans.

On the two staff nights off per week, a continental style breakfast is laid out for you to help yourselves in all chalets.

Piste Picnics

Our Chalet Hotel teams can also prepare a packed lunch for you on request, at a small local charge.

Afternoon Tea

Every day, apart from two one staff days off, a home-baked cake and tea and coffee making facilities are laid out for you to help yourself when you return from the slopes.

Christmas & New Year Celebrations

All our chalets and Chalet Hotels offer traditional fare for Christmas dinner, with roast turkey and all the trimmings, Christmas pudding, mince pies, crackers, party hats and of course a pre-dinner glass of Champagne plus a lively, fun atmosphere for all the family.

This is the one meal that all families share together regardless of children’s ages, so in some properties the dining tables can be quite crowded, but this adds to the festive ambience of all celebrating together!

A special festive menu followed by Champagne is also served on New Year’s Eve, but this is for adults only (and those aged 13+ of course), unless you are staying in a Family Dining chalet.

Staff Day/Night Off

Once a week for 2017/18 and twice a week for 2018/19, you have an opportunity to eat out and enjoy a local Alpine Restaurant on our staff's day(s) off. Don't forget, you can still take advantage of our free Baby-Listening/Child Patrol Service on this evening.For the 2017/18 season.

We update Chalet Karine (La Chaumiere Chalets)'s details often, but facilities do change. e.g. some extras listed by the supplier as "free" or included might only be for the first time you use them, or for one time per party, then charged for further use. If any specific feature is essential to your holiday, make sure you ask us to confirm the details of it before you book your holiday.
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Resort: about Les Gets: about holidays in Les Gets: about ski holidays in Les Gets: about ski holidays in Les Gets France

Connected to Portes du Soleil Famille Plus Resort Lots to do off the slopes Pretty village

A beautiful village full of rustic Savoyard charm, Les Gets sits between Lake Geneva and Mont Blanc, with not only stunning scenery but also links to the entire Portes du Soleil ski area. With cosy mountain restaurants, a huge variety of accommodation and possibly the best Christmas spirit in France, Les Gets is not a resort to be missed.

Beginner Intermediate Advanced Snowboard

Great for Families Beginners Christmas magic

Les Gets webcam

Snow Report: Top 165cm, Bottom 5cm

Snow Forecast: 38cm expected this week

Snow History: March average depth 132.33cm

Les Gets trail map

Approx. airport transfer times depend on conditions:

Geneva Airport73km, 1h 30mins
Chambery Airport126km, 1h 45mins
Region:Haute-Savoie region, French Alps
First opened:1938

Les Gets lift pass price last reported as €216 for 6 days adult local pass (Les Gets/Morzine). €278 for 6 days adult area pass (Portes du Soleil) *online prices. Ask for a quote when booking Chalet Karine (La Chaumiere Chalets).
Night skiing: Yes
Les Gets has NSEW facing slopes.
Usually open for skiing Mid December – Mid April.

Town altitude: 1000m
Top of slopes: 2002m
Bottom of piste: 1172m
Vertical drop: 2723m
Total length of trails:120km (secured)
Longest piste:6km
This is as close to an alpine fairy tale as it gets. A beautiful resort tucked away between Lake Geneva and Mont Blanc, Les Gets’ charm comes from rustic wooden chalets, friendly locals and the inevitably cosy atmosphere a smaller village can offer. Les Gets is pronounced Ley-Jay. Situated just an hour from Geneva Airport, it’s perfect for those who don’t want to waste a chunk of their holiday travelling, as most people who fly in the morning can make it onto the slopes by mid-afternoon. This is also one...
Les Gets has several ski schools, making it an excellent place for children and beginners. Most have bi-lingual instructors, and the resort’s popularity with families means instructors are well versed in teaching children to ski. A designated beginner park called Mappy’s Area is close to the Chavannes cable car, with gentle slopes, two magic carpets and rope tows to ski smoothly on 4 gentle slopes. There are good blue runs near the centre of town, and further up towards Chavannes, for any older learners w...
Whilst the resort isn't primarily known for a huge après ski scene, a choice of over 100 shops, bars and restaurants means there's definitely fun to be had after a long day on the slopes. There are several lively bars, and most will stay open until about 2 am. The Irish pub is great for its friendly atmosphere, home-brewed beers, live music and great tapas. The Black Bear is child friendly, with a pool table and located just above the Irish pub. If 2 am isn't late enough for you, Igloo nightclub is open until 4...

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Gosling family
4/ out of 5
I have never been on a holiday like this before (I.e. catered chalet) but I think the service has been amazing. Every meal has been fantastic and I have tried lots of different foods. It really has been great and more so because of the staff and wonderful facilities.

"Amazing stay"

Tomlinson Family
4/ out of 5
I have had an amazing stay in Les Gets and would return again. The staff were all very attentive and professional and the food was top class. Thank you.

"Brilliant as ever"

Chapman Family
4/ out of 5
Our fourth time with this chalet company and still as brilliant as ever - keep up the good work - you are the number one child friendly ski holiday company! All staff amazing!!
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