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Location: where is Chalet Sanville

  • Ski-in ski-out via the M piste on the Solaise side
  • Solaise and Bellevarde ski lifts a 30-second glide away

Overview: chalet description: Chalet Sanville description

We are delighted to have added this super four-bedroom chalet to our programme this year. It has two USPs: it is one of the very few chalets in Val d’Isère which really are ski-in, ski-out for all of us, not just free-riders and cliff-jumpers, and it has a swimming pool.

Sanville is a proper, solidly built, free-standing chalet, with four very pleasant bedrooms, three bathrooms and an excellent sitting-dining room. The windows are huge, and the spectacular views south-west up the Charvet or north-east across the slopes to the church and old village are fabulous.

The swimming pool is not the sort of plunge pool we were imagining, where you bang your tummy on the bottom and your head on the end. It measures 10m x 3.5m and is 1.45m deep. It’s a proper pool, and even skiers who think that after a day on Val d’Isère’s slopes one should not have any more energy to burn will find it difficult to resist a few quick lengths before dinner. If you’ve come home cold, leap in to warm up. If you’ve come home hot, dive in. And if it’s -20º and you’ve come home frozen, there’s an excellent sauna by the pool.

Chalet Sanville is actually on the side of the M piste. From Solaise it’s an easy ski. Our photo was taken at the very end of the season, but you can see that there was still snow right to the terrace. The chalet could not be more ski-in. And as for ski-out, you take your skis and boots from the ski room under the house, walk perhaps ten yards, click in, then glide across the M to the Olympique or Solaise rapid bubbles or, our favourite, the Bellevarde Express chairlift. Or perhaps stop off for a gourmet bite at the Étincelle restaurant a mere schuss away.

Being actually on the piste, above the lifts, means that the chalet is not right by the shops, night clubs, church or whatever. It is about a ten-minute walk across the snow from all these, but if the thought of walking for ten minutes through a beautiful valley does not float your boat, worry not: the Rogoney chairlift is the last lift to close, so you can always ski home; the free Train Bleu bus service runs consistently between 08.30 and 21.45, and a Land Rover runs a shuttle service from the Tourist Office to the door every 20 minutes between 17.30 and 20.00. For those who want to dance the night away, Chalet Sanville is not far from the Doudoune night club (and its pre-dinner den of iniquity Cocorico), where there’s a free shuttle running until at least 04.00!

(Please note that the use of the swimming pool and sauna in Chalet Sanville is at your own risk and that of your party members. We cannot accept responsibility for any accidents/injuries that occur during the use of these facilities. Children must be supervised at all times.)


Families: Chalet Sanville for children

We are extremely well-suited to families. Some of our chalets are large, some small. Some are very smart, some very good value. And some have Extra Beds for children.

Chalets are more relaxing for families than hotels, where parents are constantly worried that their brood will upset fellow guests, or self-catering apartments, where most of someone’s holiday will be spent shopping, cooking and clearing up.

And, perhaps surprisingly, Val d’Isère is the ideal family ski resort. It has good snow, short queues, wide nursery slopes with free lifts, and extensive new beginner runs higher up the mountain at the top of Solaise. (Beginners do, however, need a ski pass to access these higher nursery slopes) The flat village, free and frequent buses, very good ski schools, English-speaking instructors, and lots of British youngsters also help hugely. Where to Ski and Snowboard magazine describes the nursery slopes as ‘95% perfect’.


Facilities: Chalet Sanville features

  • Beautiful chalet with private swimming pool and sauna
  • Attractive bedrooms, two en-suite and two sharing a shower room
  • Huge sitting room with log fire, balconies and fabulous views
  • WiFi
  • Ski-in ski-out via the M piste on the Solaise side
  • Solaise and Bellevarde ski lifts a 30-second glide away
  • Evening Land Rover shuttle from village centre
  • Ski room with boot warmers
  • A chef and an assistant (or two other equally responsible staff members) will live in

Room Types: Chalet Sanville bedrooms

Bedrooms in order of preference (in our opinion)

Bedroom 1
Double (17′ x 9′) on second floor, bathroom with double basin, bidet and wc. French window onto a large balcony.

Bedroom 2
Twin (15′ x 13′) on first floor with en-suite bathroom. Wc just outside the bedroom (not private to this bedroom).

Bedroom 3
Double (11′ x 9′) on second floor, sharing a bathroom and separate wc with Bedroom 4.

Bedroom 4
Twin (11′ x 9′) on second floor, sharing a bathroom and separate wc with Bedroom 3.

Sitting/Dining Room
(14′ x 9′ sitting room, 18′ x 10′ dining area) on first floor. Two french windows, each opening onto its own balcony. Large fireplace. WiFi.

Swimming Pool and Sauna
(Pool and surround 39′ x 18′, sauna room 11’6″ x 10′). On the ground floor, with an extra shower and wc.


Meals: Chalet Sanville food & drink

We start with a proper breakfast. Fruit juice, porridge, cereals from Rude Health, bacon, eggs, baguettes straight from the famous local bakery, yoghurt, tea and fresh coffee from Nespresso machines (with instant or infusions for those who prefer them). On one morning breakfast will be self-service with fresh croissants and pains au chocolat delivered to your chalet.

You return from the slopes to find bread and jam, a freshly-baked cake (except on staff days off), tea and coffee left out for you. If you would like hot chocolate, please inform your chalet staff (and tell them how you like it!).

Dinner is where we pull out all the stops on five nights of your holiday. Our policy on food is straightforward. We start with the best cuts of meat and the best fresh fruit and vegetables, not really counting the cost. Everything we need is available in Val d’Isère. Most people are very happy with our normal formula of canapés followed by a three-course, fixed-menu, dinner-party-style meal. The cuisine is largely French, though with a fusion of other influences.

A small proportion of our guests wishes to eat different food from the rest of their party. If you request a different diet, we will be able to offer one alternative meal so that the normal meal or this alternative will be suitable for vegetarians, vegans, dairy free, no red meat or no onions/no garlic.

Or you could tailor-make a menu for your party for the week and ask us to cook, say, two fish meals, one chicken, one red meat (when vegetarians can simply not have the meat) and one vegetarian meal – or whatever combination suits your group. This way everyone enjoys the same meals all together and, dare we say it, eats a little more healthily.

If a diet is more complicated than those mentioned above, we may have to make a charge for special ingredients but we will let you know in advance. If you want us to buy in special non-dairy milks and yoghurts there will be a charge in the resort, much the same way as the alternative wines mentioned below.

There are some diets we cannot cater for. We regret that we do not have the separate fridges, etc., required for Kosher diets, we do not have access to Halal meats, and we cannot guarantee that our chalets will be nut-free.

With dinner, we serve free unlimited quantities of a selection of very drinkable French AOC wine and vin de pays. This is, unfortunately, only with dinner, not breakfast, and we stop serving the wine when the coffee appears.

We also have a wine list from which you can buy everything from slightly smarter wine to Châteaux Lafite-Rothschild or d’Yquem. We sell these wines at less than they cost because you are not drinking the house wine.


Please Note

Damage deposit for all bookings

We update Chalet Sanville'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 Val d'Isere: about holidays in Val d'Isere: about ski holidays in Val d'Isere: about ski holidays in Val d'Isere France

½ of Espace Killy Fantastic après Traditional chocolate box village Skiable glacier

Ski never-ending pistes and powder, ogle at colossal peaks and cosy Savoie architecture, then end the day with some of the world's most wild and wonderful après ski. Val d'Isere is considered by many to be the best ski resort on earth, and we’re inclined to agree.

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Snow Report: Top 375cm, Bottom 99cm

Snow Forecast: 86cm expected this week

Snow History: March average depth 163.5cm

Val d'Isere trail map

Approx. airport transfer times depend on conditions:

Chambéry (CMF)145km, 1h45
Geneva (GVA)180km, 2h40
Grenoble (GNB)210km 2h50
Region:France, Alps.
First opened:1934

Val d'Isere lift pass price last reported as €294 (adult 6 day). Ask for a quote when booking Chalet Sanville.
Night skiing: Yes, every Thursday
Val d'Isere has NSEW facing slopes.
Usually open for skiing October - May.

Town altitude: 1850m
Top of slopes: 3300m
Bottom of piste: 1550m
Vertical drop: 1900m
Total length of trails:300km
Longest piste:10km (Tignes)
In France's Rhone Alp region, Val d'Isere (pronounced: val de saire/sare/ser or val d sere) is widely thought of as one of the most brilliant and beautiful ski areas in the world. In keeping with the giddyingly gorgeous surroundings, the resort itself is one of France's prettiest - a huddle alpine hamlets formed from cosy wood and stone chalets. With the original village dating back to the 13th century and a Christmas-card-worthy church steeple at its centre, there’s alpine charm by the bucket load. While dre...
Skiers in Val d'Isere are schussing in the tracks of some of the world's greatest skiers. Olympic medallists Marielle and Christine Goitschel learned to ski here, not to mention triple gold winner Jean-Claude Killy, after whom the wider ski area is named. As an indication of this place's premier status - the resort has hosted championships including the 1992 Olympics, the World Alpine Ski Championships in 2009 and World Cup events every December. If some of the best skiers in history have learned here, begi...
Famed for its après ski, there's no chance of a dull evening in Val. Living up to its name, you'll experience ‘sweet madness' at the original Le Folie Douce, which brings you some of the best après ski in Europe - including dancers, musicians, raining champagne and much more... Once that closes, Dicks T Bar's a local legend, staying open into the early hours each night. Bananas is another firm favourite, much loved for its crafty cocktails and slope-side location. In Val d'Isere's 90-something restaurants, ...

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