Vallorcine Apartments

Great spot outside the city centre. Great communication for the check-in .

Great location, this is a very quiet area in the valley. Excellent view of the river and cattle pasture. The main thing that I didn’t like was the welcome bag was mainly a green scratchpad and cleaning products. It was a little stressful because there was the threat of losing a huge deposit if it wasn’t cleaned well enough. For the price of the room, I would expect to be greeted with a green scratch pad and told that it better be clean or else!

We took a family room for 7 nights. The room was spacious and well equipped. The hotel is very nice and has private and indoor parking for each room. A nice stream flows in front of the hotel. The hotel is near thr cable car and has a basic bakery, swimming pool, spa, games (indoor and outdoor) for children. The reception only works until 20:00 but we get along if necessary. The town itself is a 20-minute drive from Chamonix, but an 8-minute drive from the Swiss border, which is a huge plus. There is also a train station next to the hotel. There are lots of nature trails in the area. The town (Vallorcine) is quite sleepy and quiet. There is no supermarket or stores. Each room is equipped with few capsules for dishwashers, two garbage bags and small pieces of dish soap and bath, which is for the entire stay (not enough for 7 nights stay and the guest has to purchase an extra on their own expense). There is no cleaning of the room during the stay and there is no change of towels / sheets. Guests are required to clean the kitchen themselves at the end of the stay or otherwise will be charged a fee of EUR 100.There is a laundry room near the reception for a fee of EUR 5 for the washing machine or dryer. At the end of the stay we were required to pay EUR 42 (!!!) for a city tax (EUR 3 per adult per night). All in all, a worthy value for money. Quiet and pastoral location. Far from the bustle of Chamonix but close enough (by car) to all attractions. We will return again.

We stayed 19-26 Feb 2926. First of all the accommodations communication is fabulous. I would say the ski in ski out is misleading. It’s probably an 8 minute walk in ski boots and carrying skis and poles to the telecabin. When you then exit the slope at the end of the day you also have this walk back but around the train station so adding on a few more minutes - we did learn it is far easier to get the telecabin down (but no way near as fun). The walk does take you past a drink stop though so it made it bareable. We had a double bedroom in our accommodation with a sofa bed in the lounge, one sleeps on the sofa part and the other on a trundle pull out. Everyone slept very well.- The apartments are well equipped with everything you need. We did not have an oven which proved problematic on the first day after running to the supermarket at the airport and grabbing a pizza for dinner. Thankfully on day 2 we got talking to a couple who had an air bnb so they cooked it for us! We were worried about our stay here after reading some quite negative reviews but never needed to worry. The pool is cold….despite saying it’s heated but it did not bother the children in the slightest and they loved going to the pool everyday after a day on the slopes and unwinding. We also enjoyed decanting some wine into paper cups and watching them play from the loungers. The sauna works. The bakery is lovely….we had the muffins, croissants and enjoyed the pasta & curry dishes. I would recommend.