CUZCO - Very nice apartment 45m2, 3 bedrooms 2 bathrooms, in front of the ski slopes

Amazing location, ski in and ski out. Fantastic for 1-2 couples with kids. The bunk beds were very small and the place is not designed for 8 people. Had a great time and Bertrand was very responsive.

The whole appartment is very nicely renovated, everything new and very complete and comfortable. We stayed with a family with 5 adults, enough space for everyone. The kitchen was very well equiped. We were very happy with the large diningtable for nice dinners and playing games after dinner. The couch to relax had a nice view on the slopes. So has the masterbedroom, completed with own shower and sink. The owner also thought about making it very cosy with nice wooden walls and decorating. The appartement was also very handy equipped with a lot of hooks in every room, very nice and handy for hanging up (ski)clothing. Even a nice box in the cupboard for putting in the skishoes. With two lockers for the ski's there was enough space for all our ski's. The appartment is very well situated on the slopes, real good ski-in/ski-out. There even is a grocery store in the building. The new keysystem E-locke works very well, every person in our group could enter the appartment. We would definetely choose again for this appartment if we come back to Val Thorens. Many thanks to the owner Bertrand, who is very helpful with all the questions we had. A great stay :-)

It all turned out ok, but was quite stressful due to the poor service from HomeAway. Having booked and paid, the HomeAway listing then disappeared for our property, so we had no way of checking what facilities, layout etc the apartment had. Calls to the landlord's number and emails sent got no reply. I had a long and unsatisfactory call with HomeAway who fobbed me off by saying that as the property owner had not paid their fees, they were no longer showing it for new bookings, but "don't worry it will be fine". In the end it was fine. Apartment a little tired round the edges but daily well equipped. Not very clean (empty Coke bottle behind sofa, dusty everywhere, blocked bathroom sink [which I disassembled underneath and removed about a kilo of hair]). Room layout was good size living/kitchen area, and three VERY small bedrooms (one has 2 bunks for 4 people and is so small that only one person can stand in there at a time). Other two have 140cm double beds. Beds comfy. There is a sofa bed in the living room we didn't use. Sleeps 10 but we had five and that was OK.More than six would be snug. No wifi in spite of a wifi box with tangles of cables. Dishwasher, reasonable range of cooking and eating kit, 4x electric hob, full oven, microwave. Problem was I had no way of knowing this as after booking I had no way to view the listing. The flat is basically 2x studio flats knocked into one. There are two skis lockers downstairs but no boot heating system. Usually these types of places are roasting. This one had a small fixed electric radiator in the lounge, and one mobile rad. The bedrooms appeared to have no heating, although possible underfloor. Was not excessively cold though. Easy access 25m from slopes. Skiing back was possible within 10m, but when that melted a 200m walk was needed. Very near bakers, Carrefour and Sherpa shops - actually good value Summary, old and slightly tired flat but perfectly fine. Key pick up etc all fine, but abysmal service and response from HomeAway's Filipino call centre, who I will not use again. AirBnB were fantastic when I had a problem elsewhere, HomeAway should learn from them.