Catered Chalet - Great Food & Service from the Owners - 2 min from Ski Lifts - 1 Hr Geneva Airport
Comfort In A Luxury Chalet With Spa Hot Tub, Wifi, Log Fire. 4 Bedrooms 3 Bathrooms
Sleeps 9 (4 Bedrooms, 3 Bathrooms)
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In the French Alps near the pretty award winning Samoens. Cristal is a luxury catered chalet furbished to high standards to combine modern comforts in a traditional wood chalet. A relaxed home from home, with good food and genuine friendly service which includes transport for the lifts, just 2 min, & to show you around our great ski area accompanied skiing from the owner. We'll help you book lessons/child care, take you for discounted ski hire & quote for airport transfers.
Cooked breakfast. Home made cakes & tea for after skiing. Drinks and canapes before a leisurely 3 course dinner with wine.
The large Spa Hot Tub is in the secluded garden, relax and enjoy the wonderful mountain views.
There are 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms.
Comfortable beds, cotton bedding, feather duvets, fluffy towels, bathrobes, hair dryers, toiletries.
Spacious open plan contemporary living; leather sofas, wood burning stove. Home cinema. Satellite TV, DVD. Cd. Free wifi. Play station.
Heated boot cupbo
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| Rental Period | Per Night | Per Week | Per Month | Min. Stay (Nights) |
| 6 August 2011 - 10 September 2011 | £1350 | 4 | ||
| 10 September 2011 - 10 December 2011 | £650 | 4 | ||
| 28 December 2011 - 28 December 2011 | £600 | - | ||
| 28 December 2011 - 4 January 2012 | £700 | - | ||
| 4 January 2012 - 7 January 2012 | £80 | 3 | ||
| 7 January 2012 - 14 January 2012 | £395 | 4 | ||
| 14 January 2012 - 21 January 2012 | £395 | 4 | ||
| 21 January 2012 - 28 January 2012 | £450 | 4 | ||
| 28 January 2012 - 4 February 2012 | £475 | 4 | ||
| 4 February 2012 - 11 February 2012 | £495 | 4 | ||
| 11 February 2012 - 18 February 2012 | £695 | - | ||
| 18 February 2012 - 25 February 2012 | £550 | - | ||
| 25 February 2012 - 3 March 2012 | £500 | 4 | ||
| 3 March 2012 - 10 March 2012 | £500 | 4 | ||
| 10 March 2012 - 17 March 2012 | £500 | 4 | ||
| 17 March 2012 - 24 March 2012 | £500 | 4 | ||
| 24 March 2012 - 24 March 2012 | £395 | 4 | ||
| 24 March 2012 - 31 March 2012 | £395 | 4 | ||
| 31 March 2012 - 7 April 2012 | £450 | 4 | ||
| 7 April 2012 - 14 April 2012 | £450 | 4 |
Notes on prices
Winter fully catered.
Summer self catering. Also 1 Bedroom ground floor Apartment.
6 - 15 January 1 free place for groups of 8+for early booking
Discounts for children
Payment by bank transfer either Sterling or Euro Credit Card payments in Euro. 1.2 app conversion rate
20% deposit, balance payable 8 weeks prior to arrival.
Short Breaks possible.
Changeover day
Saturday changeover day. The chalet will be ready by 4pm, if you arrive earlier bags can be left. Please leave by 10 am so that we can clean for the next guests.
Accommodation
| Bedrooms: | Bedroom 1 Double bed and en-suite Bedroom 2 Double bed, en-suite, and option of cot or childs bed. Bedroom 3 Twin beds. Bedroom 4 3 single beds. Beautifully furbished. Comfortable beds, feather duvets, quality cotton linen. |
| Bathrooms: | En-suite bedroom 1. Shower,heated towel rail, basin & wc. En-suite bedroom 2 . Bath, basin, wc. For bedrooms 3 & 4. Spacious bathroom, large bath,with a view, overhead shower, basin, wc. Heated towel rail. Luxury FrenchToileties, robes, towels. |
| Kitchen: | Self Cater in Summer in a well equipped kitchen, good quality pans, knives and cutlery. White table ware. Espresso and filter coffee makers, a pireard, for hot stone cooking, large fridge/freezer, oven, hob, extractor, microwave, dishwasher and mixer etc. |
| Utility Room: | For Self Catering - washing machine available. Boot room for storage of skies and bikes. Heated boot cupboard. |
| Living Rooms: | Alpine luxury, with a mix of modern and antique furnishings. French windows on to the wide terrace balcony with spectacular mountains views. Wood stove, large leather sofas, soft lighting. Satellite TV, 5.1 surround sounds, DVD, Playstation, Free WIFI. |
| Other: | Storage for bikes etc. Ski lock with heated boot cupboard. |
| Cleaning/towels/ linen/maid service: |
In summer self catered. Beds made ready, towels and hairdryers provided. Bathrobes, towels, hairdryers, french toiletries are provided. In winter fully catered and serviced. The chalet is cleaned daily, beds made. |
| Amenities/Facilities: | hob/stove oven fridge/freezer microwave dishwasher washing machine tumble dryer iron/ironing board satellite tv tv telephone internet access central heating room fans cot high chair barbecue |
| Location Type: | lake mountain |
Notes on accommodation
Winter: Fully catered with genuine personnel service. We'll ski with you to show you around the mountain, take you for DISCOUNTED SKI HIRE , arrange airport transfer, help book lessons and advise on childcare. Large secluded garden, great for making snow men, swings. Cot, child’s bed, highchair, stair gate and Play-station are available. Cooked breakfast. After a days skiing return to a nice clean chalet and a roaring fire, relax and enjoy tea and home made cakes. We serve canapés and an aperitif before a 3 course dinner of good generous home cooked food, done with style and served with wine.
SUMMER SELF CATERED with an additional ground floor apartment available to rent, it has a 1 double bedroom, and a sofa bed. Bathroom with bath & overhead shower. Kitchen with hob, oven, dishwasher, fridge. Living area with quality sofa bed, armchair, table chairs for 4, TV,DVD.
Accessibility
In Summer the ground floor 1 bedroom apartment maybe suitable for someone with mobility problems.
Outside
The peaceful, secluded established garden has a large Hot Tub with seats for 8, lots of pulsating jets to relax those tired muscles, relax with a nice drink and view the ski slopes. Children also enjoy the tub. The private garden is great for children to play in, making snow men and on the full size swings.In The summer BBQ, Garden furniture, loungers. We have a couple of bikes to loan.
Coast/Beach
A 5 min walk to Lac Bleu, with its safe sandy beach, cafe, park, cycle tracks, tennis, crazy golf, tree adventure playground, horse riding. Within a pleasant hour's drive of Lake Geneva or Lake Annecy, great for swimming, sunbathing and sailing.
Golf
There are several Golf Courses within an hour - Chamonix, Megeve, Les Gets, Flaine and Annecy.
Skiing
The ski bus is 2 mins. Morillon lifts 3 min drive. 5 min to Samoen's. The Grand Massif ski area a mix of tree lined and wide open pistes an awesome 265km connecting 5 resorts, boasting a good snow record due to it's geographical position. The area caterers for all abilities, 15 green, 53 blue, 51 red, 14 black runs and 5 snow parks. Flaine has superb skiing at over 2000m. Les Cascades, is a 14km blue run from the top of Flaine to the village Sixt Fer Cheval., a small undiscovered gem of a ski resort.
Travel
Geneva airport - a short flight on Easy Jet or BA and an hour's transfer time. We can provide transfers in our VW Transporter also car hire is very reasonable [take it from the Swiss side]. By train - change at Paris for Clueses which is just 20 min away and we can collect you. By car from Calais 650km, about 7 hours.
Distances
5 mins to Samoëns, mediaeval village and ski resort.
3 mins to Morillon ski lift and village.
15 mins to Les Gets, which links with the Portes du Solieu.
45 mins to Chamonix and the Mont Blanc cable cars.
45 mines to Megève.
1 hour to the lakes and cities of Annecy, Geneva and Evian, all different and all great for shopping and sight seeing.
Further details
Winter as the free ski bus is a 2 min walk you don't need a car. Also included is transport for the lifts.
Summer ideally a car is useful.
Traditional Savoyard specialty food shops,for a wonderful selection of locally cured hams, charcuterie, pates, cheeses and regional wines. Restaurants for local Savoyard atmosphere, try a fondue, raclette, plus pizzerias and hamburgers.2 supermarkets, one is only a 5 min drive, 3 banks with cash machines. Visit the Jaysina Botanical Gardens created 1906 and the Ecomuseum farm join a guided tour of the old town.
Swimming, lake, pool or rapids. Rafting, canyoning, hairboat, canoe, kayak, water skiing and trout rishing. Climbing in the Mont Blanc area and the Grand Massif , famous Chamonix granite and limestone cliffs. For an easier start try Via Ferrata (the 'iron way' - a secured fixed cable ascent). Mountain biking. 600km of marked trails and chair lifts take your bike. Quad biking trails through the mountains. Ballooning take from Les Carroz, spectacular flights across valley and mountain, or try paragliding, walking. Guided walks using mountain huts. Nordic walking, donkey trekking – a great family activity. We can give you help to arrange all these activities.
Booking notes
20% deposit with the balance due 8 weeks prior to arrival.
Payment by credit card or bank transfer.
Ideally in Euros
Guest comments
~SKI SEASON~
Kevin and Susan
Just a line to again thank you both for a brilliant week at Chalet Cristal. Comfort, ski hosting, food, hot-tubs etc etc all great - much appreciated
TIM & CO
August 2008 Two British families based in Geneva, Switzerland.
Superb location - metres away from cycle/working tracks, park, lake, and lots of other activities. Excellent bread shop 200m away too. This chalet is nearer Morillon than Samoens but think that was an advantage. Lovely chalet and garden. Great view from main living room/balcony. Very well equipped kitchen. Owners very obliging & friendly. Summer Break June 2008 York, England.
My family and I recently stayed here in Verchaix.We didn't know what to expect from the French Alps in summer, we were really pleased. The chalet was perfect, the weather was ideal (we had no rain in the week we stayed and temps upto about 27C).
Owner profile
About the owner
Early 2005 Kevin and I sold our home near Tunbridge Wells, I left my role as a manager for John Lewis, with my long daily commute and Kevin his life in the plumbing trade.
We bought a dilapidated farmhouse La Tataz, did a lot of the renovation ourselves.
Started our catered ski chalet business Xmas 2005 and were able to indulge our passions for skiing, entertaining, cooking and homemaking.
A couple of years later another interesting property near by came on the market, Cristal.
We enjoyed renovating & furbishing it in a contemporary Alpine style. It was hard work again but rewarding & at least for Chalet Cristal we had a bit more experience!
Since then we added an apartment in Samoens centre, again gutting it and modernising.
Year purchased: 2007
Why the owner chose a home in this location
Although we had skied extensively in the French Alps we had never heard of Samoens or skied the Grand Massif.
It was pure chance that we found such a lovely place, we were on a brief New Year Ski Break and fell in love with the skiing here and the charm of this historic mountain town.
It's a proper farming community which is also a great for skiing and Alpine summers.
I love shopping, having a coffee in the square & watching the world go by & there's the big farmers market on a Wed.
In the summer it's cycling, walking, water sports.
Winter skiing.
Going out to eat in Samoens restaurants is always good, after all the activities feel I can indulge in the local specialties, fondue, raclettes, followed by a tart tatin.
Unique benefits of the property
By the time we purchases Cristal we knew the area well.
It's proven to be a super location, for both summer and winter activities. And as it's an established quiet residential area it's a lovely place to live.
In the summer it's a short walk to the river, park and lake, and bars & restaurants. There's the mini golf, and tree adventure park, then we can walk along the river to Samoens lakes & park. Plenty of dog walking opportunities, we have 2 Labradoodles.
In the winter we have the choice of 2 lift stations, 2 min drive to Morillon or less than 5 to Samoens. Or we can get the free bus.
For booking and further information
Property Ref FR3618
Contact Name:
Susan
(FRANCE) +33 0450896307
Owners Website: Click here
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