Type: Sleeps up to 16
Price: From € 300 per week

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General	Large catered chalet in Les Houches
Bedrooms	7 bedrooms, 7 bath or shower/wc
Lounge/dining	Large open plan living room with wood burning stove
Location	Located in Les Houches with an easy walk to the pistes
Transport	Daily in-resort minibus service, including evenings
Entertainment	Satellite TV, DVD, WiFi
Extras	Sauna with shower/wc

 

 

Chalet description

If you are looking for a truly charming mountain ski lodge, well run with superb cuisine then look no further, you have found La Vieille Forge!

Owned and operated by the owners for many years, they have spent considerable time and effort creating the kind of ski chalet that they themselves would like to stay in.  Our flag-ship chalet is just 250m from the Les Houches pistes,  Chamonixs' World Cup venue. 

Your holiday enjoyment is paramount so we include a comprehensive minibus service. Everyday of your holiday we will transport you to the various ski areas in the valley and back, take you for après ski and out to Chamonix town in the evenings collecting you at 23:30! 

This is a beautiful chalet and whilst it retains an essential French charm it also offers excellent facilities and comfort  - but don't just take our word for it! Read what our past guests say about La Forge.

"The chalet was as good as it appeared in the pictures on the website; I didn't dare believe it could be as good as that but it was! The sauna was great to come back to as well. The rooms were all warm, and having so many bathrooms made things much easier in the mornings/evenings... all in all we had a fantastic holiday, in a fantastic chalet with fantastic chalet hosts." Natalie Feb 2006

Each bedroom enjoys its own en-suite shower/wc or an adjacent bathroom with bath/wc or shower/wc. In some of the bathrooms the owners have used beautiful Italian limestone tiles. The Forge has bags of character in a French chic style and is enhanced by their collection of lovingly collected ski memorabilia, books, vintage ski's and original posters. They have also included every home comfort to make your stay a real pleasure; a sauna, Satellite TV, WiFi  and SKYPE. Their talented chef and chalet hosts offer a friendly yet professional service.

More Information

This is an ideal property for large groups, yet some of their best weeks are full of couples and singles too.

Their extra's are standard: in the bedrooms; crisp white bed linen, bathrobes for the sauna, exclusive L'Occitane bath products, slippers, fluffy towels and bottled water. In the chalet; complimentary fruit bowl, flowers to welcome you, excellent coffee, aperitifs and canapés herald each dinner and on your arrival a glass of bubbly or local Ayse bubbly await you.

The Forge is on three levels:

Ground floor	A spacious living room with an oak floor, leather sofa and chairs set cosily by the wood-burning stove and open-plan to a charming wood panelled dining room. The traditional mountain ambience of a classic Alpine home has been recreated using reclaimed wood and stags antlers! Sauna with shower/wc Laundry facilities available.
1st floor	Entrance, heated boot room. Galley kitchen, sunny breakfast room with rustic hand-made pine table and benches. We serve a delicious buffet style cooked breakfast here each day. All bedrooms have their own facilities either an ensuite shower/wc or adjacent bath or shower with wc.  Chalet hairdryers available. Bedroom 1:  twin room ensuite with shower/wc. Bedroom 2: double bedroom with adjacent bathroom with bath, separate shower and wc Bedroom 3:  twin bedroom with adjacent shower/wc
2nd floor	Bedroom 4:  twin or double bedroom with ensuite shower/wc and balcony Bedroom 5:  twin or double bedroom with ensuite shower/wc and velux window Bedroom 6:  family bedroom; double bed, 2 or 3 single beds ensuite shower/wc Bedroom 7:  small double bedroom with adjacent shared bathroom with bath and wc

 

Prices

Flexible stays for singles or groups alike
Prices are quoted per person and include; Return group transfers from Geneva, daily in-resort minibus service till 23:30
Breakfast and afternoon tea 7 nights, delicious evening meal with canapés, aperitifs and good wine on 5 nights. For families we provide 'kidz high tea', on 6 nights, allowing adults to eat out alone one night! Single supplements apply to individuals staying in a double room.

Date Winter 07/08

Period

3 night (weekend)

4 night (weekend)

7 day (sun-sun)

08-Dec-2007 - 15-Dec-2007 15-Dec-2007 - 22-Dec-2007 22-Dec-2007 - 29-Dec-2007 29-Dec-2007 - 05-Dec-2008		Low season weeks Christmas* New Year*		£ 195 pp £ 265 pp call us call us		£ 250 pp £ 325 pp call us call us		£ 395 pp £ 435 pp £ 595 pp £ 675 pp
06-Jan-2008 - 13-Jan-2008 13-Jan-2008 - 20-Jan-2008 20-Jan-2008 - 27-Jan-2008 27-Jan-2008 - 03-Feb -2008 03-Feb-2008 - 10-Feb-2008 10-Feb-2008 - 17-Feb-2008 17-Feb-2008 - 24-Feb-2008 24-Feb-2008 - 02-Mar-2008 02-Mar-2008 - 09-Mar-2008 09-Mar-2008 - 16-Mar-2008 16-Mar-2008 - 23-Mar-2008 23-Mar-2008 - 30-Mar-2008		Mid season weeks Main season weeks Half term* Half term* Main season weeks		£ 315 pp " " call us		£ 355 pp " " £ 395 pp £ 395 pp call us call us £ 385 pp £ 385 pp £ 385 pp £ 385 pp £ 385 pp		£ 495 pp £ 495 pp £ 495 pp £ 525 pp £ 575 pp £ 625 pp £ 625 pp £ 575 pp £ 575 pp £ 555 pp £ 525 pp £ 525 pp
30-Mar-2008- 06-Apr-2008 06-Apr-2008 - 13-Apr-2008 13-Apr-2008 - 20-Apr-2008 20-Apr-2008 - 27-Apr-2008		Easter		£ 345 pp £ 305 pp £ 305 pp £ 225 pp		£ 385 pp £ 345 pp £ 345 pp £ 295 pp		£ 495 pp £ 455 pp £ 425 pp £ 395 pp

Weekends in high (main) season are sold as a min of 4 nights
*Advance booking by full chalet groups only

 

Location Les Houches

250m to the ski pistes, about 6 mins walk. 10 minutes drive to Chamonix town.

Other points of interest

Staff live-in. Tuesday is the usual chalet night off. They can also cater the chalet organically for exclusive chalet groups! Floor area in the region of 350 sqr. m. Parking for 4 guest vehicles. Exclusive chalet use based on min. 12 persons paying the full per person price plus any applicable single room supplements or children's discounts can apply thereafter.

Information for families

Chalets certainly provide child friendly accommodation with 'Home away from Home' appeal. For families with children under 8 yrs old we ask that you book any catered chalet exclusively to your group. For families with older kids we welcome you at La Forge and we'll mix you in with any other groups staying in the chalet.

For mixed groups with children we prefer to keep dinner a 'grown-up' affair.  For under 12yrs we offer a 'Kidz high tea'.  Chef can either offer that nights menu or we freshly prepare cuisine with Kidz appeal; spaghetti, home-made pizza, crispy chicken fillets with fried potatoes for example. They will look forward to speaking with mum on the phone and receiving the hit list!

They offer a kidz high tea 6 nights per week whilst our other catering is 5 nights. This allows family groups to eat out on chefs night off together. But on the other night it offers the grown-ups the opportunity to eat out alone! They can organise a local babysitter at approx 12€ per hour. If family groups would prefer to eat in together on the 6th night we can organise an extra nights catering at a supplement of £20 per adult.

The chalet itself is well equipped with everything kids may need, DVD, Sat TV, a basket of toys, books and games and for older kids we can even send you our own 'Baby-foot' (table football) We have a cots, and highchairs but we don't supply cot linen or car safety seats. Please remember to bring your own childs feeding equipment, nappies and formula milk. For little ones it is also prudent to pack two of everything; ski suits, mittens, hats, sunscreen etc.

By the nature of the Chamonix valley it is certainly best to have your own transport when staying self-catering and we also recommend that large groups staying on a catered holiday also consider having at least one car. Certainly our excellent minibus service is available to take everyone skiing in the morning and collecting everyone at tea-time but please don't rely on our transport to take little ones back at lunchtime if they're cold or tired as invariably our staff will have left for their own ski time or they've gone shopping. We are happy to supply you with a list of taxi companies and book cabs on your behalf.

 

Availability: Check Availability
Catering: Catered
Bedrooms: 7
Bathrooms: 7
Location: Les Houches
Languages Spoken:

• English
• French