Valmorel
Why Valmorel Ski Resort?
- Ski-in/ski-out access to over 165km of intermediate pistes
- Voted 'Best Family Ski Resort' at the 2014 World Snow Awards
- Attractive purpose-built resort
- 'Famille Plus' resort - good children’s facilities and great for families
- Car-free resort centre
Valmorel Resort Information
Recently featured in The Guardian as one of the ten best-value family ski holidays, the purpose-built, family-friendly ski village has been developing steadily since the late 1970s.
Low-rise chalet-style developments have a pleasing, premium look, are well proportioned and incorporate stone, timber and attractively painted stucco, with traditional Savoyard design features. The end results integrate successfully with the surrounding unspoilt high-mountain landscapes, whose aspect is softened locally by extensive tracts of forest.
The compact heart of the village has most essential services located conveniently around a single, car-free street. Elsewhere development has been mostly in clusters, taking account of return runs and thus taking full advantage of the ski-in/ski-out potential. Getting around is easy, with free half-hourly shuttle buses serving outlying accommodation. The resort also benefits from an inter-hamlet cable car called Le Telebourg (the télébourg joins the Bourg Morel to the Crève-Coeur and Mottet hamlets). The Telebourg is open every day from 8.30am to 11.30pm. Closed for maintenance on Tuesday from 10 am to 12 pm and from 2:30pm to 4:30pm. Free on Friday from 4:00pm and on Saturday all day long. Animals allowed.
Road access is straightforward, too, and there are direct TGV high-speed rail services from Paris, plus Eurostar trains from London, into nearby Moûtiers (15km). You’ll need to pay for car parking in the traffic-free village, although there are 180 free unsecured parking spaces in nearby Crey (1.5km).
For non-skiers, or for anyone with the urge to add a little variety to their stay, the range of outdoor activities includes snowshoeing, ice-climbing and Segway hire.
Founder of The Dad Network, Al Ferguson, visited Valmorel with his family. In his review, he says, "this resort really does cater for all abilities...We had a truly wonderful time whether it was skiing, eating, shopping, sledding or relaxing. This resort is by far the best we’ve been to and we will certainly hope to return again soon!"
In Briony Key's review on Ski Bible, she says, 'friendly people, friendly on the pocket, with plenty to keep skiers and non-skiers happy, Valmorel rocks'!
Peak Retreats offers hotel rooms and apartments in Valmorel. All our accommodation is hand-picked and of a very high standard (3 & 4*), providing the ideal base for a Valmorel ski holiday.
Interested in buying an apartment in Valmorel? See our Buying in the Alps section.
See some of the best of Valmorel's events, activities and facilities and read our three reasons to visit Valmorel.
