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Official Rating - 3* - Self Catering [Saturday arrivals and departures only]
This charming ski resort village has preserved its traditions and made warmth and high quality service its creed. Just 3km from downtown Morzine if you take the road and a few minutes from Avoriaz (via the gondola).
How to get there
Closest airports CMF/GNB/GVA/LYS. The guests may get to Morzine from Chambery Aix Les Bains airport (CMF), Grenoble/Saint Geoirs Airport (GNB), Geneve-Cointrin Airport (GVA) 55 km away and Lyon-St Exupery airport (LYS) 170km. Please note that check in and check out day for this property is only Saturday. Your stay should be either for 7 or 14 nights.
Accommodation & Facilities
The tourist residence practically touches the gondola of Avoriaz and contains 52 south and west facing apartments. Linked to downtown Morzine by a free shuttle (every 15 minutes in winter). All apartments are equipped with a two or four burner electric stove, refrigerator, oven or microwave, dishwasher (in some apartments,) bathroom or shower room, WC (separate in some apartments). Also all apartments have with a telephone, a TV, and a balcony. All floors are served with elevators. Also the residence provides to its guests, free of charge, ski lockers, bakery service and a luggage room. Also at an extra charge the hotel offers sheet and towel rental, child?s bed rental, underground parking, housekeeping, sauna and Jacuzzi, and a laundry service. The guests should not that animals are accepted at a charge. Also guests should note that there is a tax per adult per night paid locally and a refundable deposit paid locally and returned after departure is required.
The guests may enjoy their food at the hotel?s restaurant. Apart from skiing there are plenty of leisure activities, there is a skating rink, a wellness center, paragliding, snow scooters, snowshoeing, outdoor tours of the resort and also a sports Center.
Location
Morzine is nestled in the heart of picture perfect scenery with spruce trees and snow capped peaks between Lake Leman and Mont-Blanc. In an altitude of 1000m to 2460m the resort has everything into place so that both adults and kids have fond memories of their stay.
Ski Facts
Some 40 years ago a group of friends dreamed of creating an immense linked ski area in France and Switzerland. Soon after the Portes du Soleil was born: a wintersports playground comprising 12 resorts, 2 countries ? France and Switzerland ? and 650km of glorious pistes! The skiing and snowboarding is among the most varied in the world...the Portes du Soleils summits and valleys beg to be explored. Although the whole area is not entirely linked by lifts, the vast majority of it is, and there is so much skiing, it is difficult to define favourite?s, although of course the Wall in Avoriaz is always fun (good skiers only!) 278 pistes catering for all levels: 28 black, 104 red, 112 blue and 34 green. / 194 lift installations ensuring quick and easy access between resorts using the same liftpass. / 694 snow cannons guaranteeing snow all season! / 89 slopeside restaurants for a mouth watering mix of skiing and fine dining. This information relates to the entire ski region.
Resort altitude: 1000 ? 2550 metres
Kilometres of piste: 650
Number of runs:
Morzine: Green 4 / Blue 51 / Red 42 / Black 15
Avoriaz: Green 14 / Blue 13 / red 16 / Black 5
Les Gets: Green 3 / Blue 26 / Red 28 / Black 9
Chatel: Green 3 / Blue 26 / red 28 / Black 9 There are 9 resorts altogether in the Portes du Soleil Ski area. Note that Praz de Lys/Sommand is not part of the system, but is very close to Les Gets. Number of lifts: 194
Snow Cannons: 694
Cross Country Trails: 85 kilometres
Mountain Huts: 89 mountain restaurants and bars to choose from
Snowboarding: The Portes du Soleil is home to 9 snowparks dotted all over the network. With boxes, tables, walls, a big air
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