Official Rating - 3 * - Bed & Breakfast / Half Board
Les Aiglons hotel has undergone a full renovation. The transformation questions how traditional mountain tourism is viewed. The atmosphere is contemporary and authentic, creating natural inorganic mineral surroundings. The lobby area announces and sets the tone for a welcome change of scenery, awakening the senses, the whole place breathes Chamonix and the Mont Blanc. Les Aiglons attracts mountain-lovers and families, both in the summer and winter and a clientele more studious during the mid-season.
How to get there
Closest airport CMF/GNB/GVA/LYS. Airport distances from Chambery Aix Les Bains airport (CMF) is 142km away, Grenoble/Saint Geoirs Airport (GNB) 198km away, Geneve-Cointrin Airport (GVA) 88km away and Lyon-St Exupery airport (LYS) 220km away.
Accommodation and Facilities
Les Aiglons comprises of 107 non smoking rooms. All of the rooms have private toilets and bathroom. Most of them have a balcony.
As well as the restaurant and the bar, the hotel offers the services of a genuine mountain SPA, outside swimming pool, steam room and sauna in the garden of the hotel, body care centre, fitness area, spacious seminars rooms and many other surprises at the reopening in December 2008.
Above all, the hotel strongly supports sustainable development and environmental care. Guests should note that there is a tax per adult per night paid locally.
Location
Les Aiglons Hotel & Spa is located five minutes from the town centre, at the foot of the Midi summit.
Ski Facts
Many of the original ski lifts and jumps from the 1924 Olympics remain in operation today. The skiing area is said to be the most remarkable in the Haute Savoie. You?ll find some of the most challenging skiing in the world combining length, gradient and beautiful mountain scenery. For example La Vallée Blanche - descends 2,770m from the Aiguille du Midi down into Chamonix, (this run demands a guide as it is essentially off-piste and has many hidden dangers).
Chamonix is also an excellent area for intermediates. The skiing spreads over five main areas linked by shuttle services or gondolas: Les Houches, La Tour, Argentière, La Flégère and Le Brévent, The Mont Blanc lift pass gives access to all these areas With the exception of Les Houches, it also covers the resorts of Mègeve and Courmayeur (Italy). The best areas for beginners are Le Brévent and the gentle slopes of La Tour and Planards. Chamonix has easy access from nearby towns so it attracts day-trippers. Consequently, during school holidays and at week ends there may be queues at the lifts.
Resort altitude: 1040 ? 3840 metres
Kilometres of piste: 155
Number of runs: Green 16 / Blue 18 / Red 27 / Black 8
Number of lifts:49 / Cable car 8 / Chairlifts 28 / Drag lifts 13
Snow Cannons: 58 snow cannons
Cross Country Trails: 43 kilometres
Mountain Huts: 25
Snowboarding: 3 SnowParks
Resort Shuttle: There is a bus service linking all the villages free with your lift pass.
Rentals, Lift Passes & Ski School
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Resort Information
At an altitude of 1035m Chamonix lies at the foot of the highest peak in Europe the Mont Blanc (4807m).
The first Winter Olympic games were held here in 1924; making it one of the oldest and most famous French ski resorts. Since then it has grown to be a well equipped, year round town, which despite its size manages to maintain a unique charm.
There is an unmistakeable buzz about Chamonix. The village consists of a mixture of Victorian-style hotels and modern buildings. The streets are narrow and totally unsuited to the amount of traffic pouring through them, but this only adds to the buzz. Entertainment varies from the modern