It is a lovely chalet. It's not big, but it is perfect for a family with loads of sleeping space for everyone. I love it when you get everything into the bedrooms, and then you can just relax in the living area; with enough sleeping rooms that nobody ever sleeps in the living room - which is the case with a lot of properties accommodating the same number as us!
The location is also great, it's not a built up touristy area, but a quiet peaceful part of the village..... and we get sun all year round - which makes an enormous difference over the 6 weeks over Christmas... just 1hrs sun to warm up the house, defrost the car, have a cup of tea in the garden... yes it can get that hot for that 1hr... !
The location, although we are not close enough to walk to the slopes, there is plenty of parking at all the resorts. And, Parion benefits from heated lockers, so you can even leave your stuff there overnight if you are sticking to the same resort. The supermarket is only a 5min walk, so it's easy to nip in and out when you need to.
Les Houches is a really good family resort, the mountain is set up for all abilities and they have invested heavily into the infrastructure in recent years, and with the close link to the main route through the Valley and the Mt.Blanc Tunnel... you can challenge yourself to ski in as many resorts as you can in a week ... something new every day! Pop to Italy for a day's skiing... it's really easy, but I always find it so bizarre to suddenly be in an Italian ski resort, Italian restaurants, and remembering to switch to another language (from the chalet you can be parked up and at the ski station within an hour at Courmayeur)...
When you look out of the windows or look up from the garden, the view is really breathtaking. You are at 1000mts, and the mountains roar up to a the highest peak of Mont Blanc at 4,810mts........ take a deep breath and enjoy the view x
