This was our first visit to Avoriaz and the Portes du Soleil. The apartment is at the bottom end of Avoriaz and very handily located for the Evolution 2 ski school, and the bottom of the central button lift that runs through the centre of Avoriaz. There are also 3 main lifts that are all within a 200 meter down hill piste from the exit of the apartment.
Located in the Allegro building, it's very much a ski in/out apartment which was wonderful. The apartment, like so many in Avoriaz is compact yet modern enough with a bath - something we wanted as many just have a shower.
The apartment block doesn't have a ski/boot room so you need to take your boots and skis into your apartment - we stored the skis and poles on the balcony overnight. The room has bunks for the kids and a sofa pull down double bed - it wasn't the comfiest of beds though. The view from the balcony, which is south facing was amazing. We were blessed with a week of clear blues skis and the view out of the apartment was fantastic. It was a simple and easy walk to the nearby shops and restaurants, but tucked away so it didn't suffer from any noise.
Those who haven't been to Avoriaz before may not know that the village is traffic free which is amazing if you have young children – the only way around the village is by horse and sleigh or by a piste basher style transporter. These do however run at all hours and are used for delivering goods to the various shops and also for empty bins etc – you get the odd noise of these throughout the night but nothing major. Other than that the apartment is lovely and quiet and we didn’t have any noise coming through the walls, floors or ceilings from neighbouring apartments.
It is equipped with everything you really need and was clean and in good condition. We would definitely look to book this again should we return to Avoriaz and Tony was helpful and responsive throughout.
There were 2 adults and 2 kids aged 12 and 10.