冬と夏のヴァロルシーネのゴンドラまでの広々としたシャレーの徒歩圏内

We are a family of four, with two boys and the parents, Sven and Annette. We all love the outdoors, the mountains and the sea and the boys favorite sport is skiing. We love coming to Vallorcine and skiing in the Tete de Balme area as it is so easy to get up there and so beautiful. We also like mountain biking, climbing and walking in the mountains. We live in Brighton and Hove in the South East of England in a house with garden and close to the sea. I work in London and Sven has a small company selling silver jewelry. We all like travelling and have been to many different places with the boys from a very young age. We also have our dog Keira who sometimes likes to come to France with us or stay in the UK with our friends.

We have been going to the Chamonix area to ski and a few times in summer and discovered Vallorcine 18 years ago when skiing down the route La Foret Verte (which ends next to our chalet). We fell in love with Vallorcine already those 18 years ago. For the last 10 years we have been going to Vallorcine with the kids and even stayed right next to the chalet which we now bought during the last few years. We saw it was up for sale and fell in love with it. Vallorcine gives you access to the entire Chamonix skiing area, but you can also just ski in the Domaine de Balme with beautiful ski runs and a lot of off piste without driving anywhere and with less crowds and shorter queues. And there is La Poya, a small skiing area nestled in one corner of the valley which is perfect for beginners and advance skiers and if you don't want to go up into the big mountains. And Vallorcine has a few excellent restaurants and bars and you can buy everything you need right in the village including the fresh milk and cheese from the farm shop.

Ski in (if there is enough snow you can ski down from the Tete de Balme through the "Foret Verte" which is a beautiful ski track down through the trees. You can walk in 4 minutes to the gondola, the ski rental, the bus to take you to the La Poya ski school (for small children and beginners). For better skiiers the ski school is in the big mountain up the gondola. You don't even need a car as you could take a bus from Geneva airport (or a train via Martigny) and then take public transport or just walk everywhere. The gondola is open in winter and in summer. The house is beautiful with lots of living space for even a big group and sunny terraces where you can enjoy the meadow flowers and cows in summer. Two excellent restaurants are in walking distance. The chalet is ideally situated as a rest stop close to the Tour du Mont-Blanc (TMB) or as base, next to the Vallorcine Aid Station, if watching or participating in the Ultra-Trail Mount Blanc (UTMB).