セルフケータリングシャレーNIKITA 2〜3人家族に最適-リフトへのアクセスが良好

A pleasure to have you at the chalet - this is the second time we have been able to welcome people from Iceland in our two French properties, and one day we hope to visit that country for ourselves...

The official USA cycle racing team came to stay for a period this summer in chalet Nikita to do some high altitude training whilst taking it a bit easy between major competitions. They made very good use of all the space in our ground floor garages, with all their equipment, and were a treat to meet . They would be most welcome to stay again sometime.

This is a useful update on a number of eating places, and yes we don't take a commission off the ski shops like all the other chalets, so you get a really good deal for your money via Nikita. Thank you for your highly appreciative review and look forward to seeing you again!

Hmm. I think 'Condo Central' is a clever term for what we too think is worth avoiding when skiing. Because why miss being in a traditional alpine village just because we are there to ski? Surely that's what completes the amazing experience of being up there in this snowy wonderland world? It certainly does for us, and it certainly does for many of our guests, though none have written so clearly and so well to this point as in this particular review. And the funny thing is, we come across lots of skiers who end up spending far more time getting to the lifts, even though they are in condo central, because they have to leg it quite a lot, whereas our guests just hop on the shuttle which takes them directly there. Having said all this, we were lucky with this group because they were very patient about one of our three showers, which had got damaged a bit, meaning that the shower takers on that floor had to be a little careful where they directed the water. They were very understanding about it, and didn't let this get in the way of their week at all, so thanks again for that very nice review guys, and if you had given us four instead of five stars, we would have understood completely...

Dr Pring Mill, thank you for taking the time to write this review. The reason our chalet is like a 'real home' as you say, is that we use it a lot ourselves, and spend a good period of time there in the summer as well. Which is why the kitchen is much better equipped than normal (guests appreciate and comment on this frequently) - so often when we rent other places abroad we find that there is the minimum of cutlery and kitchen pots and cooking cutlery. The location is great too, and the very friendly village atmosphere is much nicer than the ski station anonymity, with its large roads and commerce. We have made many good friends outside our chalet at the shuttle bus stop...

We are happy to have such a detailed and positive review from a recent group of guests. And they are right to say that the week they were there, which was the busiest in the season, the free shuttle can be a bit crowded, though we have a clever way round that detailed in the chalet info booklet. And I would like to add that we have just been staying in another persons chalet in the same area, and are now especially proud of ours as it is so very much better supplied in the kitchen and elsewhere, and far far better in its location and character, so we realise now that Nikita really is a cut above the rest. It is also a good deal for the rental we charge...

Well, thank you very much for your feedback - we love the place ourselves, and it seems to give a great deal of pleasure to all our guests, so long may this continue.

It is always a pleasure to get such enthusiastic feedback, and especially so from N Americans, who have such a high standard and expectations. But I should just mention one point that may puzzle some readers here: the 'stairs' that are referred to are actually the outside steps up to the back door, and I have inserted in the guest info book the advice to take some of the large amount of road salt especially provided from the communal oven right by the steps to use on the ice - it works very well indeed, and no shovelling required. And I guess if you sleep late, you might catch the sound of enthusiastic skiers chatting outside whilst waiting for the free bus, so that is just one of those things.... but at least the seat for them is further away. Interesting to see how many of our guests are amazed and delighted by the chance to watch the night sky in all its pristine glory (clean air and no light pollution) as they lie in bed. Just as we do ourselves - 6 years, and we never tire of gazing up at the night sky whilst in bed here in the chalet.

It's true there is no boulangerie or bar in the village itself, although these are not far off, but the main thing is how friendly the people are here - many of them live here all year round, and are really happy about welcoming people to their village - one of the many reasons we chose Chandon.... and the village is very well known for its beauty and original alpine barns, ancient cross, communal bread oven, and meeting area, all just by our chalet. Yet our access to the slopes is rather better than in many of the places around the central station itself!