Family Chalet

If you are looking for a great family chalet, Chalet Prarion is a great ski in ski out chalet in the Chamonix Valley that has a fantastic reputation as one of the best family ski chalets in Europe. Situated right next to the piste, it has six en-suite bedrooms, a Games Room, centre piece log fire, a superb fitted kitchen where the professional chef prepares traditional French cuisine, a cosy living room with oak and leather furniture, and a grand old oak dining table to sit all the family ski holiday group around.

Outside, this family chalet has a large garden that joins the piste, yet remains private through the subtle landscaping of the terrain and plantation. Being south facing on a plateau, it is prone to beautiful sunny days south the large sun terrace comes in particularly useful, as does the sunken hydro therapy hot tub that allows the parents in the family ski group to relax those aching muscles, whilst the children play pool, Wii, or watch their favourite movies in the Games Room.

Easter Ski

With the ski season in the twilight weeks, many family ski groups will now be turning their attentions to the Easter ski weeks next week and the first week of April. Easter ski weeks are often the best family ski weeks to ski as they combine skiing with relaxation. The end of March generally sees great snow, but warm sunny ski days. Therefore the Easter ski week allows family skiing to be the perfect combination, out on the slopes first thing in the morning, and as the slopes soften in the afternoon, a chance for the parents to grab a well earned beer, or glass of wine whilst the younger family ski members play in the snow. Alternatively, after a mornings Easter skiing, in the pretty resorts, a chance for some sight seeing or relaxing in the garden of your luxury catered chalet.

Ski Half Term

Well it seems the February half term ski holiday was a real success. The snow was great and the sunshine shone more than it has for the rest of the season! Here in Chamonix we had a beautiful family staying with us and its weeks like this that make running a family ski chalet worth the effort. A big thank you therefore to the Cassidy family, young and old, for making the ski half term week a special one.

Also over the half term ski week was our friends Andrew and Becky with their four children, along with Becky's sister and their family. It seems a long time since Andrew came to stay as a guest, before spending a ski season here with work and later being joined in the spring by all the family. This is one of the great things about running a luxury catered chalet for families, you really do meet special people and make some great friendships.

My husband Mark actually managed to get out a couple of days as well and the three Dad's of Mark, Andrew, and Gregg were able to give their eldest children (Henry - 11, James - 10, and Victoria - 7) a family ski lesson in the off piste and moguls. Well apparently that was the intent,  but the children were asking how they were meant to be receiving tuition when the parents were always so far behind!

Luxury Catered Chalets Chamonix

Despite the economic downturn, more and more family ski groups seem to be opting for a luxury chalet for their family ski holiday, and why not. Family life in our view is special, but nevertheless hardwork and therefore if you a going away on holiday, why shouldn't you put your feet up for a week (skiing aside that is) and be pampered for a week?

I guess being parents ourselves, and having been ourselves to luxury family ski chalets, we probably understand your requirement a little more than many of the other operators who have not experienced the family skiing vacation. That isn't to say all family ski holidays should or are the same, that we have a stronger foundation to build and ensure your family ski holiday, really is a luxury ski holiday. So whilst our luxury catered chalet Chamonix has the added avantage of being ski in ski out, has six luxury en-suite bedrooms, a Games Room with DVD's games, Wii, home cinema, and a full sized pool table, and we have a luxury hydro therapy hot tub, high definition cinema projection, etc, etc, we recognise that for family ski groups luxury catered chalet holidays need to be a little more, like helping the children get ready in the morning, buckling boots, making sure they arrive at ski school, etc.

I guess in a nutshell, what our customer love about our luxury catered chalet here in Chamonix, is not just the ski in ski out location, but the personal, caring touch!

Ski Christmas

Is the ski half term ski break really enough when it comes to ski holidays? If the answer is no, then what about a ski Christmas chalet holiday? The great thing about a ski Christmas holiday, contrary to what many first think, is that if you choose a great luxury catered chalet, is the whole family can come, even Grandma! You might question whether Grandma, and Grandpa of course, really can come on a holiday, but our experience is that they love coming away with the family, the chance to spend a week with the grandchildren, and just watch them ski.

Again, if you choose a luxury ski chalet, you need not worry about missing the Christmas tree and Christmas decorations, or the traditional Christmas dinner and Christmas pudding, it'll just be there waiting for you, when you want, and without the washing up afterwards!!

New Year Ski

Lets face it, you can never have too much time on the slopes, and if you have one or two budding Bode Miller's in the family, one family ski holiday a year just isn't probably going to be enough! So, unless you are going to take the children out of school, then as well as the 'obligatory' ski half term week, the choice is either the ski Christmas, the ski New Year week, or both!

So for family ski groups, where do you ski New Year if the New Years celebration is only one small part of the family ski holiday. Well being early in the season the usual rules apply in respect of skiing high, and therefore the likes of Chamonix, Courchevel, Meribel, Val d'Isere, Verbier, and Zermatt have to get a mention. But being a family ski holiday, you might not necessarily want to pay the peak week prices, in peak resorts, where you aren't really going to get the full value that couples and singles will get in respect of the 'heavy' celebrations. So why not search out the cheaper options to the main resort, the obvious options for the Espace d'Killy network, is Tignes as an alternative, or for the Three valleys, Val Thorens. But in Verbier Tzoumaz offers a great alternative, as does Les Houches in Chamonix, or La Tania in the Three Valleys.

And if you shop around and book early, your probably find that the New Year ski holiday doesn't have to be too expensive!