This was our first trip to Valmorel, having skied the previous 6 years in Les Carroz. We thought it was time for a change and were extremely glad that we picked Valmorel, and especially this apartment. Valmorel has lots of lovely blue and red runs, well groomed and plenty of them. It was especially good over at the other side of the Grand Domaine towards St Francois - being a little higher the spring snow didn't suffer quite so much in the afternoons!
The apartment is extremely close to the slopes (about 150m - all uphill, but it gets it over with at the start of the day!) and it was lovely to be able to ski to within 5m of the door of the ski locker room at the end of the day. It has a lovely terrace with a view down the mountain, and the sledging run is directly outside too. The apartment is very well equipped - we self-catered most of the time eating out twice and, again, the pedestrian main street was only a 5 minute stroll away with plenty of choice. There were 2 small supermarkets which had everything that was needed, as well as a bakery and a butcher/deli. It was great to have an apartment with both a bath for a soak at the end of the day, and a separate shower room, and 2 toilets. A large supply of family DVDs and games was also great. There was no shortage of mountain restaurants for coffees/lunch/vin chaud, but what was also great was the large spread of picnic tables at the top of runs. We were so lucky to have a sunny week (with 1 exception) that we were able to picnic in the sun most days.
All in all a fabulous week which more than exceeded expectations. Thank you Andy for a great service and we certainly hope to return.
(PS - the Pierre et Vacances office next door will order fresh bread each morning to save the walk to the village - a real bonus!)