Chalet Coco

The highlights

• Contemporary mountain chic; an open-plan living space with cream sofas, pale wood and a large central fireplace.
• An outdoor wooden hot tub with stunning views and a full-time chef for your meals.
• Linked to the massive Trois Vallées ski area with skiing available for all levels.
• Lovely food shops nearby, walks and opportunities to sample local produce.

You should know

• Villarabout is not for those seeking the bright lights and rocking après-ski of a bigger resort.

The detail

Just outside of St Martin de Belleville in the Trois Vallées is Villarabout is Chalet Coco, where residents keep chickens and still make their own cheese – a far cry from the bright lights and glitz of Courchevel and Méribel.

Chalet Coco is a sumptuous, spacious chalet that sleeps 10 adults and two children. This luxury ski chalet is just four minutes from the St Martin lift, from where you can access all the skiing. There is a taste of a real mountain community here: villagers still smoke hams in the smoke house, collect water from the village pump and keep chickens and goats.

There are five large en-suite bedrooms in this St Martin de Belleville chalet that can all be either super king doubles or twins. Each is spacious and beautifully appointed, with gleaming granite and chrome bathrooms equipped with plentiful toiletries from The White Company.

Chalet Coco has a full-time professional chef who can produce top-flight breakfasts, afternoon teas and evening dinners, plus there is a fully stocked open bar in the chalet.

This luxury ski chalet has an outdoor wooden hot tub with stunning views.

Chalet Coco welcomes children. There are high chairs and stair gates for babies plus a selection of DVDs, games, books and toys for little ones. The master bedroom has a separate TV and sofa so that children can watch TV there if they want to, and there is also an in-house nanny service available upon request at an extra cost.

St Martin de Belleville is fully linked in to the massive Trois Vallées ski area, offering skiing for all levels, from nervous beginners to hardened experts. The resort itself has some fabulous runs which are not heavily trafficked, including the not-to-be-missed red Jerusalem.

St Martin and its surrounding area has lots to offer the non-skier too. The church nearby is worth a visit, there are lots of lovely foodie shops selling local produce, and there is a market once a week in the main square. There are also snow shoe walks and dog sleigh rides, as well as skidoo rides and parapenting, plus magical torch-lit tours of old St Martin by night, too, followed by tastings of local products.

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