General Details

• Country: France
• Resort: Savoie
• Property No.: 574
• Property Type: Apartment
• Cost From: £ 370 To: £ 1000
  
• Added On: 11/02/2008
• Change over day: Sunday
• Parking: Yes
• Pets: No
• Disabled Access: No
• Smoking: No
• Holiday Swap: Yes

Board Type

• Self Catering: Yes
• Catered: No
• Half Board: No
• Bed and Breakfast: No
• Room Only: Yes

Facilities

Owner Details

Please contact Mark Taylor using contact details below.

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Property Description

The apartment is in a traditional Savoyard Chalet development built in 2006 around an authentic Savoyard farm. It brings together quality and refinement with bright and spacious living areas opening onto a wide balcony. Only 1 hour from Geneva airport, it is located at 1300m altitude, surrounded by trees and bordered by a mountain stream. With direct access to the ski pistes via a flat 50m walk, it is also only a short walk to local bars, sport shops and restaurants. It faces west and in the summer has the sun in the evening until 8pm with spectacular mountain sun sets. The views from the lounge and dining room are splendid- looking across the valley to the cross country pistes and the charming old village. It is very comfortably furnished and beautifully finished with an authentic ‘mountain escape’ feel. In the summer The Tour de France regularly comes through. There is mountain biking, paragliding, pony trekking, climbing and swimming available locally and Lake Annecy is close by.

Living Area:

The sitting area has comfortable sofas, LCD TV/DVD and a Sky satellite system providing programmes in English. There is also a collection of DVDs, CDs, games and books. We have also provided a quality music system- everything to make you feel at home!

Kitchen Facilities:

The kitchen is well equipped with full size oven, 4 hobs, large fridge/freezer, dishwasher and microwave.

Outside:

The apartment has its own private balcony which is equipped with seating and table for 6 people and enjoys spectacular evening sunsets and views.

Suitability

All levels of Skier/ boarder.

Local Activities

Winter-Ski/ board, snow park, Ice rink, in/outdoor swimming pool,parapenting.
Summer- Hiking, mountain biking, parapenting.

Other Information

In the heart of the Aravis Mountain range in the Haute Savoie, perfectly located between Mont Blanc, Lake Annecy and Switzerland, Le Grand-Bornand offers the best of the Alps.

Not only is Le Grand-Bornand a tourist destination in the summer as well as winter, it is also a truly charming village where Mother Nature has done her very best. The Aravis Mountains, with their summit at 2750m, form the main backdrop to the village. The range is capped by the distinctive Pointe Percée from where forested mountain slopes, open to all, curve down towards the village.

Le Grand-Bornand is a typical Savoyard village with a market square and “grenette”, a traditionally roofed market hall, its church and shops. The splendid Bouchet valley stretches away behind… a favourite cross country ski area.

Six kilometres further up, at 1300 metres and on the road to Col de la Colombiere, Le Grand-Bornand - Chinaillon is the other part of the resort, where most of the ski runs begin and here you will find the perfect location for a peaceful holiday. The old part of Chinaillon with its chapel, all of which is very well preserved and dates back to the 17th century presents an authentic picture card view from the balcony of Haute Savoie at its best.

400 unparalleled chocolate box chalets create a special charm for this unspoilt area.

Visitors Reviews

The apartment surpassed even my most hopeful expectations in terms of comfort and how well equipped it was (AR).

The Taylor family home in the Alps is awesome, exactly what we needed... and I'm sure we'll be calling for a week next year!- Israni

We have stayed in three different chalets in the Bouchet valley which we really like, but this was very convenient. The kids loved having sky TV (English!!)- Elvidge.

A fantastic summer holiday location. I will certainly be returning! (MB)

Le Chinaillon in general has my vote as the prettiest, friendliest and despite the fact that we were there in Northern France 'vacances scolaires', least overbusy resort I've yet had the pleasure to ski. (Ann E).

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