I spent one week at the Hotel Courcheneige with my husband at the end of January. My husband and I don't live in the same country so there was a lot of pressure for the holiday to deliver, and waow was I impressed. I have been back to work for two weeks and I am still on Cloud Nine.
Where do I start? The location of the hotel is spot-on on the pistes, I think it is the highest hotel at 1850. There is a ski shop in the hotel, so you just need to get your kit and off you go to ski down to the lifts. The staff is great, and they are happy to discuss your needs and abilities at length!! (and change your skis when you realise that maybe you are not as good as you first hoped)!
Breakfast at the hotel is a buffet, with freshly squeezed orange juice, hot drinks, and a large selection of cold and hot foods to choose from. I don't think I ate twice the same during the week and each breakfast was a feast! A fantastic start to busy skiing days. Courchevel is a great skiing location for beginners and advanced alike. You can stay in the resort or go to Meribel and Val Thorens if you feel adventurous, so little chance of getting bored there.
We had a fabulously sunny week so that we enjoyed lunch on the terrasse of the hotel every day. The terrasse is large, always busy, and they have fantastic wood burning stoves that look and smell great! There is great attention to detail with black table cloths and matching napkins. Fantastic starter buffet everyday with a choice of a lot of things; basically you can eat there every day for a week and eat something different and yummy every day. The staff is great, they are fast if you want to get back on the pistes but don't rush you if you just want to lazy around in the sun. The hot food is always served fast but hot and perfectly cooked (how they do it remains a mystery!). It is excellent.
In the evenings, you can sit inside the restaurant, and have a drink at the bar beforehand. The bar has a great atmosphere, with very romantic lighting, and I must say my husband and I hogged the sofa by the fireplace most evenings! Everyone makes you feel so much at ease, so you feel really at home and not so much in a hotel. The fire is on from the mornings onwards, creating such a great chalet feel.
I also had the pleasure of having a massage and a facial at the hotel, and I can very highly recommend both of these. So relaxing, and I felt like new the next day!
So basically, I would definitely recommend this hotel 100%, it has a fantastic location, the staff are great, the food is excellent, there is also great attention to detail and it is so cosy it makes for the most relaxing and romantic holiday!!! If you need to reconnect with your other half whilst enjoying great skiing, and keeping the whole thing affordable, this is definitely the place to be..