Holiday Cottages Alps

£500 - £750

The chalet is off the main Samoëns valley road, in the wide Giffre valley, with a fully fitted kitchen, living room with open fireplace, south facing balcony, dining room, 4 double bedrooms and 2 bathrooms - comfortably sleeping 8, but can sleep up to a maximum of 10 plus cot. 80 metres from the Chalet is a Bakery open early for croissants and baguettes, coffee milk, tea, wine and beer.

The unspoilt Alpine village of Morillon is a 10 minute walk, with shops and restaurants. There is a swimming lake, beach, adventure climbing area (Zip wire), tennis, horse riding, rafting, mini golf and restaurant and café at the local leisure park just 300 metres from the chalet. There is a superb complex of swimming pools in Samoens. You can learn to paraglide in one of two schools locally. There are 900km of marked walking trails and 600km of mountain bike trails in the Giffre valley.

There are golf courses at Annecy, Les Gets, Flaine, and the championship course at Evian all just a short drive away. There are chateaux, old towns and lakes particularly Lake Annecy just to wander around on a lazy summer day. The climate averages 25 centigrade in the summer, with 10 to 11 cm of rain per month.