Chalet Midas

This wonderful luxury chalet is built for big families or groups with five stories of elegance and excellence to enjoy. Fourteen guests can sleep in ultimate comfort in Chalet Midas’s seven bedrooms. And while this is a chalet in which it’s a pleasure to spend time, it’s perfectly placed for getting out and about and discovering why Val d’Isére isn’t just famed for its wonderful winter sports, but also for some of the most sophisticated dining, shopping, and socializing in Europe.

In Le Crêt, a secluded hamlet, Chalet Midas, overlooks the famous village and out to the Alps from its south-facing balconies. The La Daille lift is 2 minutes’ drive away, the Solaise Express and L’Olympique 3 minutes, and to get to the center of the village takes around the same time, courtesy of your chauffeur. The chalet’s lower-ground floor is the way in, either via the shared garage or from the slopes to a private ski room.

Lift access whisks you up to a ground floor dedicated to taking it easy. A world-class spa is built around a swimming pool with counter current to give you a proper workout. A gym offers more work-out options, while a hammam (a North African steam room) and massage room will steam out any aches and pains you have. Once you’re chilled out then settle down on the big sofa in front of the enormous cinema screen.

There is more water to be enjoyed outside, where a large hot tub enjoys wonderful views of the mountains from its garden perch. Huge open-plan living and dining spaces take up the second floor. Soaring ceilings allow vast expanses of glass to open up the views and bring light flooding in on the elegant, understated and completely modern interior. A wood fire is a focal point, and a large balcony gets you closer to the world famous Alpine slopes outside while you enjoy a sunny morning coffee or a starlit nightcap.

With so much room, and several distinct spaces including a bar, the instinct in this room will be to entertain and to enjoy time together. But whether you want privacy or company, crowds or intimacy Chalet Midas has the right ambience for you. Dining is the center-piece occasion of most evenings, and Chalet Midas gives you a fittingly grand setting for your meals served to its huge but elegant dining table from a kitchen that can be opened to allow to watch your chefs at work. The sleeping accommodation is spread throughout the chalet.

The rooms everyone will want to nab are the superb top-floor master doubles, both with a mezzanine balcony over the living room, one with an exterior terrace. Both are en-suite, one with shower room and separate bath tub, the other with a bathroom. On the first floor, a family suite combines a twin/double with a single-bed room sharing a bathroom and a balcony. Two more twin/double rooms have balcony access on this floor, and the fourth room is en-suite without balcony access. The final room is on the lower ground floor, perfect for grabbing a swim before breakfast, a double with en-suite shower room.