Les Arcs 1800 Ski in Ski out Holiday Apartment, Bourg-St-Maurice, French Alps Reviews

This apartment is in the perfect location in Les Arcs. It is truthfully described as near the Charmettoger ski-lift - walk along the corridor past three other flats, out the door and the lift is in front of you. Ski-passes and ski-hire are 2 minutes walk away along with a small boulangerie that also sells a few necessities and, in the evenings very nice takeaway pizzas. The skipass office has limited opening hours but the main office is only 10 minutes away. The people in both skipass offices spoke excellent English with basic English spoken in the ski hire shop.

The main centre is 10 minutes walk away and has everything you need - decent supermarket, ski-schools, main skipass office, restaurants. We weren't particularly impressed by the restaurants generally but they were OK. The creperie was really nice and we wished we had realised before going there that they also do salads so you can have a whole meal.

The ski-ing is varied and the wooded area is pretty. The runs tend to be long so make sure you are fit! Allow a full day if you ski over to La Plagne. A trip to Bourg St Maurice made a change one foggy morning.

The property was clean and tidy and equipped as described. Remember that this is a French apartment and as such space would be tight for eight people although in theory there are beds for eight. Our children were 18 and 17 at the time of our visit so adult sized and it was ideal for us four. The only bedroom which has a proper door is the double. Both the bunk rooms have only curtains to separate them from the landing. Family staying in another apartment joined us for meals some evenings and in the lounge/dining area there is plenty of room for six.

There is always hot water and to have two WCs was wonderful! The apartment is warm - it took us a day or two to get used to the controls but not a problem.

There are thoughtful touches like plastic trays to put boots in and the balcony makes a handy dumping ground! The owner met us on arrival and assured us of assistance throughout our stay if we needed it. The booking process was very straightforward, emails are responded to promptly and our deposit was returned very quickly.

This apartment is ideal for families but I would hesitate to recommend it for eight. You will not find anything nearer the slopes so if you like ski in/ski out this is the place to stay! Travelling with Eurostar is very convenient if like us you live near London.

We have booked for spring 2014!!

Great location for real ski in - ski out experience. Beautiful piste skiing through the trees even though it was April, although runs down from Col de la Chal a bit boring after halfway. Apartment quite spacious by French standards, but Arcs 1800 beginning to show it's age and commercial area at Villards looking scruffy. Sharon was very helpful in getting us settled in, so everything went smoothly and I would definitely recommend to others.

Excellent description , Sharon was very organised with arrangements, it was clean and everything worked well. The apartment was perfect for 4 adults but you could fit more in.

Great location for mountain biking and walking. Supermarket and bread shop near by with plenty of places to eat out .

I would thoroughly recommend this property. Good value too.

Great location ,a stones throw to the lift never more than one person in front of you.The apartment has everything you might need .Its a short walk to the shops and ski hire another 10 mins and there are even more supermarket /shop/bars/restaurants/lift pass office .A great holiday we hope to return next year
Alistair G.

Appatrment excellently situated and very welcoming host.
Andrew C.

Sharon's appartment is a good size and only 3 doors down from the door to our favourite ski lift making it so convenient for getting out onto the snow and also allowing lunch back in the appartment when the weather isn't so great. Sharon was really helpful, with all her pre information, making getting to Arc 1800 and buying the best ski passes so easy, then being on hand if we had any problems. We love Arc 1800, with all it's great resteraunts and fantastic pistes, we'll definitely be back again next year.
Monica W.

Stayed here with our family of five for a week. Fantastic experience, the apartment has everything you need inside, and couldn’t be any closer to the slopes. Right next to chair lift and possible to ski back at the end of the day. 2 minutes walk to town centre with ski hire shops and great little supermarket downstairs serving fresh breads, rotisserie chickens and pizza. What made it even easier was the owner, Sharons great communication throughout and flexibility when we were delayed by hours on the inward journey. She also gave us great tips and advice for our stay in the resort. Would highly recommend and hope to be back again.
sarahhoman H.

We had a great time in Les Arcs. Sharon was very welcoming on arrival and was on hand if ever we needed her. The property is located within walking distance of Villards which has most of the bars/restaurants in Arcs 1800. The fact we could reach the first lift of the day within about 10 yards of the front door was awesome! The property has everything we needed for and was more roomy than we expected with 6 people in it. Would definitely stay here again!
Edward G.

Nice flat, well catered for 6 (maybe 8) with plenty of plates, glasses, cutlery etc. The table once extended will sit 6 or 8 people, but no space left around it.

As suggested, a plus would be to have some board games. We also enjoyed the raclette set.
Sylvie G.Loughborough