About this hotel
General information
Grand Hotel des Alpes was built in 1840 by the Couttet family, who believed in Chamonix’s future at a time when the town had only begun to grow after Dr Paccard and Balmat first reached the summit of Mont Blanc in 1787. It soon became one of the valley’s best-known hotels, popular with mountaineers and European aristocrats alike. Its heyday began after the First World War, when Aline Couttet extended the building with an “old” tower, and lasted until the 1980s; after a decade’s pause the hotel reopened.
Today there are 30 rooms, a wave pool, a jacuzzi, a sauna, a steam room, massage rooms, a breakfast room and a cosy fireside bar, along with a meeting room for 30, a library with a large DVD collection and a garage. Chamonix’s shops, casino, cafés and restaurants are right outside.
Location
The hotel is on rue du Docteur Paccard in the centre of Chamonix, steps from shops, cafés and the casino.
Spa
There is a wave pool, a jacuzzi, a sauna and a steam room, with relaxing, Ayurvedic and Korean massage available.
Sports & leisure
Chamonix is the world capital of mountain sports. In winter there is downhill and cross-country skiing, snowboarding and sledging; in summer mountain biking, canoeing, rafting and an 18-hole golf course in Argentière. Cable cars rise to the peaks around the valley — the Aiguille du Midi, Le Brévent and La Flégère — for sweeping views of the Alps.
Restaurants & bars
There is no restaurant for dinner. A breakfast buffet is served in a painted breakfast room, and evenings are spent in the bar by the fire or on the open terrace facing Mont Blanc.
Skiing
The cable cars to the Aiguille du Midi, Le Brévent and La Flégère are easily reached from the town centre. The hotel has a ski and boot room, and several shops a few steps away sell and rent ski equipment.
Rooms
Rooms and suites look towards Le Brévent or Mont Blanc; the most romantic is the Honeymoon Room at the very top of the tower.
Rooms have a flat-screen TV, a DVD player, a minibar, a safe and Wi-Fi.
Classic Room
A bedroom with a queen-size bed or two singles and a bathroom with tub or shower, looking out to the mountains.
Brévent Room
A bedroom with a queen-size bed or two singles and a bathroom with tub or shower, facing Le Brévent and the pedestrian street.
Mont Blanc Room
A bedroom with a queen-size bed or two singles, a bathroom with tub or shower and, in some, a balcony; views of Mont Blanc, the river and the garden.
Riverside Room
A bedroom with a queen-size bed or two singles, a sitting area and bathroom, overlooking the mountains, the river and the garden.
Honeymoon Room
A honeymoon room at the top of the tower, two flights up from the fifth floor, with natural wood, beams, a queen-size bed, a small sitting area, a bathroom with tub and views of the peaks.
Brévent Suite
A queen-size bedroom, a separate living room with sofa bed and a bathroom with tub and separate shower, facing Le Brévent and the pedestrian street.
Mont Blanc Suite
A queen-size bedroom, a separate living room with sofa bed, a bathroom with tub and separate shower and a balcony facing Mont Blanc and the river.
Old Tower Suite
A queen-size bedroom, a sitting area with sofa bed, a whirlpool bath area and a separate shower room, with views of Mont Blanc and Le Brévent.
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