Lodging

Flaine primarily offers apartment accommodations, although you can also choose from the hotels listed below near the Forum Square. Most of the hotels have been taken over by tour operators except the Chalet La Cascade.

Rates: high season, half-board for one based on double occupancy €€€—€125+, €€—€75–€124, €—less than €75.

Hotel Totem (450 53 88 88; fax: 450 53 88 77; €€) is run by Crystal Holidays.

Hotel Club Le Flaine (1 45 77 52 62; fax: 4 92 12 62 20; €€) and Hotel Aujon (450 90 80 10; fax: 450 90 88 21; €€) are both run by Mer Montagne Vacances.

Chalet La Cascade (phone/fax: 450 90 87 66; €).

Le Hameau de Flaine (450 90 40 40; fax : 450 90 86 79; photo right) is a village of Scandinavian chalets. Weekly rates are from €645 for a two-room apartment that sleeps four (or six in a squeeze) during January low season to €1,350 during the high season. A five-room chalet, for eight to 10, costs €1,370 during January low season and €2,300 during high season.

Apartments, condominiums, flats
Apartment complexes in Flaine have been built on three levels. Above the Forum on the hillside are the units of Flaine Forêt. These are the better apartments, many privately owned. Apartment buildings are also clustered around the main Forum square and there are more below the Forum level at Front de Neige. The most convenient are those in the Forum area.

The least expensive studio apartment on the Forum level in middle season (first two weeks of February) costs about €290 a week, and in high season (end of February and holidays) about €725.

For rental bookings there are four agencies: Pierre et Vacances (450 90 87 99); Agence Renand (450 90 81 40); Agence Home International (450 90 82 93); Agence Astrid (450 90 86 41)); Agence Flaine Immobilier (450 90 46 70); and Agence Flaine R_servation (450 90 89 09).