Lodging

Méribel has every type of lodging from luxury chalets to dormitories. The tourist office will send a complete list of hotels with information about White Week periods (discounted, off-season), and special packages for both hotels and apartments. Call Méribel Réservations (www.meribel-reservations.com) at 479 00 50 00; fax 479 00 31 19 or e-mail: infos@meribel-reservations.com.

Prices are per person based on double occupancy during February with half board. €€€—€125+; €€—€75–€124; € is less than €75.

Le Grand Coeur (479 08 60 03; fax 479 08 58 38; €€€) This hotel is filled with fine antiques, paintings and furnishings. There is normally a list of returning clientele, so make reservations early. The lounge, built around a large stone fireplace and the dining room has sweeping views.

Allodis (479 00 56 00; fax 479 00 59 28; €€€; photo right) This beautifully decorated hotel features a combination of modern color and design, with traditional classical architecture featuring arches and columns. Perfectly located for skiing, it is not close to town.

Mont Vallon (479 00 44 00; fax 479 00 46 93; €€€; photo below left) In Méribel-Mottaret, this is a real luxury hotel with rustic lodge-like flavor. You have everything here: pool, exercise room, Jacuzzi, sauna, squash courts and spectacular rooms. Walk out the door and onto the lifts, but take a shuttlebus or taxi to the center of town.

Hotel de l’Altiport (479 00 52 32); fax 479 08 57 54; €€€) This hotel is at the top of the resort. Access to the slopes is perfect. The exterior exudes Alpine charm and the interior has classic touches.

Hotel Yeti (479 00 51 15; fax 479 00 51 73; €€€) is a chalet-style hotel right on the slopes next to the Rhodos gondola midstation with only 32 rooms—steps from skiing and a shuttlebus ride from the center of town.

Alpen Ruitor (479 00 48 48; fax 479 00 48 31; €€€; photo below right) Beautiful lobby and modern rooms with a new emphasis on the hotel meals and a larger dining room. Ask for a room with a view of the valley rather than the parking lot.

Marie Blanche (479 08 65 55; fax 479 08 57 07; €€€) A small intimate hotel in a residential district only steps from the slopes and a short walk to the regular shuttle into town.

Adray Telebar (479 08 60 26; fax 479 08 53 85; €€) This hidden treasure has a mountain-lodge feel. The 26 country-style rooms are all unique, the owners charming and the food out of this world. Visit for the food even if you’re not staying here.

l’Hotel du Moulin (479 00 52 23; fax 479 00 58 23; €€) A one-star hotel on the outskirts of Méribel with seven rooms in an old flour mill. You’ll have to take the bus to the slopes, but it’s the best bargain you’ll find.

Hotel La Tarentaise (479 00 42 43; fax 479 00 46 99; €€) In Méribel-Mottaret, right on the slopes with a big British clientele. Enjoy great barbeque on the terrace. Bland rooms but great location.

Les Arolles (479 00 40 40; fax 479 00 45 50; €+) Also in Méribel-Mottaret on the slopes, this hotel also has a large group of British skiers, especially families. Basic modern rooms, nice pool and on-slope location.

Hotels l’Eterlou/Le Tremplin/La Chaudanne (479 08 61 76; fax 479 08 57 75; €€) A complex of hotels and condos smack in the middle of the Méribel-La Chaudanne section and steps from the lifts. Rooms are decorated in warm wood, the restaurants are very good, all amenities are shared between the properties.

Le Parc Alpin (479 08 29 63; fax 479 08 25 21) is a chalet hotel in Altitude 1600, close to the pistes and many excellent restaurants. Rooms are decorated with a mountain spirit, and each individual room is named after an alpine bird or animal.

l’Orée du Bois (479 00 50 30; fax 479 08 57 52; €€€) This hotel provides good value; it is on the slopes but is far out of the center of town for nightlife and restaurants.

Le Merilys (479 08 69 00; fax 479 08 68 99; €€) This is a cozy B&B with an Alpine flavor at the upper reaches of the resort near the Altiport. Great slope access, but a long walk to nightlife and the downtown shopping. There is a public shuttle service however.

Croix Jean-Claude (479 08 61 05; fax 479 00 32 72; €) in the small village of Les Allues has very comfortable traditional rooms. Great restaurant. Reach the slopes by gondola or bus.

Ski Chalets: Crystal, Inghams/Bladon, Simply Ski, Thompson and Thomas Cook/Neilson. Click here for more information on ski chalets.

Apartments. condominiums, flats
Apartments are the French choice for accommodation. In fact, apartment beds outnumber hotel beds by at least 5 to 1. What you get is the ability to schedule off-slope life at your own pace and it is one way to avoid the high hotel prices.

The descriptions in the brochures are based on maximum skiers per apartment. We have found that for the American/British market, more room is expected. Ask about the number of bedrooms carefully. The older Meribel apartments tend to be small. The new "Residences" are more comparible to condos in the USA with much more room. Check carefully for the size of any apartment rented during the season.

According to one realtor, apartment prices for a week’s rental in Méribel-Mottaret during most of January start from €322 for a studio for two to €813 for a three-room place that will hold six. In February the prices jump to €520 and €1476 respectively.

The tourist office (click here for more information) will send more information and a registration card, and will help make reservations.