{"id":2415,"date":"2016-05-20T12:20:06","date_gmt":"2016-05-20T11:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ultimateluxurychalets.com\/blog\/?p=2415"},"modified":"2016-06-20T14:26:34","modified_gmt":"2016-06-20T13:26:34","slug":"sparkle-in-the-jewel-three-valleys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ultimateluxurychalets.com\/blog\/sparkle-in-the-jewel-three-valleys\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sparkle in the Jewel of the Three Valleys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ultimateluxurychalets.com\/blog\/sparkle-in-the-jewel-three-valleys\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2416 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ultimateluxurychalets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/4-1024x679.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"387\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Guest blog by Tim Stevens, freelance journalist and a regular contributor to <a href=\"http:\/\/internationalexcellence.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">International Excellence Magazine<\/a>:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It is always the way, to find the best you have to seek it out. That is quite a job when you are looking for a luxury ski chalet in the world\u2019s largest ski area which comprises so many villages and resorts. The resorts include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ultimateluxurychalets.com\/courchevel-1850-luxury-ski-chalets\" target=\"_blank\">Courchevel 1850 <\/a>with 15 five star hotels, a Milky Way of Michelin stars and a veritable torrent of the premium global brands all competing loudly for attention.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>With other characteristics that combine to provide an ambient and homely luxury ski resort is <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ultimateluxurychalets.com\/st-martin-de-belleville-luxury-ski-chalets\" target=\"_blank\">St. Martin de Belleville<\/a>,<\/strong> a characterful Savoyard village which has a Michelin starred restaurant, some atmospheric bars and a good variety of excellent\u00a0local restaurants. Known to many as the &#8220;Jewel of the Three Valleys&#8221;. These two very different resorts share one thing in common; a vast skiing area that has exhaustive scope in the number of runs and numerous other attractions and activities for the non-skiers. Looking at the piste map; whilst St. Martin is on the periphery, a new express six-person covered lift soon speeds everyone into the core of the Trois Vallees.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2417\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ultimateluxurychalets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ultimateluxurychalets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/9.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ultimateluxurychalets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/9-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ultimateluxurychalets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/9-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ultimateluxurychalets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/9-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Wanting the best of everything, but within the bounds of a budget that allows other indulgences does present its challenges.\u00a0 However, I came across \u2018The Alpine Club\u2019 through my friend Andy at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ultimateluxurychalets.com\" target=\"_blank\">Ultimate Luxury Chalets<\/a>. They are an operator who have three beautifully presented chalets, helped by the fact that Helen, the boss, has a husband who is an accomplished British architect. They have incorporated all the facilities you could wish for knitted into two historic chalets and one new chalet (sleeping 8+2, 8 and 6+3 respectively). They are very individual, characterful and exude a warm atmosphere, so when you wake up in the morning you know where you are and know that is where you want to be.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ultimateluxurychalets.com\/luxury-chalet-the-ecurie-st-martin-de-belleville\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2418 size-full\" title=\"A charming, luxurious chalet in the Three Valleys\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ultimateluxurychalets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/5640cd91-c3e0-453f-8935-0f681f19bab5.jpg\" alt=\"The Ecurie\" width=\"756\" height=\"945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ultimateluxurychalets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/5640cd91-c3e0-453f-8935-0f681f19bab5.jpg 756w, https:\/\/www.ultimateluxurychalets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/5640cd91-c3e0-453f-8935-0f681f19bab5-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 756px) 100vw, 756px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I was lucky enough to be a guest of the newest &#8220;old&#8221; chalet in resort,\u00a0\u2018<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ultimateluxurychalets.com\/luxury-chalet-the-ecurie-st-martin-de-belleville\" target=\"_blank\">The Ecurie<\/a>\u2019<\/strong>. The front door of the chalet is an appropriately wide and substantial one. When you open it, there is an immediate light and friendly welcome; there is an eclectic mix of rustic and new fittings and furnishings that work very well together. Although my bedroom was not overly large it easily accommodated a King size bed, convertible to a twin, but again there is the overwhelming feeling of quiet integrity.<\/p>\n<p>Wend your way up the stone stairs to the main living\/dining room with the original stable roof high above with its substantial timbers. In the centre is a modern open fireplace which acts as a visual divider between the dining and main sitting areas. Both are spacious, the dining area has an open kitchen and large dining table. The whole scenario is relaxing, a foretaste of the evening ahead.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ultimateluxurychalets.com\/luxury-chalet-the-ecurie-st-martin-de-belleville\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2419 size-large\" title=\"Dining in Chalet Ecurie\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ultimateluxurychalets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/567000e5-77f8-43fb-a2ab-6e671f19bab5-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"The Ecurie\" width=\"584\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ultimateluxurychalets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/567000e5-77f8-43fb-a2ab-6e671f19bab5-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ultimateluxurychalets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/567000e5-77f8-43fb-a2ab-6e671f19bab5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ultimateluxurychalets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/567000e5-77f8-43fb-a2ab-6e671f19bab5-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ultimateluxurychalets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/567000e5-77f8-43fb-a2ab-6e671f19bab5-451x300.jpg 451w, https:\/\/www.ultimateluxurychalets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/567000e5-77f8-43fb-a2ab-6e671f19bab5.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a>The warmth also comes from each chalet\u2019s team, they want to be there for the style of life and they obviously get a kick from sharing the pleasure with guests. As a former tour operator, it is easy to identify if your employees are just staff; for the best results they have to be a team and here they are just that.<\/p>\n<p>Part of each chalet\u2019s team is a driver who will take you in a 4&#215;4 the four minutes\u2019 drive to the lift which normally has more than enough capacity to avoid queuing. The ski-in, ski-out \u2018trophy\u2019 feature is frequently simply not true as most have a very short run that delivers you to the main lift for the resort with its queues for the first runs of the day.<\/p>\n<p>I stayed during a week when the chalet could be booked by the room with a no children policy.\u00a0 Whilst the primary interest in common was obviously skiing, we were all fairly like-minded so the conversation flowed well as did the complimentary wines, etc.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2422 size-full\" title=\"A sample of the food on offer in The Ecurie\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ultimateluxurychalets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/food.jpg\" alt=\"Food at The Ecurie\" width=\"1000\" height=\"687\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ultimateluxurychalets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/food.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ultimateluxurychalets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/food-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ultimateluxurychalets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/food-768x528.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ultimateluxurychalets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/food-437x300.jpg 437w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To complement the high standards of the chalet, our professional chef was more than a match for the local restaurants and his culinary expertise was exceptional.\u00a0 The basis is breakfast, afternoon tea with cake, which would send any calorie count off the scale throughout the week, plus an elaborate and well balanced dinner every night, apart from the chef\u2019s night off. These guys really do provide the sparkle in this Three Valleys jewel.<\/p>\n<p>You can either walk down to St. Martin\u2019s or be chauffeured to a local hostelry for dinner on the free evening. The village centre is one of the few Trois Vallees to have been preserved which is worthwhile, as it has a good local character and is very picturesque. As mentioned, there is a good selection of bars and some restaurants, however you will have to visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.la-bouitte.com\/en\/hotel-restaurant-savoie.html\" target=\"_blank\">3* Michelin restaurant La Bouitte<\/a> to beat our professional chalet chef. The chalet shuttle finishes at 10pm but it is only a very short taxi ride back to the chalet for those who wish indulge into the night.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2431 size-large\" title=\"The Ecurie Living Room\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ultimateluxurychalets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/newliving-1024x992.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"566\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We had been surprised at the premium that is commanded in the better known resorts, it is worth exploring these little known treasures that some local or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skiinluxury.com\" target=\"_blank\">luxury ski agent <\/a>knowledge can unearth. However, as life says, everything cannot normally be perfect (something I found in one of the most expensive chalets), I would simply mention the directions given for those arriving by car.\u00a0 You can get within a hundred yards or so of the chalet in the very close knit hamlet centre then \u2026.? Easily solved by a quick call to say where we were and less than a couple of minutes later a cheery team member lead us just around the corner. Perhaps the addition of a shaving type mirror for contact lens wearers in the bathroom but then there is a shower and more importantly, a really good size of bath complete with plenty of space to put your wine glass whilst relaxing.\u00a0 They really have everything else well sorted for an indulgent stay.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2432 size-large\" title=\"The Ecurie Bedroom\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ultimateluxurychalets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/newbed-1024x678.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"387\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The trip was suggested and organised by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.skiinluxury.com\/\">www.skiinluxury.com<\/a>; rather than just look at the website, it is worthwhile exploring your ideals on the telephone. There is a mine of information that has been gained from personal experiences so they can match your every need.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Thank you to Tim Stevens, Freelance Journalist, for this guest blog piece that shares his experience in St Martin de Belleville. If you are interested to book the stunning luxury <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ultimateluxurychalets.com\/luxury-chalet-the-ecurie-st-martin-de-belleville\" target=\"_blank\">Chalet Ecurie<\/a> then <a href=\"mailto:ask@ultimateluxurychalets.com?subject=The Ecurie\">email us<\/a> or call on +44 1202 203653 to discuss in more detail.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guest blog by Tim Stevens, freelance journalist and a regular contributor to International Excellence Magazine: It is always the way, to find the best you have to seek it out. 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