- CHÂTEL -
OUR HOTEL IN CHÂTEL OPENS THE DOORS TO THE SUN
WELCOME TO THE HEART OF THE VALLEY OF ABUNDANCE!
Spending a holiday in Châtel is the assurance of a total change of scenery! Around our hotel, you will discover a real mountain village immersed in the heart of majestic horizons. Lively in all seasons, the resort offers you the softness of its traditional architecture and the splendour of its nature.
In the village, you can take advantage of the many leisure facilities: ice rink (in winter), swimming pool, tennis courts, bike park, accrobranche, fantasticable, cinema... but you can also enjoy an exceptional playground: the Portes du Soleil.
In winter, this huge alpine ski area, straddling France and Switzerland, invites you to hurtle down countless slopes in an authentic natural reserve of powder snow.
In summer, the Portes du Soleil unveils its mountain pastures and meadows, inviting you into an ocean of greenery to enjoy on foot or by bike. On the programme: hundreds of kilometres of signposted footpaths and mountain bike trails, around fifty prepared downhill runs and breathtaking views.
When passing through Châtel, a poet could well have written: "here, all is calm and beauty". In fact, this small village in Haute-Savoie has a rare charm, that of reconciling conviviality, a gentle way of life and the preservation of traditions, all in a majestic natural setting. At the foot of the mountains, you will discover a resort with preserved architecture where the wooden chalets proudly display their flowered balconies. These dwellings, characteristic of the Abondance valley, impress by their size, their low-pitched roofs and their south-facing facades, which have acquired a beautiful ruddy colour over time and on sunny days.
As you stroll around, you will appreciate the small neo-Gothic Saint-Laurent de Châtel church, the Vonnes and Essert chapels, built over 200 years ago, and the many oratories that line the streets. Near the hotel, you can also discover the Vieille Douane, a former customs office now converted into a museum. It's a reminder of the town's frontier past, and invites you to step back in time in pursuit of the old smugglers.
