Alps: the best hotels and most beautiful chalets in Megève

The most beautiful hotels in Megève

Les Chalets du Mont d'Arbois by Beyond Places, for a family atmosphere tinged with exclusive luxury

Les Chalets du Mont d'Arbois, managed by Beyond Places, has its origins in Chalet Noémie, once the private residence of the Rothschild family in Megève. Their genesis dates back to 1919, when Noémie de Rothschild, an inspired visionary, commissioned a local specialist to find her a site capable of rivaling the haloed peaks of Saint-Moritz... From the moment you arrive, you'll feel the charm of a family home with a hushed atmosphere, where you'll be welcomed as if among friends. With its three chalets - Noémie, Ève and Alice - the Megève hotel offers 40 rooms and suites ranging from 21 to 140 m². The decor blends traditional Savoyard architecture with pure luxury. Noble materials and works of art adorn the finely carved mountain woodwork of luxurious suites where everything is perfect, calibrated to provoke a gentle, reassuring emotion.

The Noémie and Alice chalets can be privatized, offering access to personalized hotel services. Located less than two kilometers from the center of Megève and close to the Mont d'Arbois gondola, the chalets offer a gateway to the vast Espace Évasion ski area and its 445 kilometers of snow-covered slopes: it's easy to imagine the winter panoramas, the white expanse, the idea of adventure that all this contains.

On the gastronomic front, the Âme ephemeral restaurant is orchestrated by Michelin-starred chef Amélie Darvas, renowned for her inventive and sensitive approach to plants. Her talent and creativity enrich the Chalets du Mont d'Arbois experience with a surprise menu that evolves throughout the season, designed to surprise. And then there's the rest, where the art of living reaches its apogee: the 5-star hotel features a wellness area bathed in light that is none other than one of Megève's finest spas. Designed by Susanne Kaufmann to evoke the aesthetics of Greek temples, it opens onto an indoor and outdoor pool, a Kids Club, a bar and a peaceful terrace. The location is ideal: just far enough away from the hustle and bustle to preserve a certain serenity, yet close enough that you never feel isolated. In summer, the golf course at the foot of the chalets. In winter, the ski slopes are just 200 meters away.

Les Chalets du Mont d'Arbois
41 rooms and suites.
From €747 per night in winter.

Lodge Park, Canadian air in the heart of Megève

In the center of the village, where each chalet rivals the others in originality, the Lodge Park stands out for its stone and log lodge architecture, evoking the ambience of the Rockies. The third property in the Maisons et Hôtels Sibuet portfolio, run by Jocelyne and Jean-Louis Sibuet and their children, this rustic-chic hotel has become a truly elegant pied-à-terre. Just a 5-minute walk from the Chamois chairlift, the 5-star mountain hotel offers an ideal location for a snow vacation.

The common areas immerse guests in a traditional Canadian cabin, complete with deer antler furniture, animal skins, vintage objects and redwood trunk tables. The 49 rooms and suites, on the other hand, evoke the Scottish Highlands, with tartans, warm woods and sheepskins. Suites are available in three categories, ranging from 39 m² to 75 m². Each one is cosy and cocooning to perfection, with a crackling fireplace to create an irresistible ambience. These include the 50 m² Executive Suite with Nordic bath and the prestigious Suite Plénitude, the jewel in the crown of the Megève luxury hotel, offering 75 m² and a breathtaking view of Mont d'Arbois.

For good food lovers, the Beef Lodge is a haven for meat lovers sublimated by Argentinian oven cooking, while the Lodge Bar, dressed in logs, tanned leather and Ralph Lauren fabrics, becomes the epicenter of elegant après-ski for a drink by the fire. On the wellness front, the Pure Altitude Spa, with its Nordic decor combining cedar, natural stone and bubbling water, boasts 800 m² of exclusive facilities, including an indoor pool, hammam, sauna, ice room and Himalayan salt room. Mountain herbal treatments in five cabins promise a soothing experience.

Lodge Park Hotel
49 keys, from €645
100 Rue d'Arly, 74120 Megève
https://www.lodgepark.com

Les Fermes de Marie, for authenticity and refinement

Just a two-minute shuttle ride from the village, Les Fermes de Marie is a collection of traditional mazots, decorated to evoke the art of mountain living and the atmosphere of a large family home, with its crackling fireplace, books, pottery and hunting trophies. Except for one detail. You don't have a "Ferme de Beauté" with sauna, hammam, pools, swimming lanes and countless treatment rooms, nor two gourmet restaurants.

Building on the success of Les Fermes de Marie, the Sibuets created the Maisons et Hôtels Sibuet collection, which includes a dozen establishments in the mountains (Hôtel Mont-Blanc and Lodge Park also in Megève), in sunny Provence (La Bastide de Marie), on the Côte d'Azur (Villa Marie Saint-Tropez) or in the Caribbean (Gyp Sea Hotel in Saint-Barth).

Les Fermes de Marie
70 rooms and suites, 3 private chalets
From €300 per night in winter.
https://www.fermesdemarie.com

L'Alpaga, a typical hamlet

Away from the center of Megève, L'Alpaga recreates the authentic atmosphere of an Alpine hamlet while cultivating a contemporary, elegant aesthetic. Comprising 10 fully renovated chalets, this 5-star Megève hotel by Beaumier Hotels evokes a typical alpine village, with its sloping roofs, wooden balconies and terraces overlooking the Val d'Arly. The 26 rooms and 7 suites, spread over four chalets, offer generous spaces, with some suites featuring private kitchens, ideal for stays with family or friends. For greater intimacy, private chalets, accommodating 8 to 12 people, offer exceptional settings.

Wellness takes center stage with a spa featuring a sauna, a Swedish bath and even a heated outdoor pool, perfect for relaxing in front of snow-capped peaks. The culinary experience is enhanced by two restaurants: La Table de l'Alpaga, awarded a Michelin star, offers refined, inventive cuisine, while Le Bistrot seduces with generous, comforting dishes, perfect after a day on the slopes.

L'Alpaga
From €550 per night
66 All. des Marmousets, 74120 Megève

Four Seasons Hotel Megève, feel like living the palace life

It's no coincidence that Four Seasons often features in rankings of the world's finest hotels. The Four Seasons Megève, the resort's only palace-level hotel, is located at the foot of the slopes, on Mont d'Arbois, some ten kilometers from the village. Luxurious, super-comfortable and tastefully decorated by Pierre-Yves Rochon, it is studded with custom-commissioned works of art and objects from the collections of the Rothschild family, who own the hotel and invested a whopping 100 million euros to bring it off the ground!

The hotel houses the Brasserie Benjamin with its Alpine cuisine and the Japanese fusion restaurant Kaito. Regarding the wellness, it features a sumptuous 1,000 m² spa (one of the largest in the French Alps) and a huge heated indoor and outdoor swimming pool. Families won't be left out either, with a Kids Club and an anthology Teen Zone (video games, table soccer, home cinema, mixer...) in an atmosphere worthy of Blade Runner.

Good to know? Thanks to the new La Cry ski lift, hotel guests have direct ski-in/ski-out access to the ski area.

Four Seasons Hotel Megève
55 rooms including 14 suites.
From €1,000 per night for a Superior Room during winter (excluding breakfast).

Cœur de Megève, to sleep in the heart of the village

Opening in 2019 in the heart of the village by the Steller Hotels group, 150 m from the gondolas, the new Cœur de Megève boutique hotel combines design, social life, relaxation, a festive atmosphere and easy access to the ski slopes... our favorite! This 4-star hotel with 39 rooms and suites with terraces and balconies has the advantage of being located on the village's pedestrian street, a stone's throw from the Place de l'Église, chic boutiques and art galleries. From the moment you enter, you'll notice Sybille de Margerie's design, which twists mountain vocabulary - wood galore, cozy fireplaces, wool cushions, tweed pouffes - and makes it resolutely contemporary, cozy and timeless.

Après-ski is celebrated here in the Le Meige cocktail bar, and spa treatments are by the American organic brand Tata Harper, renowned for the quality of its 100% natural products and only available in 3 hotels in France.

Good to know? The hotel has its own restaurant, Le Coeur, where chef Benjamin Vakanas serves authentic cuisine featuring the best of the French Alps.

Coeur de Megève
39 rooms and suites.
From €380 per night in winter and €115 in summer.

Zannier Le Chalet, Megève's most beautiful design hotel

Zannier Le Chalet is all about design and understated luxury. The three traditional chalets that make up the 5-star hotel have just 12 rooms and suites. They are the epitome of an intimate retreat, where waxed concrete, charcoal gray and clean lines are illuminated by bay windows. Every bed has a view of the snowfields or the resort.

Each guest is greeted by the hotel manager in person for a bespoke but never familiar family service. Minimalist design, great comfort, exclusive service and discretion are the watchwords of the place, complemented by the gourmet and sensible restaurant La Ferme de mon Père, and a beautiful spa area with indoor pool. Zannier Le Chalet? the most contemporary of all Megève hotels.

Good to know? In addition to this intimate mountain hotel, the Zannier hotel collection includes some very fine properties in Cambodia (Phum Baitang near Siem Reap), in the historic center of Ghent (1898 The Post), in Namibia (the luxury lodges Omaanda and Sonop) and Bãi San Hô in Vietnam.

Zannier Le Chalet
12 rooms and suites.
From €590 per night for a Deluxe Room during winter (excluding breakfast).

Grand Hôtel du Soleil d'Or

Housed in a historic building dating from 1901, the Grand Hotel du Soleil d'Or's decor is halfway between cozy and brocante chic, with antique furniture, warm, intimate spaces and rooms that accentuate the idea of a romantic hotel.

In the common areas, you can enjoy a hot chocolate signed by Jean-Paul Hévin at La Chocolaterie, meet up on the rooftop on the top floor - which recreates a cobbled Megève street with a view of the church steeple - or enjoy bistronomic specialties in the hotel's "dining room". As for the indoor swimming pool in the basement, it's quite simply one of the most visual in Megève.

Grand Hôtel du Soleil d'Or
16 rooms and suites, 3 private chalets.
From €620 per night in winter.

M de Megève

A 5-star member of Small Luxury Hotels of the World, the M de Megève is located at the end of the pedestrian street, close to the Le Chamois gondola. The spacious common areas open onto an indoor pool and Spa by Clarins in the basement. Modern decor, 42 functional and comfortable rooms, all with beautiful views of the neighboring peaks. Two restaurants: the bistro, where guests can enjoy fresh truffle pizzas, or Les Grands Crus de Fondues, where guests can enjoy cheese specialties.

M de Megève
From €550 per night
15 Rte de Rochebrune, 74120 Megève

Hôtel Mont-Blanc

Right in the center of the village, the Hôtel Mont-Blanc is also one of the addresses in the Maisons et Hôtels Sibuet collection (Les Fermes de Marie, Lodge Park). This explains the sophisticated interiors of this 4-star mountain hotel, which exudes a hushed, English club atmosphere. The “Pure Altitude” wellness area features an indoor swimming pool. As for the restaurant Les Enfants Terribles, it plays the chic bistro card. A sure bet.

Hôtel Mont-Blanc
From €250 per night
29 Rue Ambroise Martin, 74120 Megève

Some of the most beautiful private chalets in Megève

Ultima Megève

Following on from the success of the Ultima Gstaad hotel, Swiss company Ultima Collection is now firmly established in Megève, with two ultra-luxury chalets built on 1,500 m². A private spa with a long, sublime indoor pool, a wine cellar, a discotheque room, a massage cabin, a fitness room, a heliport - there's nothing lacking to satisfy the expectations of royal families or the wealthiest guests. There's even a room dedicated to security services and bodyguards!

The brand's DNA is reflected in its contemporary, uninhibited design. The Ferrari engine sculpture, for example, sits proudly between the bar and the lounge area, which is completely open onto Mont Blanc. With room for up to 18 guests, Ultima Megève is certainly the most luxurious private chalet to rent in Megève.

Les Chalets du Mont d'Arbois by Beyond Places

The three chalets Eve, Alice (six rooms and two suites with private spa) and Noémie (superb suites, the original chalet of the Rothschild family in Megève) are fully privatizable and benefit from 5-star hotel service and the full Chalets du Mont d'Arbois infrastructure (plethora of restaurants, Kids Club and TeenZone, spa...). Immerse yourself in a unique world combining traditional architecture, worldly classicism, history and contemporary ethnic art.

Les Chalets du Grand Hôtel du Soleil d'Or

Adjacent to the Grand Hôtel du Soleil d'Or, in the extension of the pedestrian street and a stone's throw from the center of Megève, the chalets Les Pionniers, Les Trois Champions and La Benne Rouge offer magnificent spaces and four bedrooms each. The hotel's bohemian-chic atmosphere is reflected in the successful, easy-to-live-with decor. Ideal for experiencing the village as a family, with all the comforts of a 5-star hotel.

Les Chalets des Fermes - Sibuet Homes and Hotels

With three hotels in Megève, the Sibuet family has more than one string to its bow. The 400 m² Chalet des Fermes de Marie, in the hamlet of Les Fermes de Marie, is just one example, along with the Chalet Chatel at Mont d'Arbois, the Chalet des Ecureuils at Rochebrune and the Ferme des Hermines at Praz-sur-Arly... and a whole range of prestigious properties for 10 to 16 people, with a common thread running through the particularly meticulous interiors, inspired by Savoyard authenticity.