Where to Stay
Courchevel has an extraordinary number of top hotels, including two out of the nine special new Palace hotels, a new category developed by the government for the best hotels in France. The others are in Paris, with one in Cap Ferrat and one in Biarritz.Many of the 5-star deluxe hotels are among the best in France, with the latest opening, Hotel Le K2, providing real excitement.
Guide to Luxury Hotels in Courchevel
Review of Hotel Le K2 & Spa
Where to Eat
Most hotels offer half board, so you’re likely to be eating dinner in your hotel. However there is plenty of choice in Courchevel for both casual lunches and dinner.
The new restaurant of Le Chabichou hotel, this modern large bistro-style restaurant is particularly popular for lunch. There’s a good set menu of 2 dishes or 3 dishes (lunch 19.90 euros and 24.90 euros; dinner 23.90 and 28.90 euros). Other set menus are also available from a menu that has traditional dishes using local cheeses, mushrooms and charcuterie. Otherwise the restaurant has a great terrace which you can ski to for lunch in the open air.
Le Chabichou Hotel
Rue Chenus
Tel.: 00 33 (0)4 79 08 00 55
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High up just above the Altiport, used by private helicopters, Le Pilatus is a large rustic chalet with great views and a warm welcome. There’s a long menu of local ingredients with everything from omelets with green salad and chips (17 euros) to grilled steak (31 euros). It’s on the slopes so you can ski here.
Piste de Pralong
Tel.: 00 33 (0)4 79 08 20 49
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Pretty mountain chalet-style décor in this casual, family owned restaurant in the middle of the town. Classic dishes like confit duck with mushrooms and potatoes cooked in duck fat and mousse au chocolat keep the winter winds at bay. Plates of charcuterie and fondues are also recommended. Child menu 25 euros; a la carte three courses around 70 euros per person.
Rue Park City
Tel.: 00 33 (0)4 79 08 08 63
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This is a great place for après-ski when the midday Brasserie menus change and you get excellent Brittany-style crepes to fortify you. In the evening, dishes like sole meuniere, scallops and generous steak portions are on offer. They also operate a sister restaurant called Les Verdons on the slopes for a break from skiing where the cooking is hearty though unrefined.
Courchevel 1850 (opposite the Tourist Office)
Tel.: 00 33 (0)4 7908 06 19
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You wouldn’t guess that this small local restaurant has a Michelin star; that is until you taste the food. Part of Courchevel but located in Courchevel 1300, Le Praz, a pretty traditional village further down in the valley from Courchevel 1850, Azimut, in a former bakery, has carved out a name for excellent cooking at reasonable prices with menus beginning at 28 euros.
Chef-owner Francois Moureaux has modernized and refined classic dishes, producing specialities like scallops in a port reduction and venison with gnocchis with local Beaufort cheese, all beautifully presented. Wash it all down with something from their excellent selection of Jura wines.
In the summer, Francois and his wife Sandrine decamp to their other restaurant Auberge de La Poutre in Banlieu in the Jura.
Immeuble l’Or Blanc
Tel.: 00 33 (0)4 79 06 25 90
