Les Airelles Courchevel

Address: Rue du Jardin Alpin, 73120 Courchevel, France
Phone: 0033 47900 3838
Website: airelles.com

Carved into a cliff, this classic hotel counts an assortment of uniquely designed rooms under its roof – The Virginia Suite, Suite 59, occupies an entire floor. The hotel’s freshwater swimming pool and direct access private beach will help you tune into the dolce far niente mindset.

Unapologetically traditional, in a glamorous, uncrusty sense, Les Airelles Courchevel is perched on the edge of the Jardin Alpin slopes like a grand, Habsburg hunting lodge. But for all its chandelier, trophy mural, family crest theatrics, this heritage hotel is in fact a 1990s creation, with superb techy touches and subterranean spa that engulfs guests for long afternoons. Every corner of its interior has a Brother’s Grimm, Alpine palace quality to it, whether it’s the profusion of carved wood, frescos and elaborate heritage headboards, or the large open fireplaces and ancestral portraits. Breakfast here is as fantastical as they come – fit for an Empress.