SUMMER/WINTER SKI RENTALS available: Large FAMILY Apartment (1bedroom+1cabine)

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RENTALS being taken for the current SUMMER, and following WINTER SKI SEASON. Ideal for FAMILIES and COUPLES; separate bedrooms for parents/adults and children/teens/younger or older adults. SKI RESORT: pistes OPEN from mid-December to mid-April - excellent snow record with groomed pistes; proximity to Mont Blanc guarantees Winter snow is maintained on the pistes. New snow cannon installed on the piste outside our chalet enable ski in/ski out from this apartment (snow conditions permitting) to the main ski lift in the town during High Winter Ski Season. An outstanding snow record in every ski season, recently, with St Gervais les Bains having its own micro-climate due to the proximity of Mont Blanc ensures a plentiful supply; snow on pistes is manicured, with the expectation that runs/pistes will be maintained all the ski season - as always (new snow cannon + new fast lifts = no queues). A feature of this self-catering apartment is the size of the accommodation, most suited for a family/couples holiday; the floor area of 57 sq.m. is considerably larger than most comparably priced. Ideally situated approximately 4 km from the A40 (Autoroute Blanche motorway)/TGV and 300 metres above the town's main gondola station; doorstep skiing in High Winter Ski Season enables easy access to this lift station. The chalet (with its own lift and plentiful free parking) is in an area (within easy walking distance of the main town) with magnificent views over the town and to Mont Blanc, and the surrounding mountains and valley. These views can be best appreciated when lounging around the main feature - the private, outdoor, heated swimming pool in Summer (very few chalets in this area boast the facility of a private pool), or skiing the Evasion ski area in Winter, which is reportedly France's THIRD largest ski area. The chalet offers very easy access to all the other Mont Blanc Evasion ski resorts: Megeve (has direct link to St Gervais), Chamonix (the home of mountaineering, and not-to-be-missed ski area), Les Houches (which can be accessed from St Gervais via the Mont-Blanc Tramway, the highest rack railway in France, and has its own Ski World Cup run, the Kandahar), Argentiere/Vallorcine (for higher altitude glacier skiing), Combloux (having some of the best views to Mont Blanc), Les Contamines Montjoie (which allows an extended ski season, because of its micro-climate due to its proximity to Mont Blanc), Praz sur Arly (a smaller, more intimate ski station); even Flaine and some Swiss and Italian ski resorts are all within one hour's drive. This traditional Alpine-style chalet has timber-clad walls, with wooden shingle roof tiles, that keeps the apartment cool in Summer, yet warm in Winter. Skiing in (and visiting) Switzerland is easily possible, too! The apartment is situated in a quiet, yet convenient, area and it is a short distance from the town centre, restaurants, cafes, bars, skibus and shops; all within a five minute drive, or a 10 to 15 minute walk. St. Gervais les Bains: St Gervais was traditionally a fashionable, quaint spa town - attracting tourists since 1806; it is on the UNESCO World Heritage Site's 'tentative' list! Today, after much regeneration in recent years (including a new bridge to bypass the town centre, alleviating traffic flow through the town and creating cleaner air in the town), but retaining a 'rural'/working town mix, it is popular with families; it must be said, though, that St Gervais is not for groups of young men/women looking for extensive nightlife/discos, etc. It retains much of its rural charm alongside modern facilities and very extensive skiing: St Gervais is part of the THIRD largest ski area in France, reputedly! With the summit of Mont Blanc rising within the commune of St Gervais, the village boasts the most extreme altitude difference in Europe: from 580m. to 4,810m. , the 'Top of Europe'! The presence of Mont Blanc presents a unique panorama; the magnificent views are best seen from the open air swimming pool on site, from the town, on the ski slopes facing the mountain, the drive into the town or, more spectacularly, on walks in the meadows above the ski station of Le Bettex, and, especially, the stunning vista from the top of Mont Joly at 2,500m. St. Gervais les Bains is an ideal base for your family to explore other areas within easy reach: the historic skiing and mountaineering town of Chamonix (the 'Home of Mountaineering' and the founder of the Winter Olympics); the pretty little town of Courmayeur in Italy (via the Mont Blanc tunnel or the cable car from the Aiguille du Midi in Chamonix, which takes you over the top of the Mont Blanc range); the beautiful, ancient lakeside town of Annecy and its markets/brocantes and lakeside activities; the exquisitely chic town of Megeve (the 'most stylish resort in the Alps'); Combloux, the 'Pearl of the Alps', as Victor Hugo wrote; the cosmopolitan