With its panoramic window with resort and mountain views, mezzanine double bed and standalone bathtu... View MoreWith its panoramic window with resort and mountain views, mezzanine double bed and standalone bathtub, there is
something almost cinematic about our quarters in the five-star Scandi-chic Altapura hotel in Val Thorens.
Certainly, there is enough acreage in the living room area for a film crew
(see video).
So it is a big tick for the bedroom.
And big ticks for just about everything else at the hotel.
The property occupies a prime slice of ski-in, ski-out real estate at the 2,
300m- (7,545ft) high resort - Europe's loftiest and declared the
world's best ski resort nine times, including for 2024/2025 - and is something of a mini wonderland, a feeling helped by
the actual tree trunks soaring from the ground to the ceiling by the ground-floor
lifts.
Then there's the beautiful lounge, liberally festooned with comfy 70s-style
chairs and sofas - and punctuated by an enticing circular
bar - for post-piste limb restoration and
the exchange of mountain-themed tales of derring-do.
The spa is also magnetic, drawing in guests with its stunning
inside-outside pool and ice-filled igloo room.
For my daughter, this part of the hotel is possibly the property highlight, even trumping the kids
club.
Ted Thornhill checks in to five-star hotel Altapura in Val Thorens,
France
Pictured above is the hotel's inside-outside pool, which is
part of a 'magnetic' spa complex
The outside section of the hotel's pool, which is great fun for young and old
alike
The dining options, meanwhile, are stellar.
There's swish Italian Casa Alta and a brilliant Alpine-themed
eaterie, La Laiterie - the hotel's nerve centre
for raclettes and fondues.
The cheese here is top-tier, cockle-warming stuff. And the wine is plaudit-worthy, too.
Breakfast is served in a more casual space, with windows galore offering sterling mountain views.
Altapura puts on a good spread for the first meal of the day,
though the eggs for 'eggs and soldiers' (l'oeuf à la coque ) are an abject failure - distinctly undercooked.
(The chef forgets the four-minute 20-second rule for the perfect runny yolk.) And trying
to secure a pot of coffee involves a game of Pac-Man with the staff, wandering
between the tables until you bump into one of them to put in an order.
Altapura occupies a prime slice of ski-in, ski-out
real estate at Val Thorens, declared the world's best ski
resort nine times
At 2,300m (7,545ft), Val Thorens, which is encircled by
six glaciers, is the highest ski resort in Europe
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