Superb!
Review Submitted: March 5, 2009
Date of Stay: February 2009
We spent half-term week in February 2009 at the chalet with another family. The chalet is brand new and well equipped to a high specification. We all appreciated the spacious feel, the level of comfort, and warmth; the kids appreciated the DVDs and Playstation!). Another major plus was the superb local chef, Nicolas, who served up a delicious three course meal each evening, plus a cooked breakfast, and cakes for tea (including pancakes on request). We enjoyed conversing with him in a mixture of our rusty French and his basic English. Although we never met the chalet maid, on return from skiing each day the rooms were clean and the beds made. The only problem was a shortage of hot water which meant rationing showers after skiing, but this may have been due to several power cuts during the week. The chalet's location is not perfect but is more than adequate; about an eight minute (non hilly) walk from the centre of Nendaz and the main lift. The owner (Elaine) could not have been more helpful from the moment we booked. She kindly organised ski and boot storage at a shop next to the lift, so we didn't have to carry them to and fro each day; she also offered to arrange or assist with airport transfers, ski passes, equipment hire, ski school etc, which was very helpful too. Nendaz itself is a typical Swiss ski village; it has a reasonable range of ski runs which become spectacular once you realise its easy to link across to Verbier and other resorts via lifts or bus. We went during half-term so it was very busy, but queuing was not as bad as I've experienced at other European resorts. In summary, Chalet Chocolat is the best chalet we've ever stayed in, and we'd definitely recommend it, and consider going again...and the kids want us to hire Nicolas to be our full time chef!
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