Hotel Amélie

Authentic French hotel with clean comfortable rooms. Excellent food including breakfast and three course dinner. Friendly helpful staff. Bar has a good vibe and being close to the gondola is busy after a day's skiing. Great location for accessing the three valleys.

Unfortunately on arival we were given a double bed in our room although we had booked a twin room with single beds as I was sharing a room with my 21 year old son. There were 2 other couples left in the same situation and after an hour of to and throw we were give a campbed to use for that night as it was very late due to a 3 hour delay with Crysatl ski (Tui flight). The hotel was fully booked with no room change alternative. The next day we had two single beds put in our room but shoved right next to each other due to the only available space, so it was not much better than a double. Beds were comfortable though. No welcome pack on arival and although I reported the lock was broken on our patio doors, they were not fixed for the whole week we were there. This caused a draught through the night and we didnt feel as safe as we should of done. I beleive this had been like this for some time. The room was spacious, comfortable and on the face of it clean but with a closer inspection the cleaniless wasn't the best. If you looked down from the balcony the view was of a dissused courtyard with dirty floors and furniture but if you looked up the view was mountainess and lovely. The rooms were dated but this was expected and the bathroom has unique tiling which was very nice. Nothing to watch on Tv and no Kettle (we took Firestick for the TV and a collapsable kettle as we were already made aware of this). Breakfast was okay but if you left it until 0900ish some items were not replenished. Evening meals consisted of one option other than vegertarian. The meals were good and came out fast but not good for fussy eaters (there is a good pizzeria next door though) on the odd occasion they would do chips for my son. again we were aware of this before travelling. The bar area was always reasonably busy, beer was 7 euros a pint or 5 euros if you made it back for happy hour! Not all other bars were open in the village as being January it was very queit. Not a village to stay in if you want to party. We kept our skis in the lockers at the bottom of the gondola as there was no space in the hotel lockers and it was alot more convienient for us. (only a 2 minuite walk in our ski boots from hotel to gondila) so a great location. Although the 25 minuite ride in the gondola was a bit draining towards the end of the holiday there was always some good like minded skiers to chat to about your day. Last lift back at 1700 which was fine and enough time to have a couple of drinks in Meribel or the La Folie Douce onthe slopes before coming back. All staff in the hotel and Gill the Crystal rep were polite, helpful and friendly at all times. With not many changes and a bit more attention to detail this could of easy been a 5 star review. As we paid half the price here against staying in Meribel with just a bit further to travel to for the ski area, overall I think you should consider this hotel if you are on a tight budget and happy that not everything will be perfect.

I've just returned feom a fabulous week staying at Amelie Hotel in Brides les Bains. Having not stayed that low in 3 Vallees ski area before, i wasn't too sure how the circa 25 minute gondola lift would work upto Meribel, as I've always stayed in a main resort. The hotel is less the a 5 minute walk up a hill to the Olympic Gandola. The hill was a shock on the first day, but after that it was not an issue. A nice warm up or cool down before / after a day on the slopes. We were lucky to grab a locker in the hotel, for a €20 deposit and it hold two sets if skis and boots. There were lockers at the gondola though. By the time the end of the day came, there's a happy hour slot in the hotel bar between 4pm and 6pm which was popular with residents and non residents. Our twin room was very spacious as was the bathroom which had the most brilliantly hot and powerful shower. Adjacent to the hotel is the river Doron des Allues and was lovely. The first night, you could really notice the sound of a heavy flow of water whilst trying to sleep, but after that it was just like an air conditioning unit in a hotel room. ie not an issue. Food wise, breakfast had the usual continental array of croissants, cereal, toast and somewhere to boil your own eggs. To accompany this, there was juices and tea / coffee. The evening meal, which was a set menu (€32 for non residents), was really nice. 3 courses with food cooked to perfection. I liked most of the food, but I'm not sure what you'd do if you didn't. If you want easy access to the 3 Vallees for a really good price, this is THE place to stay. You would need to accept the journey up and down the gondola to Meribel, but the £ saving is well worth it. I wouldn't hesitate in visiting this hotel or Brides les Bains again.

Came here on a Crystal ski holiday with my daughter. Our room was warm (in fact almost too warm) and the beds were very comfortable. The breakfast had a lovely choice of food and drink, and the set evening meals were very tasty. It’s a five minute uphill walk to the gondola to take you up to Meribel (takes about 25 minutes to get up there). Would recommend.

Just returned from a week ski holiday. Cannot fault the hotel. Friendly, good location if you don’t mind a very pleasant 20 minute ride upto Meribel. Tasty, hot food however set menu so beware not too good for vegetarians. Endless supply of hot water and the most comfortable beds. Would highly recommend as excellent value for money.

Fantastic food, we stayed half board. Good continental breakfast and very good 3 course meal each night. French menu, if you want vegetarian then pre order. Not the usual ski hotel menu which was a lovely change! Would stay again, good value for money.