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Megève · Weekly rental · Winter
An 18th-century farmhouse, forty seconds from the slopes
Fully renovated, facing the Aravis range: three master suites, two bunk rooms, a great room under the rafters, a bar and a private chef. Sixteen guests, the whole house to yourselves.
- 16
- guests
- 5
- 3 master suites · 2 bunk rooms
- 5
- bathrooms, one per room
- 40 s
- on foot to the slopes
- 4
- parking spaces
- 509 m²
- of living space
Outside
Snow right up to the door
The farmhouse has kept its shape: a broad roof, timber cladding, thick walls. Facing it, the Aravis range and the whole Megève valley. The slopes are forty seconds away on foot.
Outside, a hot tub set in the snow and sheltered corners for a cigar at the end of the evening.
Snow outside. Fire inside.
The great room
One single room, under the rafters
This is where the house lives: exposed timber frame, a central fireplace open on both sides, deep sofas for sixteen, and the dining table in the same space.
The table
A private chef, all week
A chef cooks for you all week: breakfast, lunch and dinner. Before you arrive, you talk the week's menus through together and the chef organises the meals and does the shopping for you. The long table seats all sixteen, a few steps from the fire.
How the chef works · The cost of the groceries is paid by the guests.
Bedrooms
Three master suites, two bunk rooms
Each master suite has its own dressing room and bathroom. The two bunk rooms, six beds and four, each have their own bathroom too: the children, or the friends, get their own wing.
Master suite
Suite 2
Master suite
Suite 3
Bunk room
Six beds
Bunk room
Four beds
Bar & games
For après-ski and late evenings
A semi-professional bar, fully equipped, ice machines included, for the first drink and the last. Next door, the foosball table and its beanbags.
The TV room
A cinema under the wood
A room of its own for film nights and match days: big screen, oversized beanbags to sink into after skiing, and a library along the whole wall.
Ski-in / ski-out
Forty seconds. That is the whole walk.
You come out of the ski room, click into your skis and forty seconds later you are on the piste. In the evening you come back the same way. No shuttle, no car, no boots carried through the village.
Megève
The village that invented French luxury in the mountains
Created in the 1920s by the Rothschild family as a French answer to St. Moritz, Megève has kept what the resorts built in concrete never had: a real village, a cobbled square, horse-drawn sleighs at nightfall. And around that square, three-star tables, grand hotel spas and the boutiques of the great houses.
Skiing
445 km of pistes, facing Mont Blanc
The chalet opens straight onto the Evasion Mont-Blanc ski area: 445 km of pistes and 110 lifts linking seven villages, from 850 to 2,353 m. Long gentle runs through the trees, off-piste with a guide, and Mont Blanc in front of you nearly all the way down.
The tables
Three stars in the village, and dinners that end in dancing
Emmanuel Renaut has held three Michelin stars at Flocons de Sel, above the village, for years; Megève has another starred table with Vous, and a long list of mountain restaurants, farmhouse inns reached by sleigh and dinners that end with the tables pushed back for dancing. The concierge books them, including the ones that are full.
Shopping
Hermès on the church square, and the great houses all around
Everything is within walking distance around the square: Hermès, the historic AAllard house, which invented the stretch ski trouser here in the 1930s, and the village boutiques carrying Loro Piana, Céline, Brunello Cucinelli, Fendi or Saint Laurent, plus the watchmakers on rue Charles Feige.
Spa & thermal baths
The grand hotel spas, and the thermal baths of Saint-Gervais
The village spas take outside guests for a massage or a day of treatments, and the thermal baths of Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc, with naturally hot water and outdoor pools in the snow, are about twenty minutes away. Or you stay in, and the therapist comes to the chalet.
The altiport
Take off at 1,470 m and fly around Mont Blanc
Megève has its own mountain airfield, right on the slopes. From there, a twenty to fifty minute flight by plane or helicopter takes you around Mont Blanc, over the glaciers and the Aiguille du Midi. It is the most spectacular hour of the week, and it is easy to arrange for the whole house.
Nearby
Chamonix in 35 minutes, Geneva in 1 h 15
Chamonix and the Aiguille du Midi cable car are thirty-five minutes away by car, for a day on the Vallée Blanche or simply for the view. Geneva airport is about an hour and a quarter, with transfers arranged on request.
Rates & availability
From €30,000 to €40,000 per week
Depending on the period. Weekly rental, whole house, up to sixteen guests.
The chalet is let directly by its managing company, SCI DEMETER (Paris). You deal with the people who look after the house, without an intermediary.
| December, before Christmas | from €30,000 |
|---|---|
| Christmas | on request |
| New Year | on request |
| January | from €30,000 |
| February school holidays | up to €40,000 |
| March and end of season | from €30,000 |
Included
- Private chef all week: breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Menus planned with the chef before you arrive, shopping done by the chef
- Daily housekeeping, linen and towels
- Firewood and a fire lit for your return from skiing
- Ski room, boot and helmet lockers
- 4 parking spaces
On request, we arrange it
- Airport transfers and a driver for the week
- Private ski instructor and lift passes
- Massages and treatments at the chalet
- Babysitting
- Restaurant bookings and wine cellar
Paid by the guests
- Groceries for the meals (bought by the chef)
Inside
Great room with central fireplace
Kitchen equipped for the chef
Semi-professional bar, ice machines
TV room and library
Foosball table and beanbags
Dressing room in each master suite
5 bathrooms, one per room
3 master suites, 2 bunk rooms (6 + 4)
509 m² of living space
Outside
Outdoor hot tub in the snow
Ski-in / ski-out, 40 seconds on foot
Sheltered smoking corners
View over the Aravis and the valley
4 parking spaces
Up to 16 guests, whole house
Good to know
Questions we are asked
What does the price include?
The house in its entirety, the private chef all week (breakfast, lunch and dinner), daily housekeeping, house and bath linen, firewood and the four parking spaces. The groceries for the meals are paid by the guests. The exact list is set out in the rental agreement sent with our proposal.
How does the chef work?
Before your arrival, the chef gets in touch to suggest the week's menus and organise the meals with you. The chef does the shopping; the cost of the groceries is paid by the guests. Then breakfast, lunch and dinner are cooked at the chalet every day.
Arrival and departure days
The chalet is let by the week. Arrival and departure days, and the times, are confirmed with your dates. Tell us your flight and we will fit around it where we can.
Booking, deposit and payment
The dates are held as soon as the agreement is signed, with a deposit; the balance is due before arrival. The amounts and the schedule are given in the agreement.
Cancellation and security deposit
A security deposit is taken before arrival and released after the house is checked. The cancellation terms are set out in the agreement. Ask us and we will send it before you commit to anything.
Children and babies
The two bunk rooms sleep six and four, each with its own bathroom. Cots, high chairs and babysitting are arranged on request.
Smoking and pets
Sheltered smoking corners are set up outside. For pets, ask us when you enquire, as the answer depends on the dates.
Getting here from Geneva
Geneva airport is about 1 h 15 by road. We arrange the transfer, a driver for the week, or a helicopter to the Megève altiport.
Where exactly is the chalet?
On the slopes, forty seconds on foot from the piste, a few minutes from the centre of Megève. We give the precise address once the stay is confirmed.