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I'm looking for a good family run hotel in Chamonix, doesn't have to be posh, but need comfortable, quiet (no french plumbing noises!) rooms and good communal sitting rooms. Preferrably friendly atmosphere so that a non-skier could feel at home pottering around there during the day whilst others of the party were skiing! Thanks in advance for your help, Miranda
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Miranda, it's a long time since I stayed in a Chamonix hotel, but this page from Ski Solutions might provide some useful initial help.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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La Sapiniere was OK both times I stayed there.
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Miranda, I stayed at le Richemond about 4 years ago it is traditional french family hotel within easy walking distance of the center of Chamonix. I did not notice any plumbing noises during my stay. If I was taking my wife (who is a non skier) I would stay at La Morgane, which is next to the river, again within easy walking distance of the center (and the Richemond),
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Thanks all! Info is for my parents (mother is non-skier) when they come out to visit me when I spend the season in Cham next winter! Can't wait....
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Miranda,
I've stayed in Hotel l'Arve a couple of times and think it it will suit your requirements perfectly.
Family run, Quiet but right in the centre tucked away by the river.
Clean and no continetal plumbing noises
Friendly with a big log fire in the communal sitting room
Contact info below
Isabelle Didillon
Hotel de l'Arve **-60, Impasse des anémones- 74400 CHAMONIX-FRANCE
Tel 00 33 (0) 4 50 53 02 31 Fax: 00 33 (0) 4 50 53 56 92
http://www.hotelarve-chamonix.com
contact@hotelarve-chamonix.com
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I normally stay in the Hotel la Savoyarde which is probably as close as you get to the slopes in Cham.
http://www.lasavoyarde.com/intro-uk.htm
Not really sure what is meant by 'continental plumbing noises', generally French plumbing is much better than UK where what passes for a shower is usually a rust coloured trickle.
I wonder how many English homes have a dead rat or pigeon rotting down in their cold water tank?
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Don't know, but I had to fish (sic) a dead squirrel out of our water tank once. The water in the bathroom had developed a peculiar aroma...
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thanks all! fantastic response as ever.
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