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Reviews of Résidence Pierre & Vacances Flaine La Forêt

Résidence Pierre & Vacances Flaine La Forêt
Flaine Foret, Araches-la-Frasse, Haute-Savoie

Reviews

7.6

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 27 out of 101 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 45 out of 101 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 15 out of 101 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 7 out of 101 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 7 out of 101 reviews" "

7.4/10

Cleanliness

7.8/10

Staff & service

7.4/10

Amenities

7.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Roger, Burton

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities

8/10 Good

Robert

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Great apartment place
Good rooms, not much to do in the hotel, the reception open hours are poor (bar Saturday) and so if you arrive between 12 and 5 midweek..... good luck The comms from the hotel was not great, and a quick answer to one question would have helped (luggage store). Also, the ski place next door is great and you get a discount - so just go. there
Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2022

8/10 Good

Paul

Travelled with family
Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2022

8/10 Good

Michael

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Pre Xmas Flaine
Booked fir children … very clean and tidy accommodation
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service
Excellent location.
We had 2 separate apartments for 1 week, staff were friendly and the apartments were good value for money. The location was perfect for the ski lifts. Also there is a restaurant located within the hotel, again it was pleasant and the food was good.
Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2020

10/10 Excellent

ROGER

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2020

8/10 Good

Darren

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A good example of its type with baggage storage
Very well located close to the slopes, the closets lift is about 200 metres away! Typical French ski accommodation so not a luxury property but a very good example of its type. Clean and comfortable and, importantly for us, has post-checkout baggage storage available (unlike its closest neighbour) so a much better choice if you want to ski on your last day before heading back to the airport.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2020

8/10 Good

Judy

Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2020

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with family and small children
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Peeling paint. Boarded up restaurants, broken boot warmers
Stayed 8 nights in Dec 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Liked the location, near the ski lift and the Forum and also ski hire shop. Didnt like the property as open spaces are dated, rooms are dated and foisty and the ski lockers dont have any boot heaters working. The rooms smell of foistyness and drains.
Stayed 7 nights in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Ideally situated , friendly and pleasant staff , all you need for a basic family ski holiday. Bedroom was good and the fold down sofa bed was good quality , Kitchen was very well stocked , Spar just down the road for stocking up on food drink etc
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2019

8/10 Good

James

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
adequate
The reception is pretty unappealing however the apartment is adequate, spacious, plenty of hot water, great view. Its not premium in any way but the price reflects this. Could have been a little cleaner, black hairs on the bedding and the floor needed a better vacuuming. Bird mess all over the balcony. Good location but a little tired if I'm honest.
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location and views everything generally in good condition. Staff friendly and helpful. Shower/back cubicle leaked which soaked the bathroom floor.
Stayed 6 nights in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Darren

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location
Great location as just 50 meters or so to the closest lift (and a short red run down to the main gondola lift). There is a supermarket just across the road and a number of restaurants around. Clean apartments. Helpful staff and good prices. I would stay there again.
Stayed 9 nights in Mar 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Flaine in early March
Very nice accommodation and very good location beside ski hire shop and 200 meters from the slopes. had to queue for an hour for our ski equipment and for 40 minutes for our lift passes but once on the slopes the snow was good, the runs were well groomed and the queues for lifts were very short.
Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Alex, Warrington, UK

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Apartment larger than expected, very comfortable. Fantastic view from balcony up into the skiing area. Under 100m to the Grand Vans 8px chairlift, opposite the lift down to Flaine Forum. Very helpful at reception on (early) arrival - able to leave luggage and get out skiing while room was prepared.
Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

Kevin, Hornchurch GB

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
The property is near the slopes and the lifts down to the forum. The rooms are perfect for eating in with an adequate kitchen area. The reception is pretty unavailable most of the time. They don’t do the bread run in the morning anymore. ☹️
Stayed 7 nights in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This property was hugely convenient with easy access to the slopes, ski locker, funicular to travel between levels of the resort and ski hire facilities. It also had local access to a supermarket, cinema, bowling alley, bars and restaurants. The ESF ski school is also just below the property. It was an excellent choice for an active, sociable family that love to ski and love to participate in Apres- ski activities with friends and family.
Stayed 7 nights in Dec 2018

6/10 Okay

Michael

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Cheap but not great.
Location quite remote. Apartment not spotlessly clean as one might expect. Wasp nest in balcony dealt with by partial refund of bill. Overall quite disappointing. Views however to die for - fabulous.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2018

8/10 Good

Julie

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location for skiing,apartment was only two minute walk to ski lifts. Apartment clean with great views

8/10 Good

clayton

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice

2/10 Terrible

Justine, London

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Pierre and Vacances - Residence Flaine la Foret
Staff excellent WiFi terrible Building old and like a youth hostel Apartment dated and needs full refurbishment - stained and poorly presented Beds more suitable for children Apartment size for 5 was comfortable for 2 people You have to make up your own beds upon arrival NOT ski in and out which was very disappointing Noisy corridors so it was like communal living But the staff were excellent!! Tv did not work either
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2018

8/10 Good

sarah, oxford

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fab place to stay near the slopes
Just returned home from a week long stay at Pierre and Vacances residence in flaine. Our room was fantastic, plenty of space for our family of 4, we had a 1 bed apartment. The only thing we lacked was a kettle so we just drank coffee all week! We borrowed a fondue set from reception one evening at no extra cost and our children borrowed board games also at no extra cost. We loved the fact that you could order bread and breakfast items at reception and collect them the following morning. One afternoon there was a lovely market outside the hotel selling bread, nougat, waffles and lots of other yummy things. The communal area does look a bit tired but our children loved the pool table and football table. Also the boot room is very spacious and has boot warmers!!!!!!! We would definitely stay here again.
Stayed 7 nights in Apr 2018

8/10 Good

kevin, london

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel close to the slopes
Nice hotel close to the slopes supermarket and restaurants. Very friendly reception staff and very good ski room. Overall I would recommend this hotel.
Stayed 7 nights in Jan 2018

8/10 Good

liz, glasgow, UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Location for the Slopes
Just back from a 4 night stay and was very surprised to find how good Pierre & Vacances Residence la Foret was. The room was nice and clean when we arrived plus we were able to check in at 12.30. This maybe because it’s January and not a busy time of year. We had a one bedroom apartment which can sleep up to 5 people but I would say that would be too small, there was just 2 of us so just perfect. Great storage for ski equipment. The staff were very polite and helpful. The ski slopes were just a 5 mins walk away and one morning we even skied to the slopes as the snow has been so good!! The only negative was the free WiFi was terrible never worked but was refusing to pay for it. Luckily we were able to use our phones for the internet. But this wouldn’t stop us from coming back.
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2018

8/10 Good

Brian

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Review of Résidence la forêt
Good loacation and perfect accommodation for a ski trip. Everything is close buy. For some strange Reason they shut the reception desk between 12 and 4 almost every day. When we arrived at 1:30 hoping to have half day on the slopes we called the out of hours number only to be told they did not have a key for left luggage which meant we were stranded with nothing to do for the rest of the afternoon. We were told to come back at 4 PM. Despite other guests indicating that the hotel was very accommodating with providing changing facilities etc until the rooms are free from about 5 o’clock we found this very disappointing and was a very bad start to the holiday with a wasted day. Overall however I would recommend this hotel.
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2018

10/10 Excellent

Kevin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great locality, modern, clean and reception staff really pleasant and helpful. I would definitely book to go there again.
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2017

8/10 Good

Marta, Philadelphia, PA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice but too far from surrounding areas for summer
For the price and size of the place, couldn't ask for more. it was great to have more of a "home" while away. It seemed that we were in an updated apartment and it was very nice. However, you got the feeling that this place was built a while ago, went belly up, and they're trying to revitalize it. Also, we didn't realize just how far this place was from surrounding areas. So it took FOREVER just to get down to the bottom of the mountain. I"m betting it's a FANTASTIC place in the winter with the skiing. There are some summer activities in the area, like soccer, playground, ropes course, etc, for the kids. but, again, just felt a bit like a ghost town.

8/10 Good

roger, Be rut

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wonderfull
Wonderful location next to ski lift

6/10 Okay

Steve, Devon (UK)

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Disliked: Cleanliness
Very helpful reception staff, were not aware of planned late arrival despite this being documented on booking form. We had contacted hotel separately as advised so this was not a problem and they arranged for our appartment key to be left in a key safe at reception as reception is not manned 24hrs. However it proved a little difficult to first of all find the hotel contact details from the booking form and then only a telephone number and no email contact was provided and it took some perseverance to actually get a reply. Be aware when booking for more than two people that these are appartments sleeping 6-7 with two bedrooms and additional pullout beds in the sitting room. We had a party of four and did not wish to all be sharing one room but by booking two rooms we actually ended up with two appartments!

10/10 Excellent

Robert, Wigan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Pierre & Vacances Residence la Foret
Stayed from 01/02/15 to 04/02/15 Fantastic location We are just in the process of booking again for next year :-)

8/10 Good

Gerald, Chatham

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great for a short stay
Used this for a short ski trip. The hotel is very convenient to both the ski hire and the slopes. Not quite ski-in-ski-out but as close as you can get (200m walk). We managed to squeeze four in to the room which was cosy but not uncomfortable. Very helpful staff, they even allowed us to leave late in the afternoon to allow us a full day's skiing before heading off to the airport. Definitely stay there again...

8/10 Good

M, UK

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Spring Skiing Trip
We had a wonderful last minute stay in early spring for 1 week. 1 bed room apartment was spacious for 4 and as expected. Required a little cleaning but overall acceptable. Bathroom was clean, shower powerful, towels etc were ok. Kitchen was good enough and came with a pack of cleaning stuff and dishwasher tablets. Beds weren't the most comfortable but after a long day on the hill that doesn't cause too many problems. We were in a top floor room looking out the back so had no balcony and a view onto one of the home pistes but no noise from the front main street. Staff were excellent both in the hotel and the shops/restaurants built into the hotel. Reception have various things available to borrow from toasters to kids games&dvds. Far from 5* luxury but as described and only a very short walk to the snow and lifts - even for 4yr olds in ski boots. Hotel front door is directly across the road from the funicular that takes you down to Flaine Forum. Would visit again - mainly for ease of access to slopes.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Not 4 Star
The residence is in actual fact apartments rather than a hotel. Our room had a strong odour of smoke despite the management's assurance that the apartments were non-smoking. Our apartment was not well cleaned and there were spider webs in the bathrooms. On departure we were made to strip our beds and throw away the contents of our dustbin - hardly The upside is that the apartments are located very cl

6/10 Okay

fenfenfen, London

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Does the job
Serviceable apartment, close to the Grand Vans lift, in need of an upgrade however as the rooms are looking a bit tired and could do with a repaint.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Nice apartment, close to the slopes.
Went for a long weekend skiing with my son and father, had a great time in the apartment which was situated well for the slopes and for the apres ski.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect stay for a family, close to the slopes.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Appauling - never a 4 star, or 3 or 2
room floor was dirty, place like marie celeste, long standing cobwebs, rotting windows. never again, don't go here

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
awful
had to make our own bed, hotel in the mountains but we had a view of an embankment. staff were miserable, had to pay for internet. could not park at the hotel.might be a bit better in skiing season, but I doubt it ! FELT LIKE I WAS STAYING IN STUDENT DIGS

10/10 Excellent

John, Portsmouth, UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
beautiful scenery for a nights stay
Although we stayed one night and it is approximately 40 minutes from the autoroute it was worth it. The views are spectacular, air lovely and a calm quiet place to stay. The hotel rooms were spacious although you had to pay for the internet.

8/10 Good

Ross, UK

Liked: Cleanliness
No frills, close to slopes, no issues
A functional and reasonable affordable bit of accomodation. The noise from the bar was audible just about on some nights, but was no real problem (we are talking "strain to hear it", not "I can't sleep"). One point I would make is not to bother with the 15 euro wireless. It doesn't have the capacity to cater for the number of people in the accomodation, so you get constant "too many subscribers messages". Skip it and save yourself the money. Beyond that all is good. Flaine is much the same: Affordable and gets the job done.

8/10 Good

Andrew, London, UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
short ski break Dec 2011
Perfect place for a short break in the quiet but lovely ski area of Flaine...Have stayed in SC apartments before and this one compared very well. Having the shop downstairs and other amenities close by is a real bonus. Otherwise room was clean and very comfortable and the inclusion of a cleaning kit was very much appreciated. Our only negative comment was that the fridge in our room didnt work very well so some of our food went off by the end of our stay. Suggest put the fridge on max when you get in and if not cold, alert reception.

6/10 Okay

Sarah, London, UK

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Dec 2011
Great location. Apartments were basic but had all that was required. Comfy beds, lots of hot water and very quiet. Great ski locker room and supermarket on site with fresh bakery every morning.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Review
Overall we were happy with our rooms but beware that we had very hard foam mattresses and the usual problem with square French pillows, why do they do that!?

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I could not find it!!
I booked couple of times through hotels.com. They are very reliable and you will definitely find great deals when you book through them. However -and this is probably not the fault of hotels.com but instead it is the fault of the hotel itself- I had a very bad experience with this hotel. I can not comment on them because simply I could not find them!! I put the address that was mentioned with the booking on my GPS and we drove for long time and through difficult roads on the mountain and guess what?! we did not find the place! the address was totally unclear. The hotel must provide clearer instructions to reach them. My family became sick and tired and we were driving from Paris and it was already midnight and there was no one in the reception at night so no one will answer the phone if you call. The area was scary and there were no people at all to ask them about any directions. So after climbing the mountain we decided to go down again taking the same difficult road and we spent the night in a small village, then next day we were fed up from the whole experience and we stayed in Geneva for period that we were supposed to stay in this hotel. So we lost time and more important, money, because of unclear address. As I mentioned, I can not comment about the hotel itself but I wont recommend it unless you really know the area very well or the hotel provides better instructions to reach them.

10/10 Excellent

Peter, Kent

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
the hotel very kindly gave me an appartment instead of a room! Lots of room, very clean and good value. Pleasant dutch staff.

8/10 Good

H, Clevedon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
good for skiiers
the hotel was right by the ski slope so in a great position when you wanted to get back to the hotel after a hard days snowboarding. The apartment was a decent size for 3 of us and was comfortable and fine but I think it would be a bit of a squash if you filled the apartment to capacity of 7. The toilet is in a very small room/cupboard but designed that way so that there is a separate shower room and bathroom which is good for that number of people. Lovely bread can be ordered for you to collect in the morning. Only thing that was missing from the apartment was an oven and as eating out in Flaine is very expensive (£80 for 5 pizzas) it would have been good to have the option of making our own meals although the apartment had a hob, dishwasher and fridgefreezer. Better views out the front as the back view looks onto the car park.

2/10 Terrible

Laetitia

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2022