Hotel Annapurna

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"At the more attainable end of 1850’s five-star tier, this highest-perched stay near the altiport opens straight onto the Pralong piste and basks on a sun-trap terrace, letting skiers glide home early for Savoie-style afternoon tea before a soak in the heated outdoor pool or a spell by the spa’s healing Salt Wall. Timbered, uncluttered rooms in soft grays and whites cocoon beside the piste, but it’s the south-facing balconies and terrace laden with fondues and croziflettes that loyalists crave, plus a superb Little VIPs kids’ club where youngsters clamber through igloos and ball pits on Annapurna’s Kids’ Icefield between ski-school sorties." - Rosalyn Wikeley