Club Med Alpe d'Huez - French Alps

This is definitely a great option for you to bring your family and kids. The food is great, the room is big enough and everything is super easy. Ski in and ski out with great instructors. The general manager Gianni is a hand on super host with an incredible staff. The teens and kids leader Talal/Talha (don’t know how to spell his name) is incredible. My kids loved him from the minute he introduced himself. I would definetly recommend this hotel and would give 10 stars for the staff.

The location is great with ski out and almost ski in. Upon arrival we were ushered into the theatre area and expected to be taken through things at the hotel, as displayed on the screens at the rear of the stage. We waited, and waited then waited some more before we were asked for 1 person to go and collect the key brackets and room info. Back at our seats we waited some more before finally someone came over and asked if we'd got everything...only to be told there's no presentation and we should go to our rooms. All a bit bizarre. So we went to our rooms in the B block on the -5 floor. Through a cold corridor from the main building. We got to the room and our luggage was already there...that is a nice touch. What is not nice though, is a very cold room. The electric wall heater is tiny and clearly not powerful enough for the room. We eventually got an additional heater (with broken wheels) which worked ok. The ski shop staff were excellent, very helpful and professional. At breakfast there is an excellent choice and I'm sure very suitable for everyone. Evening meal was good too. Each afternoon there were snacks available after skiing and, if course, the included drinks were great. A decent few days skiing were achieved considering the weather. We had a problem with the TV remote on the last day, low batteries I think. Which, despite 4 visits to reception (because the phone didn't work), was never resolved so we had no TV for the last evening. None of the English TV channels worked but the small selection of movies was a plus, even though we couldn't watch any on the last day. Overall a decent stay, just expect a lot of kids running smock and not really any help from reception.

Great ski in ski out. Super staff in the ski shop. Very convenient food and an excellent range to choose from. There are lots and lots of kids running everywhere all evening long. Weird check-in arrangements where they don't tell you what is going on, what is where and where to go to do things when you arrive. Reception were not great at sorting requests for maintenance requiring multiple visits over more than 1 hour. Baggage collection at the end of the trip was not well organised and out bags arrived just as the coach was ready to go after we visited reception multiple times. In room phone for reception did not work.

Our experience was great, everything was organised and top. The team is always helpful and smiley. Our monitrice Odile was the best ever, she excellent in giving ski technique we spent a whole nice week skiing and learning new tips with her. In general we had and amazing stay. Thank you Clubmed

The room was ok but it was a bit on the small side and the WiFi was very poor. Breakfast,lunch and dinner was very nice with different choices such as tuna,chicken and beef. There was also salad, which was carrot ,tomatoes,cucumber and olives and for drinks ,it was juice and water . The ski boots fitted on the skis. The mini club was great but it was a bit crowded . There were also private lessons with a coach and the chairlifts and the cable car were in good condition,holding 8 to 23 people.

Overwhelmingly positive—we had a fantastic week of great food, good skiing, and lots of fun. The food is excellent, the skiing is good, and the ski school works well. The only real let-down is the bed and bedding: hard mattress and sweaty man-made sheets instead of cotton, which is a shame. Service can also be slow at times, with long queues at the bar and limited ski-school knowledge at reception. That said, aside from these issues, it’s very close to the perfect spot for families.

Service was awful on reception. Often mixed information or none at all and waiting ages to get simple tasks done. Restaurant staff excellent and kids club. ESF brilliant. Ski in and out really good if a bit far from the centre commercial. Be prepared for long bar lines at ski finishing time. Very expensive for what it is.

I'm writing this now in the hope that the restaurant offerings will improve before we leave. I have seen the General Manager in the restaurant several times so he must be aware that the food in his hotel is nowhere near the same standard as at other Club Med ski hotels in terms of variety; quality and presentation. Things frequently run out and don't get replaced quickly because no one seems to monitor consistently. This is the fifth Club Med ski hotel I have visited; might be my last based on this trip.

My sister and I skied in Alpe d'Huez many years ago and we were very pleased to return there with ski friends this year Marketed as the Island in the Sun due to its south-facing aspect, my vivid tan confirms that when the sun comes out, you will be enjoying warm sunshine. However, later in the season, it can get slushy on the lower runs in the afternoon Alpe d'Huez's main asset are its slopes. There's enough to keep to keep the vast majority of skiers of all abilities occupied for a week. The slopes are well laid out with a wealth of green slopes at the base of the main village bowl, allowing beginners to get their confidence up in those early ski weeks near to home. However, for those who fancy more of a challenge, there's the formidable Tunnel run. Yes, you ski through a long tunnel to emerge onto a ledge with a vertigo-inducing drop on one side encouraging you to make the turn before you drop off the side of the mountain! The other famous run in resort is the Sarenne, which is the longest run in the world at 16km. It's marked as a black run on the piste map but you can miss out the steepest part of the run at the beginning and the rest of the run is really mo more than a red run by gradient One other feature in the resort is the chairlift taking skiers over from the main Alpe d'Huez ski area over to the Auris ski area. Nicknamed the Scare Chair by locals, it leads under a concrete tunnel which takes you under the main runway for the airport before diving over a precipitous edge into the Sarenne Gorge before climbing up the other side. With runs leading to satellite villages like Montfrais (powder runs galore), Oz (no sign of the wizard!), Vaujany and the original town of Huez, you can put the travel miles in too We found some fun snow parks and boarder cross courses to have fun in The village is especially well equipped with off-slope activities. There's an outdoor swimming pool, an ice sakting rink (which turns into an ice go karting track on some evenings), a sports centre with indoor swimming pool, a tobaggan slope and an ice driving circuit. There's also night skiing on Thursday evenings when the Signal slopes are floodlit and stay open late The prices at the mountain restaurants were reasonable and we found some nice food on the slopes This is a fantastic resort, which I can highly recommend

SPECTACULAR resort. It is so incredibly large and expansive. The lifts and runs are plentiful -- you can make one run last 20 minutes without trying -- and the views are stunningly beautiful. You can get to the highest point in the French Alps at this resort and ski to neighboring resorts as well. This is without a doubt my favorite place. There is something for everyone. The only negative I can think of is snow. If the season is not so great, your skiing here will be horrible. I experienced good and bad here, and when it's bad, it's really bad. You'll spend the entire time dodging patches of grass, rocks, and gravel. My skis unfortunately got pretty damaged :(