MAISON CIMES

Beautifully restored old village house in les Orres with modern and stylish comfort. Location offers a view on the surrounding mountains from the rooms and there is a lovely garden where in summer breakfast is served. ||Delicious Breakfast and Excellent dinner with local products, partly from the garden. Very friendly hosts. Nice walks to be made in the neibourghood. We will certainly come back. ||Best b&b we‘ve ever been!!

You can always tell when a couple are passionate about what they do. Cimes is an unassuming building on the outside but a joy of architectural design on the inside. An old building with a contemporary interior, lovingly created by its owners over a 10 month makeover. Sadly I only stayed one night for dinner bed & breakfast. We were met outside by our hosts and given a warm welcome, shown our rooms, which were well appointed and nicely designed. After freshening up we relaxed in the well tended gardens with a beer from the ‘honesty bar’. Dinner was served at 19:00 and was both tasty and creative, probably the best meal of the week on the road trip. Service was excellent, attentive but not rushed or intrusive. After an exhausting days driving it was an early night in one of the most comfortable hotel beds I’ve ever slept in.|Breakfast he following morning was excellent.|Not the cheapest of places, but a real treat and well worth the expense. I for one will be back for a longer stay to explore the surrounding countryside. Highly recommended.|

What to say other than Maison Cimes is a truly exceptional little hotel. We stayed as a family for 5 days and were blown away by the beautiful views, charming hosts and incredible food.||Xavier and Sandrine are the perfect hosts. Always on hand to help but extremely discreet leaving their guests to feel right at home, whether it is with a beer from the 'honesty bar' by the fire or at breakfast in front of the magnificent view in the panoramic dining room. Each morning we woke to one of the best breakfasts I have had anywhere setting us up perfectly for a day on the pistes (the free shuttle to the slopes leaves every hour right outside the front door to Cimes and drops you back on the hour every hour in the afternoon).||||Another bonus to this little gem is that it is flooded with sunlight all day as it is perfectly exposed which makes for an extremely pleasant afternoon should one want to have a day off from the slopes. All in all, I could not recommend les Cimes more highly. Merci Xavier et Sandrine!

It's hard to find words that accurately describe our stay at Maison Cimes. I joked with Xavier and Sandrine that it was my (and my husband's) personal heaven. This place is so, so lovely. From the decor to the balcony views everything seems so relaxed, yet perfectly thought out. And the food. Insane. We're all still dreaming about the meals. Xavier and Sandrine were so kind, the small town was adorable, the ski slopes were great....I could go on and on. There's no doubt in my mind that we will make every effort to come back here.

SIMPLY THE BEST Doesn't it occur to us that we eat or stay somewhere and afterwards we think: Well, it was nice but... Not so at Maison Cimes as there isn't any BUT: This is simply the perfect place to stay and eat! The rooms are spacious, all southfacing with either a terrace or a balcony (perfect for enjoying the sun and the views upvalley - couldn't get enough of both...), all light filled, both cosy and modern. At Maison Cimes colour plays an important role: May it be on the walls or ceiling in the restaurant/lounge (those wonderful Farrow&Ball-paints are used) or may it be throws, pillows or lampshades. Outside there is a small but inviting garden to spend sunny days reading a book in sunshine or shadow. On warm days there is the terrace where breakfast is served. Ah, breakfast! Forget the ordinary "petit-déjeuner" as breakfast at Maison Cimes is far away from something small. Breakfast here is anything but small and gets you easily through the day. And it changes from day to day: bread and yummy jams and homemade joghurt are there every day plus daily changing fruit, charcuterie and cheese (both from small local producers). Xavier is ever so creative in geting a sweet treat on the breakfast table: might it be the classical crepes, a lemon cake or a madeleine. Delicious was the pain perdu we had one morning - probably the best I've ever had! Breathtaking, too, is dinner which is served at Maison Cimes. It's a three course affair and considering the quality the 35,- Euros for it are a joke. Xavier sources the very best ingredients for his culinary delights. His qualities as a chef are outstanding! The only downside of enjoying dinner here is that you are usually disappointed having dinner somewhere else. The wine list is a carefully chosen selection of (mostly organic) wines. We tried two of these and both were incredible. There is an honesty bar, too (local craft beer for those sunny afternoons...) plus coffee and tea all day long to help yourself. Finally there are the people who run Maison Cimes: Both Sandrine and Xavier are superb hosts! They are there when you need them, away when you feel like enjoying the calmness Les Orres has to offer. They are very helpful in every way - might it be with suggestions for randonées or for visiting sights in the area. They are extremly attentive in every possible way! The expression "a home away from home" is used fairly regularly when it comes to cottages, B&Bs or hotels. But rarely have we felt so extremly comfortable like at Maison Cimes - in every way. A gem in the Alps!

Perfect mix of comfort and hospitality, not to mention some of the best food in France.

We enjoyed very nice and relaxing holidays (1 week) at Maison Cimes. The mountain environment and nature are realy very nice, and the room and "maison cimes in general" are cosy and very clean. The guest-lady Christine is always ready to provide information and guidance for walks etc.. in the environment. We also enjoyed the food (breakfast and bi-daily dinner/table d'hôte) as prepared by Christine on natural basis with a personel touch. Daisy and Marc

The overwhelming mountain views and nature in the evironment of Maison Cimes are appealing to make relaxing walks, and the guest lady Christine was always ready to advise on walking trails. |She also prepared the daily breakfeast and the bi-daily dinner/table d'hote with natural products from her garden and selected farmers in the direct environment. |The rooms and the building in general have a cosy interior, and are very clean. Also the bathroom an sanitairy was good quality and clean.|All this resulted in very quite and relaxing holidays