Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Mountain Biking
Mountain bikes can be hired for around €15 per day at
Noleggio Sci e Mountain Bike
(Stada
Regionale 17)
.
Sleeping
Ask the tourist office for a list of
rifugi
(mountain huts), usually open from late June to
mid-September.
Hotel Bouton d'Or
( 0165 84 67 29;
www.hotelboutondor.com
;
Strada Statale 26/10; s €80-95, d €130-175;
)
Is it a dream? You open your eyes and there before you is the imposing hulk of Mont
Blanc. There can't be many hotels where the view is this good, the rooms this clean or the
service this attentive.
To top it all, Bouton d'Or is in the centre of Courmayeur and sports a sauna, breakfast,
a shuttle to the cable car and a lounge full of interesting Alpine paraphernalia.
HOTEL
€€
Hotel Triolet
(
HOTEL
€€
0165 84 68 22;
www.hoteltriolet.com
;
Strada Regionale 63; s €80-100, d €130-160;
)
Triolet is a tad more elegant than your average ski digs. It's smaller, too, with only 20
rooms, allowing service to remain personal as well as affable. Aside from the usual tick-
list, there's a pleasant spa (Jacuzzi, steam room, sauna), ski lockers and a vista-laden
breakfast room.
Mont Blanc Hotel Village
( 0165 86 41 11;
www.hotelmontblanc.it
; La Croisette 36; s/d €290/320; )
On the hill-
side of La Salle, 10km east of Courmayeur, this haven of luxury has beautiful stone-and-
wood rooms, many with enormous balconies with views across the valley. A series of
cave-like nooks conceals spa treatment rooms and steaming saunas. Half-board is avail-
able; meals are provided in the hotel's standard restaurant.
To truly dine in style, guests and nonguests can head to the hotel's second, gastronomic
restaurant.
LUXURY HOTEL
€€€
Eating
Quality food shops and restaurants line Via Roma.
