La Tourmaline

What People are saying

Provides exactly what is promised.

Ingo Son 20/09/2017 22:23

I spent five nights here near the end of the summer holidays, and i'm satisfied that all is exactly as advertised. The rooms are neither large nor luxurious, but functional, comfortable, and up to three star standards, in particular considering the alpine setting where rooms are usually a bit smaller. The sauna and swimming pool had reasonable opening hours and everything was in working order. Admittedly, everything is extremely small in the sauna/pool area: If three people enter the sauna at once, it is full, with four, it would be overcrowded. When i pushed myself off one wall of the pool with my legs, i could touch the opposing wall (in the longer direction) without doing a single swim stroke or drawing a single breath in between. There are exactly two showers and exactly one WC in the sauna/pool area. The Jacuzzi was in use every single time i used the sauna, so it must be worth it for people who like it, and there were always guests taking profit of the beauty services. Remember that you can't really expect a very large spa area in a three-star hotel, pools are often tiny even in four-star hotels. The breakfast is acceptable by Continental three-star standards and probably above average by French standards (of course there is nothing that travellers from England might expect in a breakfast). The dinner is acceptable by international standards and probably slightly below average by French standards; in any case, there is nothing special about the meals.

Service is very amiable, and the staff is always helpful.

Some people have complained about the prices, but i actually consider them quite moderate. So close to the most famous French ski stations, accomodation is in general much more expensive than elsewhere.

I think i'd come again and recommend the hotel for anyone except those who are both in search of the extraordinary and willing to spend a lot of money on it.

Food good, location good rooms not so good

Charlesh999on 09/04/2016 15:23

We stopped here as its within easy reach of the La Plagne ski slopes. The rooms were cramped and old fashioned but the food was good. The staff were friendly and helpful but the hotel could do with updating especially the en-suite.

Reasonable hotel in a quiet location

Magictripon 11/11/2015 23:56

We stayed at the hotel to ski in Paradiski area. The hotel is nice, the location is not so good. It is near the way out of Aime. Nothing near by. The room had good size. Bigger than usually in France. A living-room downstairs with a decent bathroom and two beds upstairs. Caution when using the bathroom at night. The stairs are narrow! The breakfast was normal. Nothing above the normal. And a nice small pool.

Lovely hotel with a Pool

AlanFSElyon 22/09/2015 07:31

Very pleasant hotel with a small but very welcome pool after a day touring the Alps. Nice comfortable room, pleasant and very helpful staff, no English language TV, we ate in the restaurant here which was very reasonably priced and very good food. This was a good choice for us

Good location if you want to change ski resorts

Monique Jon 30/03/2015 08:19

Great restaurant. Even on half board food was excellent. Rooms small but cosy. Bathroom only has hand held shower and is very dark,no English tv channels and no lift so carrying bags difficult. Staff are friendly but when hotel is full they are too stretched.