L'Hermitage Residence Review

Read what other visitors have said about the French Alps ski resort of Alpe d'Huez. Click here to write a review about any aspect of your holiday such as accommodation, the resort or piste conditions.

Name: Lesley Trueman  Location: L'Hermitage   Date of Holiday: Feb 07

I would recommend the hotel and resort to everybody. The hotel is run
by Crystal Ski and everyone speaks English and is very helpful and
friendly. It is half board and the food is good. None of this go up and
help yourself buffet style food that is always cold, it was freshly
cooked and we had a choice of 2 starters, 3 main courses and 2 desserts
every evening. Rooms were big, warm and with plenty of wardrobe space
etc. 

The reps went out of their way to help which is a nice change to those
that can never seem to be bothered. I left my ski boots at the airport
and only realised on the way to the resort on the coach so my rep had
it organised and within 2 days I had my ski boots in my room. I also
realised when I got home that I had left my camera in the room, I rang
crystal and they found it and got it sent back to me ... what a relief!

The resort itself isn't huge but enough shops, bars and restaurants to
see you through. The runs were excellent. We had a ton of snow when we
got there and had numerous dumps through the week and was only on our
return home that the sun had been out for a few days that it was
starting to melt a bit. 

There was also a good choice of all colour runs which suited our mixed
bag group. Unfortunately the lift up to 3300 was closed due to fog but
we found 2700 high enough and got to see the ice sculptures which are
worth seeing. We enjoyed it soo much that even though we have only just
got back we are planning a return trip with more friends.