Chalet Hotel Ambassador, Saas Fee, Switzerland

Welcome to Chalet Hotel Ambassador!

The Chalet Hotel Ambassador has established itself as a firm favourite amongst Our guests, with its unbeatable mix of the absolute prime location in the whole resort of Saas-Fee. Comfortable bedrooms and public areas, and our popular Chalet Hotel catering and service. Our friendly and professional team of staff look forward to welcoming you to and to the Chalet Hotel Ambassador this winter.

'Location, location, location!'

The Chalet Hotel Ambassador is just across the traffic-free street from the foot of the main slopes. This means you can ski back virtually to the door in normal conditions, and it is equally easy to access the main high-speed lifts at the start of the day, with the three key main lifts all within approximately 3 minutes' walk. From the après ski point of view, Saas Fee's main high street starts just across the bridge a minute’s walk away, with the inviting bars, cafés and shops of the delightful village centre all conveniently close at hand. Our partner ski-hire shop is also just a couple of minutes' stroll from the Chalet Hotel Ambassador.

Ski Area Access

The Hotel Ambassador could not be better placed for access to all parts of Saas Fee's superb ski area. The Spielboden and Plattjen gondolas are only approximately 2 minutes walk away (150m), and the Alpin Express to access the Felskinn area approximately 3 minutes walk (300m). Alternatively, just 270m away across the base area of the slopes is the short drag-lift which connects to the second Felskinn cable-car, which goes in one single stage straight up to 3,000m. Runs from all sides bring you back home to just across the street from the Ambassador itself. Beginners or families with children also have the beginners' area just 3 minutes' walk away across the bridge, with its three drag-lifts providing a choice of blue runs in an ideal area for learning.

Comfortable Hotel Facilities

Apart from its ideal location, the Chalet Hotel Ambassador has still more to recommend it, with the heated indoor swimming-pool, sauna and whirlpool spa-bath providing the perfect way to relax tired skiing muscles after a long day on the slopes. The comfortable lounge was refurbished last year and offers a welcoming area for afternoon tea on your return from skiing, and together with the bar, also provides for a relaxing drink before or after dinner. The spacious bedrooms all have twin beds and a single sofa-bed (1.8m long) suitable for a child under 12. Many bedrooms will also take a fourth folding bed if required. All are attractively furnished in traditional style, with en suite bathrooms, a TV and mini-fridge, and a balcony or terrace to enjoy the sunshine and spectacular views of the Saas Fee vallley...

Traffic-free Saas Fee

Saas Fee's traffic-free village centre is a major bonus, enabling you to enjoy the charm of the resort completely free of the noise, congestion and pollution of normal traffic, and only the unique 'elektro-taxis' (a little like glorified milk-floats!) hum quietly around the village streets. Coaches are also clearly not allowed into the centre, so on your arrival from the airport, you will be met off the coach by our Saas Fee team at the main entrance to the village. From here it is a gentle ten-minute walk along the picturesque main street to the Chalet Hotel Ambassador, enabling our team to point out useful village amenities and favourite après ski venues en route, whilst all your luggage is transported for you directly to the Chalet Hotel Ambassador's welcoming reception.

• Prime location in Saas Fee
• Skiing virtually to the doorstep
• 3 main ski-lifts all within approx. 2-3 minutes’ walk (150-300m)
• Beginners ski area approx. 3 minutes’ walk (300m)
• Heated indoor swimming-pool
• Whirlpool spa-bath and sauna
• Comfortable and spacious bedrooms, all with private en suite bath, WC, mini-fridge, TV and balcony or terrace
• Attractive lounge and residents’ bar with free WiFi access
• Separate dining room
• Lift
• Full Chalet Hotel buffet breakfast, including daily hot option
• Piste Picnic - packed lunches available
• Afternoon tea/coffee with a selection of cakes
• 5-course dinners with a choice of menu inclucing apéritif, choice of complimentary quality wines, coffee and chocolates

Occupancy: 40-60 guests

We set very high standards for our cuisine, and train our staff extensively before the season starts, to ensure that you will thoroughly enjoy every meal on your holiday with us. We also take our Health and Safety responsibilities extremely seriously, so all our chalet and Chalet Hotel staff involved in food preparation are trained to the City & Guilds qualification – Level 2 in Food Safety during the pre-season training course. There is a continental breakfast is every morning and a breakfast hot option, afternoon tea and evening dinners are provided for six days of the week in both chalets and Chalet Hotels.

Breakfast

A good breakfast is essential on a ski holiday, so we provide both a hot option, as well as a continental selection with a choice of cereals or porridge, fruit juices, plentiful tea, coffee and bread (and croissants in France), cold meats, cheese and preserves, which is normally presented buffet-style for you to help yourself. On our staff day off, only the continental breakfast will be provided.

Afternoon Tea

The traditional ‘welcome home’ after a day on the slopes will be laid out for you in your chalet or Chalet Hotel, ready for your return, every day except on the staff day off. A good cup of tea or coffee is the perfect accompaniment to a delicious slice of cake and keeps hungry skiers happy until dinner is ready.

Piste Picnics

Our Chalet Hotels can also prepare a packed lunch for you on request, at a small local charge. For skiers keen to keep their Euro-spending to an absolute minimum, this is the ideal way to keep your costs down!

Children's High Tea

In chalets and Chalet Hotels with family guests, High Tea provides children under 11 years with a healthy menu, tailored more towards children’s tastes and puréed food is available for infants on request. High Tea is at 5.30pm, and children do not join the main adult-only dinner.

Families in Chalet Hotels

Families staying in one of our Chalet Hotels may choose to eat separately (High Tea at 5:30pm) or all dine together at the later adult dinner time if children who have received a child discount pay the meal upgrade charge of £39 at the time of booking only.

Dinner in Chalet Hotels

In the evenings our chefs will cook you a three-course meal six nights a week. Before your meal, there is a glass of prosecco and canapés served in the bar. The three courses consist of an appetiser, main course and dessert – with unlimited complimentary red, white and rosé wine during service! There is also an option for vegetarians.

There is a choice of appetiser, main course and dessert or cheese and your order is usually taken in the morning and then is served to your table.

On the staff one night off per week just a continental breakfast is provided and it’s a great opportunity for you to experience some local restaurants in your resort. Speak to your resort representative or Chalet Hotel Manager for recommendations and help with reservations.

Vegetarian and Special Diets

Vegetarian options are available in our properties – just advise us at time of bookings so that we can ensure that our staff can prepare. Other special diets can generally be catered for at a cost of £35 per person per week. Any dietary requirements must be advised to us at the time of booking in order for us to be fully prepared. Our Chalet Hosts will discuss your dietary requirements with you upon arrival to the chalet or Chalet Hotel.

Christmas and New Year

All of our chalets and Chalet Hotels will serve a traditional Christmas dinner with a glass of Champagne to start off the evening. This will include roast turkey with all of the trimmings, Christmas pudding, mince pies, crackers and party hats plus a fantastic Alpine atmosphere in which to enjoy the day.

A special festive menu will also be served on New Year’s Eve, alongside the added bonus that many resorts put on fantastic firework displays. A glass of fizz, whilst watching fireworks over the snow-capped peaks of the Alps.. what better way to bring in the New Year!

Our Quality Wines

We are very proud of our wine selection for chalets and Chalet Hotels, which combines crisp and fruity whites with medium to full-bodied reds, for a variety of palates. We select our wines in conjunction with our good friends Nicolas and Véronique – the third generation in the Perret family’s fine wine business based in the Savoie. Nicolas is a qualified wine expert, having trained at the prestigious Burgundy Wine University in Beaune. Each season in October, Nicolas & Véronique bring over a new selection for us to sample (someone has to do it!) and together we choose our wines for the coming season, based on our menus and their pure enjoyment factor. Wine is an incredibly subjective and emotive subject, however, the feedback we have received from our guests over recent seasons endorses our aims of providing wines to enhance your meal and to suit most tastes. We hope you will enjoy them as much as we do!