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4.5 out of 5 based on 2 reviews
Perched on the edge of one of the highest resorts in the French Alps, this hotel’s run-of-the-mill exterior hides a place of sheer design genius. It’s playful and deliciously warm – the walls are covered with the sort of green herringbone wool that a dapper grandfather would be happy to have his plus-fours f... + more
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5 out of 5
The Hotel Altapura is great, it’s very smart and luxurious. There are several different restaurants at hotel which we booked into. We’re vegetarian and there were lots of dishes for vegetarians, maybe not as many as for meat eaters but we were very satisfied with the quality of the food and the choice. They h... + more
A.D., London
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Accommodation
Half Board
Ferry Included
No Transfers
No Lift Pass
No Ski Rental
No Boot Rental
No Ski School

Location: where is Hotel Altapura

  • Ideally located on the ski slopes with direct access to the Plein Sud chairlift
  • 50m to the resort centre
  • 250m to the ski school meeting point
  • 200m to the nursery slopes
  • Our partner ski hire shop is 10 minutes' walk away (or short ride in hotel shuttle bus) and we work with them with the ski pack offers

Overview: hotel description: Hotel Altapura description

The Altapura combines modern luxury with the comfort of an alpine hotel. A warm, seventies style is seen throughout, combining light coloured wood, monochromatic brown tones - surrounded by large windows with views of the snow-covered Alps.

Skiing to new heights

The five star hotel has ski in, ski out access, located right on the ski slopes with direct access to the Plein Sud chairlift. The Altapura lives up to its name as the ‘highest ski palace’, redefining luxury and style in Val Thorens. Perfect for couples or families seeking the ultimate escape with fantastic doorstep skiing, the Altapura cannot be more highly recommended.

Stylish and modern

The interior design is a modern take on the mountain theme, creating an atmosphere of glamour yet cosiness that you’ll find hard to leave. With contemporary bedrooms, superb facilities and breath taking mountain views, the hotel provides an effortlessly smooth service, as well as some of the finest cuisine on the mountain.

Savoyard specialities

The hotel prides itself on its high level of cuisine, enjoy dinner at the 2003 restaurant where you have a choice of a variety of hot dishes influenced by the region and further afield. If you want to try some of the freshest fondue you can reserve a table at the La Laiterie where the hotels Chef prepares local cheese dishes for you to enjoy. Alternatively taste the flavours of Italy at Casa Alta the hotels own a 'la carte restaurant serving gourmet dishes, guests will receive a credit of €62 towards a meal here.


Distance of Hotel Altapura to Ski Lifts

See which Val Thorens ski lifts are nearest to Hotel Altapura.

  • Musaraigne magic carpet - 148m
  • Funitel Péclet gondola - 242m
  • Cairn gondola - 266m
  • Plein Sud chair lift - 337m
  • Campagnols magic carpet - 337m
  • Cascades chair lift - 339m
  • Les 2 Lacs chair lift - 429m
  • Castor Pollux magic carpet - 595m
  • Pionniers chair lift - 621m
  • Lac Blanc chair lift - 690m
  • Caron gondola - 877m
  • Moutière chair lift - 1014m
  • Boismint chair lift - 1077m
  • Funitel 3 Vallées cable car - 1214m
  • 3 Vallées chair lift - 1234m
  • Moraine gondola - 1279m
  • Portette chair lift - 1384m
  • Grand Fond gondola - 1911m
  • Plateau 1 platter - 1918m
  • Plateau 2 platter - 1922m
  • Cime Caron cable car - 2110m
  • Bruyères 2 gondola - 2130m
  • Bruyères 1 gondola - 2130m
  • Plan de l'Eau chair lift - 2320m
  • Mont de la Chambre chair lift - 2420m
  • Côte Brune chair lift - 2460m
  • Plans magic carpet - 2872m
  • Sunny Express chair lift - 2953m
  • Reberty chair lift - 3011m
  • Reberty magic carpet - 3013m
  • Doron chair lift - 3100m
  • Menuires chair lift - 3103m
  • Thorens cable car - 3110m
  • Bruyères magic carpet - 3176m
  • TPS VCS magic carpet - 3333m
  • Rosaël chair lift - 3506m
  • Stade platter - 3592m
  • Becca chair lift - 3655m
  • Mont Vallon gondola - 4406m

Navigating in Val Thorens can vary, as distances from Hotel Altapura to ski lifts are in a straight line.


Facilities: Hotel Altapura features

  • Sun terrace with mountain views and sun loungers
  • Access to spa facilities including heated indoor and outdoor swimming pools, sauna, steam room and whirlpool
  • Selection of 3 restaurants with variety of atmosphere and cuisine
  • Heated ski equipment storage room
  • Free hotel ski shuttle bus (times confirmed locally)
  • Free Wi-Fi
  • Massage and beauty treatments (pay locally)
  • Panoramic views of surrounding mountains
  • Locker rooms in the spa
  • Hairdressers (pay locally)
  • Room service (pay locally)
  • Fitness room
  • Indoor covered car parking (pay locally)
  • Electric vehicle charging stations
  • Ironing and dry cleaning services are available (b pay locally)

There is a ski hire shop on site but we work with one that is 10 minutes' walk away (or use the hotels shuttle bus) and with whom we are able to give the ski hire offers.

Family Facilities

  • Children's play area
  • Games room
  • Kid's club with play leader
  • Babysitting services are available in the hotel (pay locally)
  • Baby kits are available (on request) for €25 per day (reserve in advance and pay locally) which include cot, bottle warmer, night light, changing table, baby bath and thermometer
  • Children's food available at the restaurant
  • Board games and puzzles available in reception

Room Types: Hotel Altapura bedrooms

  • No. of rooms: 88
  • No. of buildings: 1
  • No. of floors: 6

Reception

  • Check in: 4pm
  • Check out: 12pm
  • Official rating: 5

Local Fees and Taxes

  • Resort tax €3.41 per person, per day (under 18s free of charge)

Rooms

Classic rooms are 28m² and sleep up to three people with a double bed and additional single sofa bed in the lounge area for children up to 17 years old. Also available for sole occupancy, please call to book.

Club Twin rooms are 28m² and sleep two to three people with a double bed and an additional single sofa bed in the lounge area for children up to 17 years old. These rooms have south facing views, typically over the piste however this is not guaranteed.

Deluxe Suites are 32m² and sleep up to two adults and one child with double or twin beds and an additional single sofa bed in the lounge area for children under 17 years. These rooms have south facing views, typically over the piste however this is not guaranteed. Deluxe Suites can also sleep two adults and two children on request, with a double sofa bed in the lounge area suitable for two children under 12 years.

Duplex Suites are 41m² and sleep two adults and two children. On the first level there is a spacious living room which can sleep two children. On the second level there is an open mezzanine with a sloping bedroom and an open bathroom with a bath.

Interconnecting rooms are available on request.

Room facilities

  • All rooms have luxurious décor
  • Rooms can be made up as twin or double
  • Bath with shower head attachment and/ or shower
  • WC
  • Lounge and seating area
  • Satellite TV
  • iPod socket
  • Safe
  • Bed linen and towels
  • Bath robes and slippers
  • Daily housekeeping is included
  • Hairdryer
  • Coffee machine and kettle
  • Toiletries
  • Mini bar

Accessibility

The hotel has adapted rooms which are wheelchair accessible and have suitable bathrooms with emergency cords, lowered bathroom sinks and grab rails. These rooms are available on request, please call to book to ensure that it meets your requirements.

  • Lift accessible: Yes
  • Lift serves all floors: Yes
  • Access ramp: No

Meals: Hotel Altapura food & drink

The Hotel Altapura is on a half board basis.

Each day a continental buffet breakfast with additional hot options is served. Dinner is served in the chic 'Restaurant Casa Alta.' The menu often features seasonal dishes with Italian flavours.

There is also the option to upgrade to enjoy Savoyard specialties in 'La Laiterie' and the new Asian Fusion restaurant for an additional charge, pay locally.

Earlier meal times for children are available on request and Christmas & New Year gala dinners are also included.

  • No of restaurants: 3

Board basis options available

  • Half Board

This property caters for the following special dietary requirements

  • Diabetics - Insulin can be stored
  • Gluten Free
  • Vegetarians

Hotel Altapura can cater for special dietary requirements on request and these requirements must be noted at time of booking. Please inform us of any special dietary requirements at the time of booking. Allergies and intolerances not listed above cannot be catered for. All allergies and intolerances, even if listed above, are subject to confirmation by the accommodation.

We update Hotel Altapura's details often, but facilities do change. e.g. some extras listed by the supplier as "free" or included might only be for the first time you use them, or for one time per party, then charged for further use. If any specific feature is essential to your holiday, make sure you ask us to confirm the details of it before you book your holiday.

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This package holiday to Hotel Altapura in Val Thorens, France departs Saturday 1st March 2025, for a 7 night stay on a "half board" board basis. A local tourist tax (Taxe de Sejour or Kurtaxe) is levied by many councils in European ski resorts. It varies by standard and type of accommodation and is age dependent, so not everyone is charged. It's not included in the basic price of your holiday and is usually paid locally. For reference, the average charged in winter 2025 was between €1 and €3 per person, per night.
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Resort: about Val Thorens: about holidays in Val Thorens: about ski holidays in Val Thorens: about ski holidays in Val Thorens France

Highest resort in Europe Top of the world's biggest ski area Lots of off-slope activities

This is Europe's highest resort, with incredible views of the French, Swiss and Italian Alps and fantastic connections to the rest of the enormous Three Valleys. Holidays here are perfect for varied and snow-sure terrain in a laid back, friendly atmosphere. If you're early or late in the season, or in a year with poor snowfall, this place will give you some of the best conditions in the Alps!

Beginner Intermediate Advanced Snowboard

Great for Families Snow-sure Non skiers

Val Thorens webcam

Snow Report: Top 209cm, Bottom 160cm

Snow Forecast: 0cm expected this week

Snow History: January average depth 108.33cm

Val Thorens trail map

Approx. airport transfer times depend on conditions:

Chambéry (CMF)112km 1h 30
Grenoble (GNB)200km, 2h 30
Geneva (GVA)160km, 2h 30
Region:France, Alps.
First opened:1971

Val Thorens lift pass price last reported as €321 (adult 6 day 3 Valleys ski pass). Ask for a quote when booking Hotel Altapura.
Night skiing:
Val Thorens has N, NE, NW, S facing slopes.
Usually open for skiing November - May.

Town altitude: 2300m
Top of slopes: 3200m
Bottom of piste: 1800m
Vertical drop: 1,430m
Total length of trails:140km
Longest piste:5km
2300m at the top of the Three Valleys ski area, VT is the highest ski resort in Europe and part of the biggest linked ski area on the planet. While it's a place for people who, above all else, love to ski, you'll also find some of the country's best après including the legendary Folie Douce, as well as weird and wonderful activities like the 1300m Tyrolienne zip wire. Olde worlde gallic charm it isn't, but skiers will wake up to find some of the best snow in the Alps on their doorstep, and the views over the...
At the summit of the largest ski area in the world and bordering the Vanoise National Park, this is a spectacular place to ski and board. Beginners are well catered for on nursery slopes by the Rond Point des Pistes, where the magic carpets often don't require a lift pass. Kids will love the Junior Park, while the Musaraigne and Campagnols runs in the beginner's area and the new Deux Combes green are perfect to practice on. With a bit more confidence, take the Pionniers or Plein Sud chairs for some cruisy lon...
The après ski here easily rivals other top resorts in the Alps. If you haven't already had the Folie Douce experience, head just under the Plein Sud lift where the "dancefloor on top of the world" is heaving from 3 pm. Another place to party is Bar 360 at the end of the blue Moraine run, which always has live music and cheaper drinks. Back in town, Rue de Gebroulaz is a hub of lively bars where O'Connells is the local Irish pub. The Frog and Roastbeef is a long-time favourite of Brits. L'Eclipse on Galerie Caro...

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"Altapura"

Tatler
5/ out of 5
Perched on the edge of one of the highest resorts in the French Alps, this hotel’s run-of-the-mill exterior hides a place of sheer design genius. It’s playful and deliciously warm – the walls are covered with the sort of green herringbone wool that a dapper grandfather would be happy to have his plus-fours fashioned from, and there are crackling fires and velvety sofas scattered with fur throws. The kids have their very own concierge, who will fill their little heads with endless fascinating facts about snowflakes and mountains and cart them off to play in the white stuff. Downstairs is the split-level, granite-walled spa – the perfect reason not to ski (like you need a reason). For a start, you can trade the Michelin-man ski suit for your Heidi Klein one-piece and head straight to the steamy outdoor spa pool (try not to wave too smugly at the passing skiers dangling from chairlifts). Treatments are about pampering and beautifying, using the in-house Pure Altitude range, which positively squelches with mountain-sourced organic edelweiss and minerals. If you really must ski, there’s the Light Legs – a stone massage and cryogen wrap that improves circulation and makes that post-slope heaviness disappear. But we’ll be sticking to the Precious Eyes treatment, where smooth jade-stone rollers steeped in iced water flatten lines, puffiness and bags. From: Tatler Spa Guide 2014

"Ski in / ski out luxury"

A.D., London
4/ out of 5
The Hotel Altapura is great, it’s very smart and luxurious. There are several different restaurants at hotel which we booked into. We’re vegetarian and there were lots of dishes for vegetarians, maybe not as many as for meat eaters but we were very satisfied with the quality of the food and the choice. They had nice puddings! Our room was upgraded to one with a view of the piste, I think I would have preferred a view of the mountains but it was very nice. It was a bit hot, I kept the window open quite a lot which helped ventilate it, but they have some issues with the heating at the hotel. They also came round to try and fix an irritating noise from the air conditioning, it got better but it was never completely fixed. That was the only downside really. The ski in / ski out position was great. The staff were very helpful and friendly. The hotel was positioned close to the ski school, you just had to take one or two magic carpets and you were up on the plateau where the ski school met. I booked my lessons with the local French school through the hotel and the school was very good. There was a ski shop on the ground floor of the hotel as well which was convenient, you didn’t have to go into town to get your skis. You could buy equipment there too, I think the prices to buy stuff there are probably higher than normal, but I think the hire prices are about the same as anywhere else. There was a locker room by the hire shop as well with boot heaters, so you could literally pick up your skis, walk out the door and you were right on the piste. The logistics were very easy. We had a coffee machine in our room, one of those ones with capsules, but no tea which I missed. A cup of tea at the bar was 6 euros. So best to get a cup of tea up on the mountain. I would recommend the hotel for couples.
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