Résidence Les Balcons De Val Cenis Village 4 étoiles & Spa

"Location amazing, accomodation amazing and the staff simply brilliant.|Could not be better.|It's hard to imagine a better ski apartment.|Everything is on site. (Ski hire, shop, sauna).|But the best thing is the staff. Reception staff are the most professional I have ever engaged with.|Thankyou"

"We had a great stay. The chalets are comfortable and traditional. Well stocked kitchen although limited work space but enough equipment, glasses, plates etc. beds were surprisingly comfortable. We had the 6/8 person 3 bedroom apartment for 4 of us-I wouldn’t have wanted it to be any smaller than it was. Slightly odd layout-when my youngest need the bathroom she either had to come through our bedroom to our ensuite or go to the other side of the apartment to my other daughters ensuite! The Sherpa mini mart sold anything you could think of-great to have it there for extra bits. (We did a big initial shop before we started up the mountain as cheaper!) We stayed in block 8 which was right next to the piste, great location."

"Two times I went to Les Balcons 4* Village. Service, location and apartements are very efficient and comfortable. 50 meters from slopes. 200 meters from center city, ice skating, bowling and restaurants."

"Apartment and resort review|It was excellent. Very spacious apartment had everything we needed, the bath was a surprise which was super as it was a jet whirlpool bath, we even had a nice picnic table on the balcony. The pool was a short walk and was super for the kids we went to the pool as much as possible. I see a few people moaned about the spa, but I can honestly say its brilliant. It was 3 or 4 whirlpools including 1 outside. The spa bit is really nice, with 2 steam rooms and 4 saunas including 1 outside. It gets a bit busy the pool area between 5-6pm, the last hour for families is much better. There is a public bath with spa just a short walk when you can't use it on the Wednesday. However, be warned, you need swim caps and proper speedo style trunks, they won't let in the door unless you have these. The Balcon's pool though you are fine in normal swim stuff, and they provide you with towels. The one thing I would say they can do is make the hot tub actually hot, it's a little on the cooler side for me. ||For ski equipment you get a large locker room for no extra cost which was great. If you're snowboarding though the locker rooms don't really get warm enough to dry your boots if they become wet, so I had to take my snowboard boots to the room to dry them out which you're not allowed to do. ||Location, its perfect, it's pretty much ski to your door, its super easy if you have kids in ski school. Also, it's in the best part of the resort, Lanslevillard is the best spot for beginners as its super easy access to the best beginner runs in all of Val Cenis, also your 1 lift away from the Snowpark. As an experienced snowboarder I found the Termignon Val Cenis area very quiet and fun but for beginners it's no good, too much trekking to get back and the lift system on that side is a bit more challenging. ||A big plus even in school holidays this resort is super quiet, our kids in the afternoon only had 3 in the ski school class so it was pretty much 1 to 1. Warning though if you are self catering in the apartments, the supermarket although very convenient is 2 or 3 times the price you would normally pay 6-7Euros for a box of eggs. You need to go down to Lanslebourg supermarkets or even better Intermache Contact Val Cenis for some normality. ||A couple of things that irritated me "Resort wise", 1. Dog poo, the resort "not Balcon's" needs to sort out dog poo, coming from the UK where we are used to picking up poo, it's just everywhere. 2. All the best runs I feel especially for beginners are in the trees or lower down, later in the season it's a little low so they tend to get a bit trashed either by warmer conditions or a bit of rain. The Snowpark sits at about 1500M, which is a little low, so they closed it off quite often because it was getting trashed. ||We had a trip to Aussois which is 15 mins away, This resort is excellent its right on your door step, it's much better when higher up as its south facing and you don't get the winds, the run back down to the bottom is lovely and it's good over all for beginners the slopes are wider. snow park though is none existent but its a powder heaven if you want off piste without trecking. We also visited Valfrejus and La Norma, Now Valfrejus would be a great place for skiing as they have amazing powder and long red runs, however most of the area was closed as it had too much snow fall in the night. La Norma is the place to go though if you like snowboarding and want a pretty good snow park, the Snowpark is excellent for Beginner to intermediate a lot of boxes and ramps with an easy lift that runs next to it so you can just hit it over and over. La Norma was surprisingly my fav out of the 4 resorts, it was warner and sheltered and the place was empty, so the runs don't get trashed at all. Red runs are lovely. All these options on your doorstep from your stay. Big shout out to ESF ski school they are also excellent. ||I have been skiing and snowboarding for 30 years been to most of the big resorts, so you can trust my review."

"We were a group of 7 friends at a 10 person apartment. We went at the end of July for a birthday. Money value for stay and location is great. In less than 1h you can reach a lot of activities, such as hiking, canyoning, pedal boat at the lake, fort, sled trace, paragliding. The room was a good size, it was clean, we had a fireplace with free firewood. The view from the window was amazing, the free spa was good, and the night was quiet. We enjoyed our stay and definitely recommend this place for the summer stay."