Hotel Le Royal Ours Blanc, Alpe d'Huez

France

Hotel Le Royal Ours Blanc

France

Contemporary styled hotel with fantastic facilities to relax in after a day on the slopes

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Hotel
Bed and Breakfast
800m to slopes
In Resort Centre
Distinctively modern styled rooms and facilities
Convenient for local restaurants, bars and ice rink
Spa and pool ideal for apres-ski wind down
Family friendly with play area for children

Overview

The Hotel Royal Ours Blanc is in a wonderful location for accessing the pistes and enjoying the activities on offer in this sunny resort. The free local bus stop is conveniently located just outside the hotel to take you to other parts of the resort. The contemporary style hotel boasts an indoor pool and spa area with sauna and jacuzzi, perfect to unwind at the end of the day.

Description

Location

The ice rink shops, restaurants and bars are all on the doorstep. The free local bus stop is conveniently located just outside the hotel to take you to other parts of the resort. If you prefer to walk, the first lift is at 800 m from the hotel.

Rooms

The hotel has 46 rooms and 16 interconnecting rooms.
The rooms are cosy and decorated in red or yellow. They all have a south facing balcony with sun loungers that offers a beautiful view on the mountains.
All rooms have twin or double bed (specify when booking), tea/coffee making facilities, kettle, flat screen TV with English speaking channels, mini bar, safe, telephone, hairdryer, bathrobes, desk, toiletries, slippers and towels.
Wi-Fi is included.

The superior double room: sleep two people, 25 M2. Solo occupancy also available.
Family rooms: for 2 adults and 2 children or 3 adults. 30M2.

Meals

The hotel has a restaurant- La Taverne de l'Ours- and one bar. The fully refurbished restaurant offers you a restful and evolutive atmosphere. All tables have a Pierrade machine in order to cook your food in the table and have a convivial and friendly moment. The table Pierrade offers different kind of meat, fish, vegetables and fruits.
After a long day on the slopes, you can taste a hot chocolate in front of the fireplace or finish your dinner evening with friends in this modern and relaxing atmosphere.
Your package includes:

- An excellent buffet breakfast with hot option.

Earlier meal times for children are available.
Packed lunches are available on request (15€).
Diabetics, vegetarians and gluten free menu are available on request.

Facilities

- Heated ski equipment storage room
- Private car parking (on supplement)
- Games room with pool table
- Amazing spa facilities with: relaxation room, fitness room, heated indoor swimming pool (open from 9.30 am to 7.30pm).
Sauna, jacuzzi, hammam (open from 10am to 1pm and from 3pm to 8pm- upon reservation only, 15€ for 50min), it is also possible to book the spa area for private use.
The hotel also offers body treatments and massages.

Accommodation Attributes

All Ensuite

Wheelchair

Accommodation Facilities

Hot Tub

Indoor Pool

Sauna

About Alpe d'Huez

Alpe d'Huez skiing

Alpe d’Huez is set on a high sunny plateau, at 1,860m in the Grande Rousses area of the Southern French Alpes. Surrounded by an amazing snow bowl, it has mile after mile of varied pisted and off piste opportunities. With over 250km of skiing to choose from, it provides endless choices for all levels of skiers and boarders. The resort boasts an excellent snow record due to its high altitude – high altitude goes hand in hand with breathtaking views and a wonderful starting point for the Sarenne descent, officially one of the longest black runs in Europe.

Alpe d'Huez is known as Island of the Sun ('Lile au Soleil') and most of the main slopes face south benefiting from the claimed average of 300 sunshine days a year! The resort spreads down a gentle slope in a triangular shape from the main lift station at the top corner. Access roads enter the village at the lower two corners. The main Avenue des Jeux is used as a central focus and this is where you will find some of the shops, bars and restaurants along with the swimming pool and ice rink. Towards the bottom of the town is the older, original core of the resort which has a slightly more traditional feel to it.

Alpe d'Huez has skiing suitable for everyone. The large network of lovely wide green runs immediately above the village is as good a beginner area as you will find anywhere. For intermediates there is a fine selection of blue and red runs, the variety being difficult to beat with trees, valleys and a range of terrain to explore. The slopes divide into four areas with good connections between them. Every section of the resort has some challenging red runs to test the adventurous as well as some serious off-piste routes for the experts to enjoy. Gondolas and fast chairs are the main access to the lifts, although there are a few older chairs and drag lifts scattered around.
There are two terrain parks, one near the bottom of the slopes for novices with various jumps and rollers and another 1.5km advanced park close to the Lac Blanc drag which has a half-pipe, jumps, rails, big air and boardercross course. Above Vaujany there is another beginners park. Experienced boarders are well catered for with lots of good freeriding to be had, together with vast and varied off-piste to be tried with a guide. For cross country skiers there are 50km of snow sure trails with varying degrees of difficulty.

The resort is linked to Vaujany where there is some great runs and some lovely little cafes - well worth making the effort to get there as only a short ski away from the main slopes of Alpe d'huez.

Resort Attributes

Beginner Friendly

Easy Slope Access

Family Friendly

Good Beginners

Good For Non-Skiers

Good For Snowboarding

Great Off-Piste

Great for Mixed Abilities

High Altitude

Large Ski Area

Lively Night Life