Mountain cottage 12 to 14 people ORELLE / Val Thorens

Jeremy was very good at communicating and the position of the chalet was excellent for the ski lift.However in the chalet we found at least 20 bed bugs in the beds. So we didnt stay. Jeremy was very apologetic and issued a full refund that day. I am sure that he will fully fumigate the place but you may wish to check before booking. We incurred other expenses by having to move to Val Thorens last minute for our ski holiday, some of which Jérémy covered.

Very nice location! Realy close to telecabine, quiet area, good connection to skislopes. Accomodation was sufficient, but a bit cramped with 12 people. Only 3 seperate bedrooms, 1 mezzanine for 4 people to sleep (same area as dining room) and the living room (with fussballtable and tv) was needed as the 4th bedroom. But we had nice weather so we sat outside on the terrace:-)

I'm not sure how this place has so many 10/10 reviews.Here's the good, the bad, and the ugly.The Good:Location to the gondola!!!!!Location to the Hob restaurant which was great.The house was very rustic and quaint. Huge fridge and stove, great for larger groups.Super comfy beds and lots of them.Plenty of cooking pots and dishes.Plenty of cleaning supplies to clean up.The bad:The address was spelled wrong in a text making it very difficult to locate.TV was non functional, BBQ as Canadians know it was non existent. ( Maybe he meant the indoor grill thing). No towels were supplied, which would have been fine if mentioned.Hand soap was almost empty, as well as salt shakers, no soap for the dishwasher, no extra garbage bags, no containers for recycling, and the shower soap was empty as well. A half roll of toilet paper in each W/C was supplied.The town of Orelle is a quaint little town but groceries have to bought in the next town over. The ugly:Although they were cute, there is mice running around the kitchen that come in through the drain pipe under the bathroom sink. Some might be ok with that, some not.My sons friend got bit by bedbugs. He was the only one, which was weird because it was my son that found one in his bed. And yes we were sure what it was. It exploded blood when he squished it. Only saw one though, so it may not be an infestation. We all had a hard time getting sleep because we were imagining bugs crawling on us. We left a day early.

Great space for a large group of friends really close to the gondola station.

Beautifully equipped and authentically decorated chalet, literally 1 minute walk to the lift. We had a brilliant week, would really recommend.

Thank you for a great stay in Orelle. Kind Regards Andrew