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5 Best Neilson Ski Resort Hotels for 2021 and 2022 holidays
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Neilson offer 10 ski hotels around Europe, including resorts in France, Italy, Andorra and Austria. But which is the best Neilson ski hotel?
We've looked at factors such as customer reviews, the price of a typical holiday, distance from the hotel to the slopes, travel time from the UK to the hotel and the number of ski slopes available.
(As an aside, Neilson do also offer ski chalets where they provide a host/cook and you fill up the rooms with friends and relatives. This guide is just about the Neilson ski hotels but you can read about the Neilson ski chalets in this guide).
Anyway, without further waffle, here's our top 5 Neilson ski resort hotels. Details are correct at the time of writing.
We've looked at factors such as customer reviews, the price of a typical holiday, distance from the hotel to the slopes, travel time from the UK to the hotel and the number of ski slopes available.
(As an aside, Neilson do also offer ski chalets where they provide a host/cook and you fill up the rooms with friends and relatives. This guide is just about the Neilson ski hotels but you can read about the Neilson ski chalets in this guide).
Anyway, without further waffle, here's our top 5 Neilson ski resort hotels. Details are correct at the time of writing.
1. Neilson Hotel Del Clos in El Tarter in Andorra - best value, joint best reviews
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Andorra isn't as famous for skiing as France or Austria but we reckon that Neilson Hotel Del Clos in El Tarter is a terrific value option.
It came joint top in our comparison of customer reviews of all the Neilson ski hotels with a score of 4.7/5 on Google reviews and 4.5/5. At the same time, it was the cheapest Neilson ski hotel in our price comparison (see our full comparison here if you've got time on your hands). It's one of Neilson's 'Mountain Collection' ski hotels which means that you get a few extra bells and whistles such as meals every evening (rather than six nights at some hotels), ski coaching/guiding and the option of childcare. In other areas, Neilson Hotel Del Clos was somewhere in the middle of our rankings. The resort has 128 different ski runs which isn't anywhere near as many as the 668 at Neilson Chalet Hotel Dolomites Inn (Penia di Canazei) in Val di Fassa in Italy but it's more than some and should be enough to keep most people entertained for a week. The nearest ski lift is 350m from the hotel, which is about a quarter of a mile. That was somewhere in the middle when compared to other Neilson resorts. Getting to Andorra from the UK isn't too tricky. The flight time and the transfer time combined is about 5 hours. Again, that's not the closest but not the furthest of the Neilson ski hotel resorts. The main language in Andorra is Catalan. |
Neilson's Hotel Del Clos in Andorra has this sun terrace overlooking the mountains...
...and it is a popular choice with customers
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2. Neilson Hotel La Tovière in Val d'Isère in France - expensive, great reviews, swimming pool
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If you have deep pockets and prefer the familiarity of visiting a French resort then Neilson's Hotel La Tovière in Val d'Isère should be near the top of your list. Neilson call this their 'flagship' ski hotel.
Val d'Isère is a popular resort which made it into a list of the top 20 European ski resorts by readers of Conde Nast Traveler in 2020. If you're taking notes, it came 11th. Hotel La Tovière was the most expensive Neilson ski resort in our price comparison. However, it was joint top in our league table of customer reviews with outstanding scores of 4.7/5 on Google Reviews and 4.5/5 on TripAdvisor. It's got an indoor swimming pool, hot tub and steam room and is another one which is in Neilson's 'Mountain Collection'. That means you get meals every day and ski coaching/guiding. There's a children's area with games but there isn't childcare at this one, so it's best for families with children who are able to put on skis and get out on the snow. It's got a pretty good range of pistes (159 runs) and it's only a very short walk from the hotel to the first ski lift. The main downsides with Hotel La Tovière in Val d'Isère (besides the lack of childcare and higher cost) is that it's the furthest Neilson resort from the UK with a combined flight and transfer time of about 5 hours 30 minutes, plus the time you spend hanging around the airports. That's about 90 minutes further than the closest resorts. |
Neilson's hotel in Val d'Isere gets outstanding reviews from customers...
...and it has some outstanding views as well
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3. Neilson Hotel Le Menuire & Spa in Les Menuires in France - great pool, plenty of pistes, quite pricey
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Neilson Hotel Le Menuire & Spa in Les Menuires in France has a lot in common with Hotel La Tovière in Val d'Isère. In fact, in many ways it is better.
It was slightly cheaper than Val d'Isere in our price comparison and it's half an hour closer from the UK. It's got about 100 more ski slopes for you to try out and the nearest ski lift is similarly close. The hotel also has a better-than-average swimming pool and sauna. And because it is another one of Neilson's Mountain Collection of posher hotels, you get meals every night, childcare and ski coaching. Menuires is another popular resort which made it into Conde Nast Traveler's top 20 European ski resorts in 2020 (it was 17th, slightly lower than Val d'Isere). However, overall customer reviews are a little behind Hotel La Tovière in Val d'Isère. When we checked, it was scoring 4.3/5 on Google Reviews and 4.5/5 on TripAdvisor. Still an impressive score, but not quite as good as Val d'Isere. |
Neilson Hotel Le Menuire & Spa has 275 ski runs nearby...
...and excellent swimming pool and spa facilities
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4. Neilson Chalet Hotel Dolomites Inn (Penia di Canazei) in Val di Fassa in Italy - lots of ski runs, good value
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If you're an adventurous skier who wants to cover a lot of miles of piste then Neilson Chalet Hotel Dolomites Inn in Italy might be the best one for you.
There are more than 600 different ski runs near the resort, which is more than double the next closest Neilson resort. The hotel isn't in Neilson's 'Mountain Collection' which means that you don't get quite so many extras, but this is reflected in the lower price. In our price comparison, it was one of the cheaper Neilson ski holidays despite scoring very well with customers (4.5/5 on both TripAdvisor and Google reviews). The hotel has a hot tub and a squash court and provides meals six nights a week. I've got a couple of reservations about this hotel, if you'll excuse the pun. Firstly, it is about half a mile from the hotel to the nearest ski lift. That's not a long walk under normal circumstances but it's a bit of a pain once you put on clumpy ski shoes and end up carrying your children's skis. It's also a fairly long journey with a three hour transfer time from the airport. |
Neilson's Chalet Hotel Dolomites Inn has access to a huge number of ski runs...
...and customer reviews are very positive
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5. Neilson Hotel Aalborg in Les Deux Alpes in France - close to the UK, mid-priced, quite good reviews
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Neilson Hotel Aalborg in Les Deux Alpes in France caught our eye as it's one of the closest Neilson resorts to the UK. The flight and transfer time adds up to 4 hours which is a whole 90 minutes less than Hotel La Tovière in Val d'Isère.
On the skiing trips we've been on, the journey from the airport to the resort always felt like it went on and on. Another plus point is that the nearest ski lift is practically in the hotel lobby (I exaggerate slightly). In our price comparison it was a mid-priced option. It's another one in Neilson's Mountain Collection so you get meals every night and some other extras such as childcare. However, there are a couple of downsides to Neilson Hotel Aalborg. Firstly, it scores 4/5 on Google Reviews and TripAdvisor. That's not a bad score, but the standard is high with several Neilson hotels doing better. Secondly, the number of ski runs is much lower than most other resorts. There are 75 runs whereas most resorts have two or three times that number. |
Neilson Hotel Aalborg is on the slopes...
...and there is the option of childcare
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