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Which Is The Best Club Med Ski Resort In Europe?
Club Med is a holiday company at the posher end of the UK market. They offer ‘all-inclusive’ skiing holidays in hotels, chalets and apartments in about 15 locations in France, Switzerland and Italy.
They also have ski resorts in Japan, Canada and China, but they’re rarely visited by UK holidaymakers so we will focus on the European resorts.
But which is the best Club Med ski resort? If you'd rather not read all our waffle, then the short answer is that:
If you want the full details, read on. We looked at Club Med ski customer reviews, value for money, facilities and other ratings to reach our conclusion.
They also have ski resorts in Japan, Canada and China, but they’re rarely visited by UK holidaymakers so we will focus on the European resorts.
But which is the best Club Med ski resort? If you'd rather not read all our waffle, then the short answer is that:
- The cheapest Club Med skiing holidays in our price comparison were at Club Med Serre-Chevalier in France and Club Med Saint-Moritz in Switzerland.
- The best value mid-priced Club Med skiing resorts in our comparison were Club Med Peisey-Vallandry in France and Club Med Pragelato-Sestriere in Italy.
- The best money-is-no-object luxury Club Med ski resorts are Club Med Les Arcs Panorama or the chalet-apartment options at Grand Massif Samoëns Morillon and Valmorel.
If you want the full details, read on. We looked at Club Med ski customer reviews, value for money, facilities and other ratings to reach our conclusion.
Which Club Med ski resort is in the best location?
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The first option is to pick a great resort and then stay at Club Med’s accommodation. That’s appealing if you like the Club Med brand and want to try out a popular resort.
According to Club Med, the five best ski resorts in Europe are:
These resorts all offer a good range of ski runs and plenty of evening entertainment. Meanwhile, Conde Nast Traveler readers concluded in 2021 that St Moritz was the third best ski resort in Europe (home of Club Med Saint Moritz Roi Soleil). Other Club Med skiing destinations which featured in the Conde Nast Traveler top 20 included Val Thorens at number 17 (home of Club Med Val Thorens Sensations), Val D'Isere at number 9 (home of Club Med Val d'Isère) and Les Arcs La Plagne at number 20 (home of Club Med Les Arcs Panorama and Club Med La Plagne 2100). However, it might not be the case that the best Club Med resorts are in the best locations. They might – for example – have an outstanding hotel in a less spectacular location. We'll look at the hotels in more detail later... |
Club Med has a hotel in St Moritz, which is often voted as one of Europe's best ski resorts
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So, which Club Med resort gets the best reviews?
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We spent a happy hour digging out reviews on TripAdvisor and Google reviews and have added the scores together to create a league table of Club Med ski and snowboard resorts (correct as of 2021). They are in France, unless otherwise stated.
*This resort is being replaced with a new Club Med Tignes Val Claret in December 2022. |
Val Thorens is a popular ski resort in the Alps and the Club Med hotel is highly rated
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Which Club Med skiing resort is the most luxurious?
Club Med has their own rating systems, with ‘tridents’ instead of stars (tridents are the three pronged things in the Club Med logo).
Most Club Med ski resorts in Europe are given a ‘4 trident’ rating but four resorts have an upgrade option so that you can choose whether you want to pay for a ‘5 trident’ experience:
There are also two Club Med Resorts which are ‘3 trident’ resorts, meaning that they aren’t quite so luxurious - Club Med Arcs Extreme and Club Med Serre-Chevalier.
Most Club Med ski resorts in Europe are given a ‘4 trident’ rating but four resorts have an upgrade option so that you can choose whether you want to pay for a ‘5 trident’ experience:
- Club Med Val d'Isère, Club Med Valmorel and Club Med Les Arcs Panorama all have a ‘5 trident space’. It generally means you get things like more spacious accommodation and better views.
- Two resorts have ‘5 trident’ upgrade options which are ‘chalet apartments’. These are available at Club Med Grand Massif Samoëns Morillon and Club Med Valmorel. Again, the idea is that you get more spacious accommodation.
There are also two Club Med Resorts which are ‘3 trident’ resorts, meaning that they aren’t quite so luxurious - Club Med Arcs Extreme and Club Med Serre-Chevalier.
Which Club Med resort has the most number of ski runs?
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If you’re a skiing or snowboarding beginner, you won’t cover a huge amount of ground over a week. However, if you’re a confident explorer then it’s more fun to see a wider range of ski slopes.
There’s quite a big range in the number of alpine (i.e. downhill) ski slopes at the different Club Med resorts. We’ve ranked them from those with the most to the least:
Other things worth noting are that:
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Alpe d'Huez has more than 200km of ski slopes but others have more
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Which Club Med resort is the cheapest/best value?
Here’s where it gets interesting!
We wanted to get a rough idea of price, so we looked up the price for a family of four staying during mid-January 2022 at each resort. Of course, you’ll pay more during school holidays and less at the start/end of the season but we picked a middle-ish priced time to travel.
We looked for prices excluding flights and transfers and ranked them from cheapest to most expensive.
We wanted to get a rough idea of price, so we looked up the price for a family of four staying during mid-January 2022 at each resort. Of course, you’ll pay more during school holidays and less at the start/end of the season but we picked a middle-ish priced time to travel.
We looked for prices excluding flights and transfers and ranked them from cheapest to most expensive.
- Club Med Serre-Chevalier – £4688
- Club Med Saint-Moritz, Switzerland – £4932
- Club Med La Plagne 2100 – £5508
- Club Med Pragelato-Sestriere, Italy – £5780
- Club Med Val d'Isère – £6204
- Club Med Valmorel – £6524
- Club Med Peisey-Vallandry – £6596
- Club Med Grand Massif Samoëns Morillon - £6748
- Club Med La Rosière – £7244
- Club Med Alpe d'Huez – £7264
- Club Med Val Thorens Sensations – £7504
- Club Med Les Arcs Panorama – £7628
- Club Med Grand Massif Samoëns Morillon Chalet Apartments - £12616
- Club Med Valmorel Chalet Apartments - £12396
- Club Med Tignes Val Claret didn’t have any availability when we checked, as it's being replaced with a new resort.
- Club Med Arcs Extreme is an adults only resort so it’s not relevant for our price comparison.
Conclusion – which is the best Club Med ski resort in Europe?
Honestly, I don't there's a bad choice for a Club Med skiing holiday. They all get decent reviews and have plenty to offer for a winter holidays.
However, here are my three conclusions from that mass of numbers of stats:
However, here are my three conclusions from that mass of numbers of stats:
- If you don’t want to remortgage then I’d start by looking at Club Med Serre-Chevalier and Club Med Saint-Moritz in Switzerland. They were the cheapest in our price comparison and they offer a similar number of ski slopes. Club Med Serre-Chevalier gets slightly better reviews from customers, but Club Med and Conde Nast Traveler readers reckon that Club Med Saint-Moritz is in one of the best resorts in Europe.
- If you want a mid-priced and all-round good value Club Med ski resort then I would pick either Club Med Peisey-Vallandry or Club Med Pragelato-Sestriere in Italy. They both get decent reviews from customers, have a good distance of alpine ski slopes and were mid-priced in our price comparisons.
- If money is no object then I would start with Club Med Les Arcs Panorama or the chalet-apartment options at Grand Massif Samoëns Morillon and Valmorel. Club Med Val Thorens Sensations is also worth an honourable mention as the resort is a popular one which has more ski runs than anywhere else and a highly rated hotel.
Club Med Les Arcs Panorama gets the best reviews from customers (at the time of writing) and it has a wide range of pistes. Meanwhile, the chalet apartments at Club Med Grand Massif Samoëns Morillon and Valmorel aren’t cheap but they both get great reviews and offer a ‘5 trident’ luxury experience. Club Med Grand Massif Samoëns Morillon is in one of Europe’s best ski resorts according to Club Med whilst Valmorel’s accommodation is a little bit posher.
