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Which Neilson Ski Holiday Resort Is Best? 2026 Guide To Neilson Ski Chalets And Hotels
Author: Robbie Lane | Last updated: 15 January 2026
Neilson is a respected name in the snowboarding and skiing holiday market for UK families. They're at the posher end of ski hotels and ski chalets but they do have some good deals and offers.
There are eight Neilson Ski Hotels. They vary in size a bit, but all have about 20 - 60 bedrooms.
This guide takes a deep dive into customer reviews, travel time from the UK and distance to the slopes before deciding which Neilson resort is best.
If you want to skip all our waffle, then here's the summary:
There are eight Neilson Ski Hotels. They vary in size a bit, but all have about 20 - 60 bedrooms.
This guide takes a deep dive into customer reviews, travel time from the UK and distance to the slopes before deciding which Neilson resort is best.
If you want to skip all our waffle, then here's the summary:
- Neilson Hotel Del Clos in El Tarter in Andorra is the best value Neilson ski hotel
- Neilson Hotel Le Menuire & Spa in Les Menuires in France and Neilson Hotel La Tovière in Val d'Isère in France are highly rated ski hotels but they're more expensive.
Neilson Hotel Del Clos in El Tarter is our best value pick
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Neilson Hotel Le Menuire & Spa is a great choice if you can stretch the budget
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Summary table of Neilson's ski resorts
To keep things simple for you, we've combined most of the data into an easy-to-read table. This includes:
- Average review scores, which are based on hundreds of ratings across TripAdvisor and Google Reviews. See our notes further down, which explain some of the limitations of this data.
- Star rating, which is Neilson's own rating of how posh the hotel is
- Typical price ranges from £ to £££ and is a rough guide based on the comparison we've carried out
Neilson resort |
Review score | star rating |
Runs |
Typical price |
Hotel La Tovière |
93% | 4 |
159 |
£££ |
Hotel & Spa Le Savoie |
92% | 4 |
159 |
£££ |
Hotel Le Menuire |
89% | 4 |
275 |
££ |
Hotel Del Clos |
88% | 3.5 |
128 |
£ |
Chalet Hotel Edelweiss |
87% | 3.5 |
212 |
££ |
Chalet Hotel Casale |
84% | 3.5 |
128 |
£ |
Hotel Ducs De Savoie |
77% | 4 |
159 |
££ |
You'll find further details further down the page - plus a pros and cons roundup.
Read on for the full details!
Read on for the full details!
Which Neilson Ski hotel gets the best reviews?
There are eightNeilson ski hotels at the time of writing. They're in France, Andorra and Italy.
We’ve ranked them in order of review score by adding together the TripAdvisor and Google review scores.
Important note: Neilson Hotel Ducs De Savoie and Neilson Hotel & Spa Le Savoie only became Neilson hotels in time for the 2025/2026 season. The available reviews relate to their life under a different brand, so they don't give a full picture of the scores they will receive under the Neilson brand. At one stage, Neilson Chalet Motxo was a large chalet that you hired as a group. I believe you can now book it in smaller groups but we struggled to find availability for the 25/26 season so we've excluded it.
We’ve ranked them in order of review score by adding together the TripAdvisor and Google review scores.
- Neilson Hotel La Tovière in Val d'Isère in France scores 4.6/5 on Google Reviews and 4.7/5 on TripAdvisor – total of 93%
- Neilson Hotel & Spa Le Savoie scores 4.5/5 on Google Reviews and 4.7/5 on TripAdvisor - total of 92%
- Neilson Chalet Motxo scores 4.5/5 on Google Reviews and 4.6/5 on TripAdvisor - total of 91%
- Neilson Hotel Le Menuire & Spa in Les Menuires in France scores 4.4/5 on Google Reviews and 4.5/5 on TripAdvisor – total of 89%
- Neilson Hotel Del Clos in El Tarter in Andorra scores 4.4/5 on Google reviews and 4.4/5 on TripAdvisor – total of 88%
- Neilson Chalet Hotel Edelweiss in Sauze d’Oulx in Italy scores 4.2/5 on TripAdvisor and 4.5/5 on Google Reviews - total of 87%.
- Neilson Chalet Hotel Casale in El Tarter in Andorra scores 4.2/5 on TripAdvisor – total of 84%
- Neilson Hotel Ducs De Savoie scores 3.9/5 on Google Reviews and 3.8/5 on TripAdvisor - total of 77%
Important note: Neilson Hotel Ducs De Savoie and Neilson Hotel & Spa Le Savoie only became Neilson hotels in time for the 2025/2026 season. The available reviews relate to their life under a different brand, so they don't give a full picture of the scores they will receive under the Neilson brand. At one stage, Neilson Chalet Motxo was a large chalet that you hired as a group. I believe you can now book it in smaller groups but we struggled to find availability for the 25/26 season so we've excluded it.
Neilson Hotel & Spa Le Savoie is new to Neilson, so most reviews refer to its previous owners
A summary of the Neilson review scores
So, Neilson Hotel La Tovière in Val d'Isère in France is the highest rated with customers. However, they’re all scoring at least 77%, which is a respectable score.
We will have a look later at things like typical holiday costs and travel time (that’s what they call a teaser to keep you reading…).
These hotels are all within the Neilson Mountain Collection, which means that:
We will have a look later at things like typical holiday costs and travel time (that’s what they call a teaser to keep you reading…).
These hotels are all within the Neilson Mountain Collection, which means that:
- most have childcare - either at the hotel or at a Neilson hotel nearby (read the full childcare guide including prices). The two Neilson hotels that don't offer any childcare are Neilson Hotel La Tovière and Neilson Chalet Hotel Edelweiss.
- you get breakfast every day and afternoon tea
- you get ‘free, professional ski guiding and coaching’.
Neilson's hotel in Val d'Isere gets outstanding reviews from customers...
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...as does Neilson's Hotel Del Clos in Andorra, which has this sun terrace
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Neilson's star ratings
Neilson also give each of their hotels a star rating ('Neilson Rating'), which gives you an indication of how posh the hotels are. I'm yet to find a definitive list of what exactly the criteria rating is for these scores but here's how they rate on that metric:
Four-star Neilson resorts
Neilson rate these hotels are their poshest and with the best facilities:
- Neilson Hotel Le Menuire & Spa in Les Menuires in France: ****
- Neilson Hotel Ducs De Savoie in France: ****
- Neilson Hotel La Tovière in Val d'Isère in France: ****
- Neilson Hotel & Spa Le Savoie in France: ****
Neilson Hotel Ducs De Savoie is one of Neilson's four star hotels
Three-star Plus Neilson resorts
These hotels are rated as the mid-posh level of three star plus.
- Neilson Chalet Hotel Casale in El Tarter in Andorra: ***+
- Neilson Hotel Del Clos in El Tarter in Andorra: ***+
- Neilson Chalet Hotel Edelweiss in Sauze d’Oulx in Italy: ***+
Three-star Neilson resorts
Finally, Neilson has one hotel that is given three stars, meaning it is the least posh
- Neilson Chalet Motxo: ***
Which is the cheapest Neilson ski holiday hotel?
We looked for the cost of a holiday for a family of four for a week in mid-January 2026, half board in a Neilson hotel. Of course, school holidays are more expensive, and the tail end of the season is cheaper because you might not get decent snow.
In order from cheapest to most expensive:
The hotels with (*) symbols are chalet hotels, which include wine with the evening meals. We couldn't find prices for Neilson Chalet Motxo.
Overall, there's a significant difference in price between the most expensive Neilson hotel and the cheapest (about £3000).
Two of the posher hotels with the best reviews are also the most expensive (Neilson Hotel La Tovière in Val d'Isère in France and Neilson Hotel La Tovière in Val d'Isère in France)
However, there is one hotel that a) gets great reviews b) is mid-priced and c) is rated as four-star. That hotel is...(drumroll please).... Neilson Hotel Le Menuire & Spa in Les Menuires in France.
In order from cheapest to most expensive:
- Neilson Chalet Hotel Casale in El Tarter in Andorra* - £2916
- Neilson Hotel Del Clos in El Tarter in Andorra – £2985
- Neilson Chalet Hotel Edelweiss in Sauze d’Oulx in Italy* - £3957
- Neilson Hotel Le Menuire & Spa in Les Menuires in France - £4509
- Neilson Hotel Ducs De Savoie in France - £4641
- Neilson Hotel La Tovière in Val d'Isère in France - £5181
- Neilson Hotel & Spa Le Savoie in France - £5865
The hotels with (*) symbols are chalet hotels, which include wine with the evening meals. We couldn't find prices for Neilson Chalet Motxo.
Overall, there's a significant difference in price between the most expensive Neilson hotel and the cheapest (about £3000).
Two of the posher hotels with the best reviews are also the most expensive (Neilson Hotel La Tovière in Val d'Isère in France and Neilson Hotel La Tovière in Val d'Isère in France)
However, there is one hotel that a) gets great reviews b) is mid-priced and c) is rated as four-star. That hotel is...(drumroll please).... Neilson Hotel Le Menuire & Spa in Les Menuires in France.
Neilson Hotel Del Clos in El Tarter is a great value traditional style ski hotel...
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...whilst Neilson Hotel Le Menuire & Spa is a bit more modern (and mid-priced)
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Which Neilson Ski Hotel is nearest to the UK?
There are a few things to look for when picking a location for a Neilson ski holiday. First, we’ll look at how long it takes to get to the different ski and boarding resorts from a UK airport.
Here they are ranked from shortest to longest travel time. We added together the flight time and the transfer time, but we didn’t include the time you spend stood around in the Airport waiting for your bag to appear etc:
To save you the bother of reading through all these numbers, I’ll give you the summary.
The difference in travel time between the closest and furthest Neilson ski resort is about 2 hours. One of the resorts in Italy takes about four hours so you might want to put that on your shortlist if a quick journey is a priority.
We’ll add these numbers into our conclusions when deciding which ones to go for.
Here they are ranked from shortest to longest travel time. We added together the flight time and the transfer time, but we didn’t include the time you spend stood around in the Airport waiting for your bag to appear etc:
- Neilson Chalet Hotel Edelweiss in Sauze d’Oulx in Italy 3 hours, 50 minutes
- Neilson Hotel Del Clos in El Tarter in Andorra – 5 hours
- Neilson Chalet Hotel Casale in El Tarter in Andorra – 5 hours
- Neilson Hotel Le Menuire & Spa in Les Menuires in France – 5 hours, 5 minutes
- Neilson Hotel La Tovière in Val d'Isère in France – 5 hours 35 minutes
- Neilson Hotel & Spa Le Savoie in Val-d'Isère in France - 5 hours 35 minutes
- Neilson Hotel Ducs De Savoie in Val-d'Isère in France - 5 hours 35 minutes
To save you the bother of reading through all these numbers, I’ll give you the summary.
The difference in travel time between the closest and furthest Neilson ski resort is about 2 hours. One of the resorts in Italy takes about four hours so you might want to put that on your shortlist if a quick journey is a priority.
We’ll add these numbers into our conclusions when deciding which ones to go for.
Neilson Chalet Hotel Edelweiss is the one to go for if you want a short journey
Which Neilson ski hotel is in the best ski resort?
This is obviously a bit subjective but there are various opinions on the ‘best ski resorts’ in Europe.
Conde Nast Traveller ask their readers to vote for the top 20 European Ski and Snowboard Resorts. As of 2025, the highest rated resort which is served by Neilson ski holidays was Val D’Isere at number eight (Neilson Hotel La Tovière is in Val d'Isère, Neilson Hotel & Spa Le Savoie and Neilson Hotel Ducs De Savoie).
Les Menuires was number 17 in the top 20 in 2020 (Neilson Hotel Le Menuire & Spa is in Les Menuires) but had slipped out of the top 20 in more recent years.
Conde Nast Traveller ask their readers to vote for the top 20 European Ski and Snowboard Resorts. As of 2025, the highest rated resort which is served by Neilson ski holidays was Val D’Isere at number eight (Neilson Hotel La Tovière is in Val d'Isère, Neilson Hotel & Spa Le Savoie and Neilson Hotel Ducs De Savoie).
Les Menuires was number 17 in the top 20 in 2020 (Neilson Hotel Le Menuire & Spa is in Les Menuires) but had slipped out of the top 20 in more recent years.
Neilson Hotel La Tovière is a modern hotel in the highly rated resort of Val d'Isère
Which Neilson Ski Hotel has the biggest and best range of ski slopes?
If you're a beginner, then you aren't likely to do a huge amount of exploring during a week's skiing or snowboarding.
However, if you've been skiing before then the range of pistes and slopes available can make a difference.
You can measure these things in various ways, such as the number of beginner and expert slopes or the total distance of the ski runs. However, for simplicity we've ranked them by the total number of ski runs in each resort. It's a little complex, as some skiing resorts are linked but let's not worry about that. From most to least:
However, if you've been skiing before then the range of pistes and slopes available can make a difference.
You can measure these things in various ways, such as the number of beginner and expert slopes or the total distance of the ski runs. However, for simplicity we've ranked them by the total number of ski runs in each resort. It's a little complex, as some skiing resorts are linked but let's not worry about that. From most to least:
- Neilson Hotel Le Menuire & Spa in Les Menuires in France – 275 runs
- Neilson Chalet Hotel Edelweiss in Sauze d’Oulx in Italy - 212 runs
- Neilson Hotel La Tovière in Val d'Isère in France – 159 runs
- Neilson Hotel & Spa Le Savoie in Val-d'Isère in France - 159 runs
- Neilson Hotel Ducs De Savoie in Val-d'Isère in France - 159 runs
- Neilson Hotel Del Clos in El Tarter in Andorra – 128 runs
- Neilson Chalet Hotel Casale in El Tarter in Andorra – 128 runs
Neilson Hotel Le Menuire & Spa has the best choice of ski slopes
Which Neilson Ski Hotel is closest to the ski slopes?
For new skiers, this might sound like a bit of a minor point but bear with me.
Once you've got your cumbersome ski boots on, you then need to make your way to the nearest ski lift whilst carrying your skis. This is not great fun, particularly if you are towing three children and a grumpy spouse.
So, we've ranked the seven Neilson ski hotels based on how close they are to the nearest ski lift. From closest to furthest away:
So, the furthest walk will be about half a mile. That would only be a 10-minute walk under normal conditions but will take a lot longer whilst wearing ski boots and carrying skis.
Again, this is a little complex as some hotels are close to gondola stations that will take you to the top of the mountain, whilst others are close to a small lift that might only cover one part of the mountain. Anyway, let's not complicate things any further.
Once you've got your cumbersome ski boots on, you then need to make your way to the nearest ski lift whilst carrying your skis. This is not great fun, particularly if you are towing three children and a grumpy spouse.
So, we've ranked the seven Neilson ski hotels based on how close they are to the nearest ski lift. From closest to furthest away:
- Neilson Chalet Hotel Edelweiss in Sauze d’Oulx in Italy - 50 metres
- Neilson Hotel La Tovière in Val d'Isère in France – 120 metres
- Neilson Hotel Le Menuire & Spa in Les Menuires in France – 200 metres
- Neilson Hotel Del Clos in El Tarter in Andorra – 350 metres
- Neilson Hotel & Spa Le Savoie in Val-d'Isère in France - 400 metres
- Neilson Hotel Ducs De Savoie in Val-d'Isère in France - 400 metres
- Neilson Chalet Hotel Casale in El Tarter in Andorra – 650 metres
So, the furthest walk will be about half a mile. That would only be a 10-minute walk under normal conditions but will take a lot longer whilst wearing ski boots and carrying skis.
Again, this is a little complex as some hotels are close to gondola stations that will take you to the top of the mountain, whilst others are close to a small lift that might only cover one part of the mountain. Anyway, let's not complicate things any further.
Which Neilson ski hotels have swimming pools?
Coming back from skiing and getting into a swimming pool is a pretty good feeling!
There are swimming pools at three of the Neilson hotels including:
Neilson Chalet Hotel Edelweiss in Sauze d’Oulx in Italy doesn't have a swimming pool but it has a hot tub and sauna.
There are swimming pools at three of the Neilson hotels including:
- Neilson Hotel La Tovière in Val d'Isère in France
- Neilson Hotel Le Menuire & Spa in Les Menuires in France
- Neilson Hotel & Spa Le Savoie in Val-d'Isère in France
Neilson Chalet Hotel Edelweiss in Sauze d’Oulx in Italy doesn't have a swimming pool but it has a hot tub and sauna.
Neilson Hotel La Tovière in Val d'Isère has an indoor pool for some apres ski relaxation
Pros and cons of every Neilson ski hotel
Before we leap to the summary, here's a roundup of the pros and cons of every Neilson hotel covering everything that we've included in our comparison.
Neilson resort |
Pros |
Cons |
Find out more |
Hotel La Tovière |
Great reviews, posh, swimming pool, four star rating, close to the slopes, great resort |
Fewer ski runs than some, expensive, longest journey, no childcare |
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Hotel & Spa Le Savoie |
Great reviews, swimming pool, four star rating, great resort |
Fewer ski runs than some, expensive, quite far from slope, longest journey |
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Hotel Le Menuire |
Great review score, swimming pool, lots of ski runs, four star rating, good resort |
Can be pricey on some dates |
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Hotel Del Clos |
Good review score, low price |
Not many ski runs, lower star rating |
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Chalet Hotel Edelweiss |
Good review score, lots of ski runs, wine included, close to the slopes, quickest journey |
Lower star rating, no childcare |
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Chalet Hotel Casale |
Low price, wine included |
Not many ski runs, further from the slopes, lower star rating |
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Hotel Ducs De Savoie |
Four star rating, great resort |
Fewer ski runs than some, lower review scores, quite far from slope, longest journey |
Conclusion - which is the best Neilson ski resort?
Right then, what can we conclude from this huge list of data and statistics? I've been staring at the numbers for ages and have reached the following four conclusions:
- If you want a good value all-rounder, I would start by looking at Neilson Hotel Del Clos in El Tarter in Andorra. I was so surprised at the price that I checked it twice.
It gets very positive customer reviews, yet it was the cheapest in our price comparison.
The downsides are that it's not a world-famous resort like Val d'Isere. It's also not got quite as many runs as some resorts, and it takes an extra hour or so to get there compared to some other Neilson resorts. - If you want to stick with a French Alps resort, then I would have a look at Neilson Hotel Le Menuire & Spa in Les Menuires or Neilson Hotel La Tovière in Val d'Isère. Le Menuire has a better range of runs whilst Neilson Hotel La Tovière gets slightly better reviews and is in a world-famous resort. They're both nice and close to the ski slopes.
They've both got the same downsides of being relatively expensive and being a relatively long way from the UK. One advantage for me would be that I can fumble my way through a French menu, but I wouldn't have much chance with a Catalan menu (the main language in Andorra). - Neilson Chalet Hotel Edelweiss in Sauze d’Oulx in Italy also got our attention as it's one of the quickest to reach from the UK and the ski lift is very close to the hotel. However, it is a bit behind on reviews and doesn't have a big number of ski slopes to choose from.
- Two hotels joined the Neilson brand recently - Neilson Hotel & Spa Le Savoie and Hotel Ducs De Savoie. They've got similar names and are both in Val d'Isere (which is a great resort) but there are some differences between them. Neilson Hotel & Spa Le Savoie is more expensive and gets much better reviews - but they are mostly for its previous life. If you want to take a punt and have deep pockets, I would go for Neilson Hotel & Spa Le Savoie.
Note: Neilson Chalet Hotel Le Crȇt in Les Deux Alpes in France is no longer available to book. We previously featured it in this guide, but it was removed from the Neilson website in 2022. Neilson Chalet Hotel Dolomites Inn (Penia di Canazei) in Val di Fassa in Italy is also not available to book, as of 2024. We updated review scores in July 2025.
