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Serre Chevalier
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Here is all the latest news on the very best selected properties throughout Serre Chevalier!
Have a look around and book your holiday online - if you can't find what you are looking for send us an email info@tadpoleholidays.com - we are a small independent company and will be able to get straight back to you with clear, friendly advice and information.
450€ OFF THIS GREAT HALF TERM CHALET - CHALET VALENTINE NOW 3400€ (WAS 3850€)
Chalet Valentine 11-18 February now reduced by 450€ to 3400€. That's £269 per person!
Chalet Valentine is located in the heart of Serre Chevalier in Villeneuve 1400 near the Aravet lift, shops, restauraunt and bars. Chalet Valentine sleeps 11, is peacefully yet centrally located in a wooded setting 50 metres from the foot of the pistes and only 200 metres (3-4 minutes walk) from the ski lifts, ski-school meeting point.Chalet Valentine has beautiful views with a sunny south-facing balcony and a large private garden for children to safely play. Adequate off road parking for up to 4 cars.
APARTMENT L222 - FROM 150€pppw
Studio Lautaret 222 is located at the bottom of the pistes in Villeneuve, Serre Chevalier 1400. This ski-to-door studio apartment features twin beds, newly refurbished shower room and kitchenette.
Ground floor walk-through ski lockers are 120m from the nearest ski lift.
Studio Lautaret 222 is perfect for a couple or two friends sharing. Great value throughout the winter season.
At Tadpole we love planning ski trips for our guests, it doesn’t just stop at providing great accommodation. You can book your Serre Chevalier lift passes and ski hire, airport transfers, ski lessons and catering all at great rates and in advance. We plan your trip to the finest detail, we have the experience, we enjoy doing it, we love Serre Chevalier and we want you to also!
This is where it all started for Tadpole Holidays in 2003. The concept was to provide guests to Serre Chevalier with great value ski-to-door apartment accommodation in Villeneuve, Serre Chevalier 1400 at the ‘Le Frog’, a lively Scottish bar apres ski hub and delicious French restaurant rolled into one. Le Frog would provide guests with excellent half board services, much lacking in club hotels in Serre Chevalier at the time.
Le Frog apartments are ski-to-door. Allowing guests to ski off the casse de bœuf piste in Villeneuve straight back to Le Frog and the apartments.
BRAND NEW SERRE CHEVALIER CHALET : CHALET ROC BLANC
Now available to book for half term! Chalet Roc Blanc is the most exciting addition to the range of Tadpole Chalets available in Serre Chevalier this winter.
Chalet Roc Blanc has been built and finished to the highest standards, offering spacious and light living areas, modern sylish bathrooms and above all a warm chalet atmosphere.
Recover from a great days skiing in the jacuzzi and sauna at apres-ski, enjoy the south-facing views across the Serre Chevalier mountains from the balcony.
LE FROG APARTMENT FOR 5/7 PEOPLE NOW AVAILABLE 26 or 27 DECEMBER FOR 7 NIGHTS
Le Frog ski2door apartment L208 is available this New Year - with a choice of arrival - choose to arrive any day between 24 and 31 December for 7 nights. Please contact mike@tadpoleholidays.com for more information.
Click here to view Le Frog Apartment L208
LE FROG APARTMENT FOR 2 PEOPLE FROM 150€ pppw
Studio Lautaret 222 is located at the bottom of the pistes in Villeneuve, Serre Chevalier 1400. This ski-to-door studio apartment features twin beds, newly refurbished shower room and kitchenette.
Ground floor walk-through ski lockers are 120m from the nearest ski lift.
Studio Lautaret 222 is perfect for a couple or two friends sharing.
For the next 21 days, Tadpole Holidays is offering all apartments at Rocher Blanc with 15% off. Every Week. All Winter. That's right, you can book Christmas, New Year and half term weeks at these new great rates until 31 November. Prices now online at Tadpole Holidays with 15% discount applied. We don't need to tell you that these weeks are selling fast.
Save 15% until 30th November 2011
Book now and save.
6 person, 2 bedroom apartment save up to 380€ (£340)
6 person apartment save up to 363€ (£324)
4 person apartment save up to 320€ (£285)
10-24 DECEMBER. EXCLUSIVE HOTEL MONT PROREL OFFER!
Great hotel rooms from 33€ per person per night (pppn) at the foot of the pistes in Briancon (10 metres from the ski lift). The Hotel Mont Prorel is a newly refurbished 2 star hotel with heaps of charm and friendly staff.
Book Online:
Standard Double/Twin Room from 35€ pppn
Superior Double/Twin Room from 43€ pppn
Superior Triple Room from 33€ pppn
LOOKING FOR CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR?
If our dates don't fit your plans this holiday season then simply let us know what apartment, chalet or hotel you are looking for by email info@tadpoleholidays.com - we will get straight back to you.
If we have no availability we can always point you in the right direction. We love Serre Chevalier and we want you to get the very best of our amazing valley!
New 3 Bedroom Apartment - Chantemerle, Serre Chevalier
A superb new apartment in Chantemerle, Serre Chevalier 1350, to sleep 8 people in 3 bedrooms (possibility to sleep 10 using the high quality double sofa bed).
Located in the Adret residence with on-site breakfast restaurant bar and heated swimming pool. 400 metres from the centre of Chantemerle and the ski departure the Adret residence is perfectly placed with great views of the pistes and valley of Serre Chevalier.
Apartment Features
- 3 Bedrooms
- 1 x double
- 1 x twin
- 1 x quadruple (4 singles with ensuite)
- 2 bathrooms
- Equipped kitchen
- Dishwasher
- Hob
- Microwave
- Coffee Machine
- Toaster
- Split level apartment, quadruple ensuite bedroom upstairs
- Dining & lounge area with TV
Tadpole Holidays was founded in 2003 to provide apartment accommodation for independent travelers looking for ski-to-door apartments in Villeneuve, Serre Chevalier 1400.
In addition to great apartments at the foot of the pistes in Villeneuve, Serre Chevalier 1400 Tadpole Holidays offers guests extra services such as pre-booked lift passes, ski hire, airport transfers, ski lessons and catering.
In 2009 we carefully selected more of the very best apartments, chalets and hotels throughout the valley of Serre Chevalier aimed at the indep endent traveller. More and more visitors to Serre Chevalier are looking to travel independently, choosing the freedom and flexibility of cheap-flights, opting to discover the resort first hand, experience traditional apartments, luxury chalets and friendly family run hotels.
Tadpole Holidays gives you the opportunity to book this accommodation and also offers, what we like to call, extra serv ices to custom fit your trip to Serre Chevalier.
When booking your chosen accommodation with us you can also book:
- Half Board at Restaurant Le Frog*
- Chalet Catering
- Airport Transfers
- Train Station Transfers
- Ski School Ski Lessons
- Independent Ski Lessons & Clinics
- Ski Hire
- Lift Passes
At Tadpole Holidays we love planning ski trips for our guests. We plan your trip with you to the finest detail. We have the experience. We enjoy doing it. We love Serre Chevalier. We know you will too!
*Half Board at Le Frog is only available to guests at Le Frog apartments in Villeneuve, Serre Chevalier 1400.
Serre Chevalier
Serre Chevalier offers 250km of pistes winding down the Serre Chevalier Valley and is one of biggest ski areas in the Alps. The resort of Serre Chevalier consists of a dozen small villages and hamlets spread between 4 main ski departure villages: Briançon, Chantemerle, Villeneuve and le Monetier les Bains. Serre Chevalier is at the gates of the Ecrins National Park with great skiing, real high mountain atmosphere and peaceful skiing in the larch forest in Europe.
Skiing in Serre Chevalier is for everyone, whatever level and ability. Serre Chevalier offers 250km of skiing on 115 pistes stretching some 17 km down the valley from Briancon t o Monetier. Serre Chevalier boasts a superb snow record, you will find that Serre Chevalier doubles in size after a good fall of snow with a huge areas of off-piste.
Serre Chevalier Snow Making
Serre Chevalier ski resort operates an extensive snow making network to ensure good ski conditions all season long. Some 30 0 snow cannons operate all through the resort of Serre Chevalier p rimarily providing a top-up for 146 hectares of pistes.
Serre Chevalier is one of the biggest ski resorts in Europe. The Serre Chevalier Valley covers 250 kilometres of pistes, at altitudes of between 1200 and 2380 metres, for everyone from beginners to expert skiers! Serre Chevalier is a long south-facing valley between the Col du Lautaret and Briançon with a dozen villages and hamlets dotted along the way, ranging from the ultra modern to the most traditional.
Location
Serre Chevalier is in France's Hautes-Alpes department, part of the PACA or Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. The Hautes-Alpes is France's only department in the alpine chain situated entirely in the mountains, making it the highest department in the Alps. The ski area covers several 'communes' (the name for France's smallest administrative districts).
Serre Chevalier highest point 2830m, The Yret pike (Le Monetier les Bains)
Serre Chevalier has a permanent population of 18,000 from Monêtier to Briançon (including all the townships).
