Le Villard, Meribel Les Allues

The Meribel valley is home to a score of villages and hamlets, collectively known as Meribel, and grouped in to 5 neighbourhoods – Meribel-Les Allues (1100m), Meribel-Village (1400m), Meribel-Centre (1500m), Meribel-Les Hauts (1600m) and Meribel-Mottaret (1700m).

Le Villard (1200m) sits above Les Allues on a sunny balcony, with its pastures and meadows overlooking the Bozel valley.

Considered to have the finest views in the Valley, it lies on the edge of the Foret des Allues, a rich and diverse mountain forest maintained by the National Forests Office.

The village is hundreds of years old, with its chapel dating to 1645.  It is rich with farming history and one of the village’s 4 fresh water sources is located immediately in front of the chalet. The town’s ancient bread-oven, stoked-up once a month in olden times is also right next to the chalet.

The village is now one of the choice areas to live for those who work in the valley, and its properties have long been reserved only for “those in the know”

Tranquil location
On call driver
Parking included
Panoramic views
Great location in the 3 Valleys
Accessible from numerous airports

Meribel & the 3 Valleys Ski Area

The 3 valleys is the world’s largest ski area. Comprising of eight interlinking ski resorts and a score of towns, villages and hamlets, groomed pistes cover 600km of trails amongst an abundance of off-piste skiing from low and mid-altitude forest to high alpine glaciers.

183 ski-lifts transport 260000 skiers per hour across the signature-resorts of Courchevel, Meribel and Val Thorens, leading the world in snow-sure winter sport.

Meribel lies at the heart of the 3 Valleys. The architecture reflects its history: an economy  once based around dairy farming and fruit growing, the lower part of valley is full of villages perching in sunny pastures, many with their communal bread ovens, chapels and water troughs carefully preserved. For centuries, shepherds moved their flocks higher and higher as winter melted away in spring and early summer.

When skiing started in the 1930s, however, the high altitude and north facing slopes transformed the pastures’ uses. Where sheep graze in summer, millions of skiers now pound the pistes, many of which follow the contours carved out by centuries of farming.

Care has been taken to see that new buildings remain true to the valley’s history: stone buildings, clad with local wood and slate roofs, making Meribel one of the few French ski-resorts to retain all of its historic allure.

Come to enjoy  Meribel – at the heart of the 3 Valleys and where innovative winter sport meets tradition and heritage.