Billym5555
Lovely spring ski trip
This week long trip with our student son was out of school hols. 1500,800 people approx were the numbers the 2 weeks before. 300?? In our week. This will make a huge difference to whether you feel well looked after or not. I assume similar numbers of staff??
23-30 march pros:
Local flights jet2 from stansted to Gva
Transfer was fine after walking to T1 from T2 but with a friendly club med rep
Excellent checkin and explanation of how this club med ran
Ski hire staff very helpful setting bindings for old dad and young son both with knee issues. Boot change and locker not opening were dealt with rapidly and helpfully
ESF was great - guiding with some technical points for 4-7 adults was ideal
Food was exceptional. We’ve done quite a few summer club meds and a winter one and samoens was far better. Interactions with the chefs serving/finishing plates was really good so it was easy to get just what you liked.
The house white was excellent (gaillac) and the skyline bar area with pool table and big tables for cards/games was quiet and friendly with fun bar staff and zero queue for food or drink. Confit duck/foie gras/veal/venison/seafood plus the bonus of some enhanced Chinese options (Chinese group im residence, club med aiming to cater well for them) were super.
Pool was perfect temp for swimming. If you’re cold, swim?! Or go to the sauna/steam room / hot tub for a warm lounge about.
Guests all seemed to be friendly and got along esp the ski lesson groups
Cons (picky):
TV language selection was difficult, needed multiple resets, maybe due to poor Wi-Fi - we should have tried buying the 30€/ week upgrade really
Ski area starts a bit low for spring skiing but above 2000m was fine
Drunk guy really very abusive in the sauna (French language but didn’t think I spoke French) and was I think part of a day trip as I never saw him again - ugly bald man