france · December — March
The station turns eighty this season. Rosewood has arrived. Le 1947 holds three stars. Raffles is on the calendar for 2028. A field guide to the chalets, the tables and the practice runs that matter on the Trois Vallées this winter.
Hotels
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Palace · 5★The first Cheval Blanc, opened in 2006, and still the only true ski-in ski-out palace in 1850.
Palace · 5★The Oetker Collection palace on Jardin Alpin — the discreet Belle Époque idiom, the Comptoir de l'Apogée, the most polished service of the village.
Palace · 5★The original Airelles on the front-de-neige — the Tyrolean fantasy palace, Pierre Gagnaire upstairs, Le Sarkara two stars, the most theatrical alpine hospitality of the resort.
Palace · 5★The K2 Palace at the foot of the slopes — the four restaurants, the spa, the Tournier family alpine palace at its most ambitious.
Opened Dec 2025 · 5★Rosewood's first French Alps property — fifty-one rooms, direct slope access, the most ambitious new opening in 1850 in five years.
Palace · 5★The Barrière operation on the Bellecôte piste — chalet codes, BFire by Mauro Colagreco, and a serious spa programme for 2026.
5★ · 1850The Rochedy family hotel — the two-star dining room downstairs, the village location, the alpine palace at a more familial scale.
5★ · 1850The new LANA hotel in 1850 — the contemporary alpine palace from the group behind the Athens Four Seasons, the discreet entrance and the long spa.
5★ · 1850The small private hotel in the village — Sylvestre Wahid two stars in-house, the discreet entrance, the alpine palace at a more intimate scale.
Festive · clubs, line-ups, long lunches
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Lunch · Courchevel 1850
Dinner · Courchevel 1850The festive dinner room at the centre of 1850 — the dancing on the banquette by midnight, the long Champagne service, the village institution.
Italian-French · Barrière Les NeigesThe Paris Society room inside Hôtel Barrière Les Neiges — the same Tuileries Loulou kitchen, on the snow.
Eat Drink RockLunch · Courchevel 1850The Bagatelle global brand at Courchevel — the long lunch that runs to 17h, the Champagne spray and the dance on the banquette.
Slope-side lunch · Altiport
Dinner · Courchevel 1850
Japanese · 1850Dinner · Courchevel 1850Authentic · the quiet rooms
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Slope-side · VerdonsThe institution on the Verdons piste — the long pavement terrace, the pâtisserie cart, the most photographed alpine lunch table of the resort.
3★ MichelinYannick Alléno's three-star room inside Cheval Blanc Courchevel — twenty-two covers, five tables, the most precise alpine kitchen in France.
2★ Michelin · 1850Sylvestre Wahid's alpine return — two stars in the village inside Les Grandes Alpes, the kitchen that the gastronomic short list now starts with.
Buffet · Les AirellesThe Airelles buffet lunch — the most theatrical alpine spread of the resort and the lunch table that the palace's regulars have built their week around.
Pastry tasting · Les AirellesSébastien Vauxion's two-star pastry-only tasting menu inside Les Airelles — the only dining room in the world built around dessert.
Opened winter 2025-26Annie Famose's new fine Mexican room with chef Rodolfo Castellanos (Top Chef Mexico) — mezcal rituals, the cosmopolitan move of the 2025-26 season.
2★ Michelin · 1850The Rochedy family table at the centre of 1850 — two stars in the 2025 Guide, the alpine kitchen that has held the village's reservation list for forty years.
Mountain restaurant · Les CreuxThe mountain restaurant at the top of the Creux chair — the wood-panelled room, the cheese fondue, the lunch that the off-piste guides take.
Bistro · Courchevel 1850The Lacarelle institution at the centre of 1850 — the truffle menu, the cellar, the village local that the chef-owner still runs.
Japanese · K2 Palace
Bistro · Courchevel 1850
Mountain restaurant · Loze
Italian · K2 Palace
Savoyard · 1850The wood-panelled Savoyard room — the fondue, the raclette, the cheese cellar that the alpine regulars have kept for thirty years.
Tables
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Slope-side counter · 1850Sport · tennis, padel, polo, golf
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Private ski coachingThe senior ESF instructor cohort in 1850 — the only credible answer for a private ski day at palace level.
Helicopter transfers
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1h · jet centre to altiportFrom the Geneva jet centre to Courchevel altiport in an hour — the right solution when the jet doesn't have the altiport qualification.
1h · LYS apronEvents · what's on this season
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Winter 2025-26 · AnniversaryThe resort's eightieth anniversary across the 2025-26 winter — chef collaborations, retrospective exhibitions, the season the station marks itself.