L'Apogée Courchevel

L'Apogée is the Oetker Collection palace on the Jardin Alpin — the discreet Belle Époque idiom rather than the Tyrolean fantasy of the front-de-neige, the most polished service of the village, the Comptoir de l'Apogée as the festive dining room. The palace is the rare alpine address that the European old-money client takes for the discreet long stay.

Book a Suite on the south side for the long view, take dinner at the Comptoir, ski the Jardin Alpin from the door. The hotel is the right Courchevel answer for the company that wants the palace level of service without the front-de-neige theatre — and the kind of address that the regulars protect from the lists.

The discreet Oetker palace on the Jardin Alpin.