Hôtel du Bez, Serre Chevalier

Part of Serre Che ski area opens early!

2011-11-26T10:32:00.002+01:00

Serre Chevalier Vallée has announced that the Monêtier ski area will open earlier than expected; the weekend 03-04 Dec 2011! Read more on the Serre Che-website, which by the way is new and much improved:

www.serre-chevalier.com/ouverture-le-03-decembre/

It smells of winter..

2011-10-20T15:23:00.005+02:00

Today we woke up to this:

I think I speak for many people living in Serre Chevalier when I say that we are now ready for winter! August, september and most of october has been incredibly sunny and warm, so we actually feel pretty "done" with summer.. Luxury, right?

And timely enough, the past few days have been very chilly, it actually smells of winter.. Of course, nobody has their winter tires on yet, so this is a time when some of us may get a little "snowed in" ;-).

/Anna-Karin

Our autumn newsletter is out!

2011-09-10T12:27:00.001+02:00

Open the Newsletter in your web browser

Who survived the summer?

BBQ season is relentlessly coming to an end and a long dark autumn lies ahead. For us winter sport lovers, however, the light at the end of the tunnel shines bright and clear: another smashing ski season is approaching! Times flies and before you know it we open Maison du Bez again for the winter. We are already getting excited, and we're pretty sure you are too..

The best way to cope with a menacing grey autumn is of course to secure your ski holiday at the earliest possible time. Book soon and you will have that to look forward to when the rain hits the UK. We have two offers for you:

We give you 10% discount on all January and April weeks, including Easter, if you book during September!
Celebrate New Year's with us! Stay 7 nights with half board at €595. Fleixble dates between 26/12-6/1 2012.

Serre Chevalier got the most snow last year

Serre Che was one of the few ski resorts that had plenty of snow last season, and the snow came early too! We had many great powder days and when Monetier couldn't deliver, there were always some small station close by, that did.

April gave us perpetual sunshine and some world class sorbet skiing. Vive the south Alpes!

The Maison du Bez crew looks forward to another great snow year and no doubt another fab season. Bienvenue à la Maison du Bez!

Tina & the Crew

Great news from Sweden!

2011-09-06T15:15:00.002+02:00

We got a nice surprise the other day when Åka Skidor, the biggest ski magazine in Sweden, published an article about Swedish hotel owners in the Alpes, with a big feature on Tina!

Maison du Bez on Facebook!

2011-08-18T19:30:00.005+02:00

Feel free to log in and like us on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/MaisonduBez

See you soon :-)

Lovely

2011-08-18T19:30:00.000+02:00

Summer in the valley!

2011-08-04T11:49:00.002+02:00

Sunny afternoons outside the hotel..

2011-03-22T13:23:00.002+01:00

Maison du Bez' newsletter out today!

2011-03-15T09:49:00.004+01:00

March 2, 2011 was a good day :-)

2011-03-03T19:10:00.006+01:00

Annika Malmer is lovin' it!

Photos by Alexander Grönberg

Spring 2011 -late season offers!

2011-03-02T15:30:00.012+01:00

We are in the middle of another great season in Serre Chevalier; sun, snow and happy days! Some even claim to have had "the best powder day ever, ever" yesterday.. Apparently, there are pictures to prove it. Hopefully we can post a few of them soon.

The season is far from over and the longest and sunniest days are yet to come.. Lucky for you all, Tina is throwing out an incredible offer for the last weeks of the season:

Ski week at Maison du Bez with half board, for only €440 per person! (weeks 13, 14 & 15, from saturday 26th of march 2011)

Call Tina on +33 (0) 4 92 24 86 96 to book!

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Till alla svensktalande gäster:

Skidvecka på Maison du Bez med halvpension för endast 3900:-! (Veckorna 13, 14 & 15, från lördag 26 mars 2011)

Varmt välkomna!

2010-07-12T21:07:00.006+02:00

Summer season 2010.... on y va!

Me and Pär are back.. again.. for one more summer at La Maison du Bez. It is the 4th summer for us.. crazy. Times fly! The atmosphere here is what is always has been, friendly, homelike and relaxed. Most things are as they always have been (well, for four summers at least...! ) and some things are new. La petite Maïa for example, the sweetest ever!

As always... the luc alphand cyklist and pastaparty...

This weekend we've had cyklists who did the La cyclo de Luc Alphand, a roadbike competition at the hotel and with that comes the obligatory pastaparty the evening before. You have to be well loaded with carbohydrate to finish that competition.. The "short" one is 86 km with 1675 m climb and the longest one is 180 km and 3500 m climb!! Well done guys..

Our terasse for the après-cycle/walking/climbing/hiking/rafting.....bière(s) is up

The terasse is up again and today I've replanted all the flowers.. we'll see how long time they will live. (My thumbs aren't as green as I would like them to be.. ) It's the first time I've done it so it will be intresting to follow the development of these flowers... (Luckily I got some help from a guest who has been planing gardens for a living for 10 years so hopefully they'll last for the whole summer. Thanks to the the nice Texaslady!)

New for this year is that I found a big toad down one of the old flowerpots.

It stuck its head up and wondered why I was desturbing his sleep.. He really made me jump! And he

did as well so now we can hear him croak in the evenings..!

On wednesday the hotel is going to be plene. 14 july, the frensh national day is next big happening... Looking forward to it!

Bienvenue!

/Frida

summerseason

2009-08-20T16:55:00.005+02:00

Why must good things always come to an end?? We all agree, summerseason is too short! There are so many things that you wanna do but there isn't enought time to do them all. Next week it's time to go home, but luckily the mountains and la Maison du Bez will still be here next summer! Then maybe I can finish all.. or at least a few.. of my projects..

However, the summer has been lovley! Sunny and warm, I thinkt we had three days of rain in july and so far two in august. (How was the weather back in Sweden now again??? ;)) We have also had really nice guests at the hotel, some regulars, some new but hopefully becoming regulars! I will remember the lesson in multipitchclimbing, all the help with presenting the french menu, the nice poems we all got, the Belgian beer and chocolat, le decaféine and much much more... Thank you all for this summer!

Mattias explaining for me and Sophie the importance of routfinding...!

Me and Ida on the top of a 4 pitches in La Grave.

Been up on three multipitches now, the last one 7! pitches. Thanks Anna and Mattias

... Climbingseason isn't over yet but I'm actually starting to long for winter.. In a few month will the mountains be covered by frech snow.. that isn't so bad either!

Welcome to winterseason!!!!!!!!!

Traversée du Pelvoux

2009-08-03T15:06:00.010+02:00

Pär, the chef at La Maison du Bez, turned 30 (!) this year and his present was two days with a mountainguide. The result of the present was that Pär, Jonas and me (Frida) woke up at 3.00 a.m the 16th of July in the refuge the Pelvoux, had some toasted bread and a coffe before we put on our headlamps and crampons and headet for the summit of Pelvoux. At 11.00 a.m. we reached our goal, the summit of Pelvoux (3 946m) The view was stunning! The world is really a beatiful place!! You could see all the big mountains in the area and the sun was shing on us as we felt like we were on the top of the world.. We had a cup of the and a chocolatebar before it was time to go down the 2500 m. down to Ailefrode where a cold beer was waiting. The way down was fantastic and I had songs about the mouantains in my head as we were traversing the glacier. I couldn't help thinking that next time I will do this on skiis, imagine what a run! After a bit of easy downclimbing and a few rappelles we had solid ground under our feet. We were glad about our guide Eric because the rootfinding wasn't easy. Tired, but really happy, we stumbled down to tha cafeteria around 4.00 p.m, walking like old people! The legs were almost bending themselves under us and the last km took ages! But the beer was cold and we were drank them with a big grin on our faces. Life can't get better than that!!

The morning after we woke up with sore muscles. Mon Dieu! It lasted for one week... But we had overcome the mountain!

Summer in Serre Chevalier

2009-07-30T15:13:00.003+02:00

Hi!!

We have a nice and sunny summer here in Serre Chevalier (as usual :)). There are loads of things to do here: climbing, biking, horseriding, hiking, rafting...! The problem is to choose what you wanna do!

Whats new?

We have the pleasure to be mentioned in Le Guide du Routard, the french version of Lonley Planet. "La cuisine (tout est fait maison) ne manquera pas également de vous faire voyager vers le grand Nord... Adorable jardin pour lézarder aux beaux jours. Un rapport qualité-prix imbattable". Le Guide du Routard, Alpes 2009/2010. We are really pleased that our guests have recommended us.

We also have a new terasse, come here and try it out! A cold bear in our relaxpergola after a day in the mountains...life can be good :)

Whats next?

Sunday the 29 of July: Defi du Granon, a running and roadbike competition. A climb on 1063 m on 12 km, one of the toughest in the area. Interested??

http://www.cyclo-lucalphand.com/granon/accueil.html

Welcome to La Maison du Bez!

More Pics

2009-02-12T12:07:00.007+01:00

Bez by night

2009-02-12T12:01:00.005+01:00

Best snow season ever Pär walked back late one night and could'nt resist a photo session.

Le Bez looks magic....... And It's still snowing !!!!

Booze

2009-01-13T18:44:00.004+01:00

20th day straight on the mountain and still loving it, sun snow and the daily espresso at the mountain top cafe' and life was good as always, then I started thinking, should I spend my last 5 bucks in my pocket on a chocolate bar on the hill? No, so I went down to the local supermarket to get some food but the girl at the till looked so good I started thinking about booze.. I realized I could get 3 bottles of champagne for less than 5 bucks,,, after a short chat with the girl I walked out with 3 bottles and a big smile, it was still early in the afternoon and time to suck down a couple of smokes while sippin on champagne the french way.... I love France!!

Still drinking, gotta go:)

Love

Red

Chicks on the mountain

2009-01-12T19:21:00.003+01:00

Don't you always wish you can do you favorite thing and hang out with a bunch of chicks?
Well come to Serre Chevalier, I went freeriding then chilling at a mountain top cafe' then to the park and it was chicks everywhere..... :)
It seems like the sun are draging them out, like in the city or the beach a hot summer day.

Yes to girls on the mountain:)

Here's a pic of one of the hotties, Emma, Hotel la Bez's best skier chick of all time.

PS: The Sweet team went to bed at 10.30pm... what more can I say :)

Pease out

Red

Sunshine

2009-01-11T16:49:00.003+01:00

Another crisp and bluebird day.
The pow are getting harder to find but after a short hike we hit jackpot yet another time.
Still no people on the hill so we pretty much have the whole mountain for ourselves.
The Sweet team have been living here for a week now, they been traveling all around to get some good footage but one thing is clear they are afraid of booze:) maybe it's because they all wear helmets.....:)
Well they are claiming tonight is the big night out and as we speak they are drinking, I will get back on this...

Here is picture of Nicklas ( the amazing chef) looking for blueberries.... and getting stuck at the same time

Rock out

Red

Chute de neige, Serre Chevalier

2008-11-30T11:12:00.002+01:00

Voici le webcam de l'Yret à Serre Chevalier Monetier les Bains le 24 novembre 2008. Aujourd'hui, dimanche le 30 novembre, il neige encore !!! Le domaine skiable de Serre Chevalier est ouvert à partir du 13 décembre.... pensez à réserver bien en avance pour les périodes de vacances scolaires.

Nouvelles photos en ligne

2008-08-27T11:06:00.003+02:00

Visitez notre site http://www.hoteldubez.com/ pour voir les nouvelles photos du restaurant, du salon avec cheminée, des chambres, etc...
A bientôt sur les pistes de Serre Chevalier....

Nouveau hiver 2008 2009 : Les Grands Bains

2008-08-23T18:27:00.002+02:00

Ouvert depuis août 2008 à Serre Chevalier - Monetier les Bains :
Accès à l’Espace « Grands Bains » Bassin intérieur à débordement, équipé de lits bouillonnants, d’un parcours de massages sous l’eau, de colonnes immergées et d’un bain bouillonnant. Activités autour du bassin : trilogie romaine (frigidarium, tépidarium, caldarium), hammam, bassin d’eau salée, grotte musicale, espace minéral, banquettes de marbre chaud.

Serre Chevalier Hiver 2008 2009

2008-08-23T18:12:00.002+02:00

La station de ski de Serre Chevalier sera ouvert du 13 décembre 2008 au 25 avril 2009.
Pensez à réserver au plus tôt, surtout pendant les vacances scolaires.
A bientôt à l'hôtel La Maison du Bez pour la saison 2008/2009.

Dernière chute de neige

2008-03-24T15:40:00.003+01:00

Grosse chute de neige sur Serre Chevalier vendredi 21 mars 2008.
Samedi matin nous avions 40 cm..... une journée de rêve, poudreuse et soleil sont au rendez-vous !!!!