How to get there

Closest airports CMF/GNB/GVA/LYS. To get to St Gervais from Chambery Aix Les Bains airport (CMF), Grenoble/Saint Geoirs Airport (GNB), Geneve-Cointrin Airport (GVA) 70km away and Lyon-St Exupery airport (LYS) 195km away.

Official Rating - 2 * - Half Board

La Regina hotel, located in the beautiful spa town of St Gervais, offers flexible and comfortable accommodation and great food in a classic alpine setting, perfect for either mountain enthusiasts or holiday makers looking for a relaxing break in a beautiful French town. The hotel offers an idyllic escape for sport, leisure or business. Situated close to Mont Blanc and directly between the other Haute Savoie towns of Chamonix and Megeve, it provides the perfect base for winter vacations in the French Alps.

Accommodation and Facilities

The hotel has 15 single, double/twin and triple rooms (three adults or two adults & a child), all with ensuite shower or bathrooms, hairdryers, CD/DVD players, new bed linen, fluffy towels, toiletries and a well stocked mini bar.

The hotel boasts its own courtyard cafe/bar, dining room and residents lounge. The restaurant serves a full breakfast, a delicious combination of traditional French and modern European cuisine, and has a carefully selected wine list to complement one’s meal.

The lounge is airy yet cosy with large comfortable leather sofas for lounging, reading or enjoying a well earned drink after a hard day on the mountain or sightseeing. At guests’ disposal there is also wireless internet access (BYO laptop), UK satellite TV on a large screen, hotel minibus for day trips and airport transfers, ample parking for cars and motorcycles, and at an additional charge cots, high chairs, car seats, baby monitors, baby sitting, child minding and children’s high tea service (subject to availability, prior booking is required). Guests should note that there is a tax per adult per night paid locally.

At St Gervais Les Bains one can find thermal baths, pampering beauty treatments and health-giving therapies. An in-house minibus service runs regularly scheduled trips to the nearby resorts of Les Contamines, Chamonix and Les Houches.

Location

Around 100 years old, the renovated Hotel Le Regina is located in the centre of St Gervais and is ideally situated close to a range of bars, shops and restaurants. The nearest bus stop is 20m from the hotel. St Gervais, a spa town, offers all the beauty of a small Savoyard market town with its traditional buildings, rich heritage, and baroque church and pedestrian areas.

Ski Facts

The Mont Blanc ski region offers an array of typical alpine villages from Argentiere to Megeve with the imposing Mont Blanc as a backdrop. Chamonix offers a multitude of slopes for all levels, each ski area having its own merit. Tremendously long slopes, skiing through the trees, freeride and off-piste, beginner’s slopes: an infinite number of possibilities for snowriders and mountain lovers alike. Chamonixs skiing extends over 3 main areas: Brevent/Flegere, offering south-facing slopes and exceptional views of the Mont-Blanc chain, the Grands Montets, high altitude north-facing slopes which dominate the village of Argentiere and the Balme area, wide open slopes at the top of the Chamonix valley, bordering on Switzerland. Chamonix also offers 3 smaller valley ski areas, ideal for children, beginners, or for experimenting new snowriding techniques. The sister resort of les Houches lies at the opposite end of the valley and is accessible with the Mont-Blanc Unlimited ski pass, along with the resorts of St Gervais, Combloux, Mégève, and Les Contamines; although you would need to drive to enjoy the skiing in these resorts. The Mont Blanc Unlimited ski pass allows you to ski throughout the entire Chamonix valley: Bellevue and Prarion in Les Houches, Flegere, Brevent, Domaine de Balme, the Aiguille du Midi and its famous Vallée Blanche, the Grands Montets. From off-piste to downhill skiing on the famous Verte run in Les Houches, this black run hosts the mens World Cup downhill event during the Kandahar. Make the most of what is on offer in Chamonix and Les Houches. Les Contamines-Montjoie/Hauteluce ski resort is located at the heart of the Mont-Blanc range, between 1164 to 2500m of altitude, a hidden gem!
The les Contamines-Montjoie/Hauteluce ski area: 24 mountain lifts with a capacity of 36000 pers./hr, 75 miles of downhill runs in the linked Evasion ski area; guaranteed quality snow cover (thanks to its 258 snow cannons) and the skiing of your dreams, from the beginning to the end of the season. This sunny, snow-covered skiing region, lies on the Col du Joly, and has some excellent off-piste opportunities.

This information relates to the entire ski region.
Resort altitude: 1049 – 3330 metres / Kilometres of piste: 650 / Number of runs:

Chamonix: Green 12 / Blue 29 / Red 22 / Black 12
Les Houches: Green 4 / Blue 4 / Red 12 / Black 1
St Gervais: Green 12 / Blue 24 / Red 27 / Black11
Megeve: Green 20 / Blue 40 / Red 54 / Black17
Les Contamines: Green 9 / Blue10 / Red 17 / Black11

Number of lifts: 230
Snow Cannons: Good coverage
Cross Country Trails: 145 kilometres
Mountain Huts: Wide selection of restaurants and snack bars on the piste
Snowboarding: Snowparks in the main resorts and unlimited freeride and off-piste possibilities in the Chamonix valley, with particular favourites the Lognon in Argentiere and of course the mythical Vallee Blanche.
Ski Bus Service: Both the lift passes and your guest card (supplied free of charge by your accommodation provider) give you free access to the shuttle bus service within the Chamonix valley. Frequent, environmentally friendly buses serve all the different ski areas - the simplest way to travel. There is a regular bus service linking Les Houches to the rest of the Chamonix Valley, and even a train service through the valley and to St Gervais. All resorts run free ski navettes.

Rentals, Lift Passes & Ski School

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Resort Information

From the top of its 4810m, the Mont-Blanc watches over the village of Saint-Gervais. The presence of the Mont-Blanc is a promise of unique ski panorama and preserved environment.
The Alti-Forme resort: Saint-Gervais is the only resort in the Alpes which makes successfully the alliance of ski and other snow activities with spa treatments at the hot springs.

Saint-Gervais, a large resort: With 116 ski lifts, the Evasion ski area offers 420 km of slopes facing the sublime Mont-Blanc panorama. Saint-Gervais also possesses one of the best snowparks in the Haute-Savoie region, The French snowboard championships were held here in 2002. There is a great ice-hockey team offering different apres-ski opportunities, and the resort itself is large enough to offer a good choice of bars and restaurants, and small enough to retain a real Savoyard village atmosphere. It has a renowned comedy festival, and is close to other famous resorts like Chamonix and Megeve, and only approximately 1 hour from Geneva airport, making it a favoured destination for low-cost airline users.

The Evasion Mont-Blanc ski pass covers the large area of Saint Gervais, Saint Nicolas de Véroce, Megeve and Combloux and also includes the slopes at les Contamines Montjoie and Les Houches (access by the Mont Blanc Tramway).