GREEN RUN
Good, clean fun for
visitors with
children in tow
Families are well-taken care of
in Verbier. For somewhere to
stay, try
LA CORDÉE DES
ALPES
(
hotels.easyJet.com
),
with child-friendly apartments
and a lovely swimming pool;
while
THE HÔTEL
VANESSA
(
hotels.easyJet.
com
)
has suites and double
rooms with additional beds.
For snow fun, luxury chalet
SOLMAI
(
solmai.com) can
arrange horse-drawn sleigh
rides, dog-sledding and
tobogganing. On hitting the
slopes, book the kids into
LES ELFES
(
leselfes.com)
ski school and crèche
opposite Le Grand Combin lift.
For a change of pace, head
to the
VERBIER SPORTS
CENTRE
(
centre-sportif-
verbier.ch
)
for ice skating, a
children’s play area, climbing
wall and a swimming pool.
Come dinnertime, Sawyer
suggests you “try the bento
box selection, 6pm to 9pm, at
the
HOTEL FARINET
LOUNGE BAR
[
hotelfarinet.
com
] –
before it gets too
busy!” Or
AL CAPONE’S
(
alcapone-verbier.com
),
which
offers good-value pizzas.
Out of town, there’s much
to recommend as well, such
as the hot-spring baths of
LAVEY LE BAINS
(
lavey-
les-bains.ch
)
down in the
valley. “It’s a favourite of mine
that not a lot of people know
about. It’s best at night, with
steam and snow all around as
you swim.” With the
‘
hottest thermal waters in
Switzerland’, it has a 1,600m
2
pool with a whirlpool,
waterfalls and underwater
currents, as well as saunas, a
Turkish hammam and
therapeutic spa treatments.
For a day away from the
slopes, take a scenic hour’s
drive to Mauvoisin up at a
dead-end of the Val de Bagnes
and only accessible through a
series of avalanche tunnels.
“
It’s probably the prettiest
place around,” says Sawyer.
“
It’s a hamlet of super-old
wooden chalets – a place that
time forgot.” Be sure to stop
by tiny restaurant
LE
MAZOT
(
tel: +41 (0)27 778
1147)
in Fionnay on the way
back for local specialities of
cheese, meats and fondue.
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