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Harpers Bazaar Article: The Worlds Coolest Chalets

A rooftop hot tub and views to die for come as standard with the new breed of super-luxe chalets.

FELICE HARDY sorts party pads from firm favourites in her essential guide to the season

FOR AUTHENTIC ALPINE CHARM - LES BARATTES, ARGENTIERE, FRANCE

A break at the hamlet of Chalets Philippe in Le Lavancher, between Chamonix and Argentiére, is a magical way to experience the beauty of Alps. Theatre impresario Philippe Courtines has spent the past 20 years creating this unique resort of seven individually designed chalets, and ... View the full article

Cash clinic: Mountain holiday home becomes pleasant alternative to daily grind

Writer: Melanie Wright

Two high-flying executives swap business for bricks and mortar, writes Melanie Wright

Fed up with the daily grind in Britain, Dean and Serena Pollen-Brooks decided to fulfil their dream of living abroad and five years ago started building a chalet in Chamonix, France.

They raised mortgages based on their salaries at that time, when they were corporate high-flyers, and two years ago the builders finished turning the property into a five-star holiday chalet.

Now it is let out through their luxury chalet company, Pollen-Brooks Leisure.
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The Sunday Times: The latest travel style ideas

Life coaching on skis, Travelodge serves up Cristal, and the Zurich hotel with its own cow

Writer: Stephen Bleach

If you’re on the slippery slope ...
Just the thing if you think you’re going downhill fast: specialised life coaching ... on skis. As if coming to terms with the travails of existence wasn’t tough enough, the upscale Chamonix operator Pollen-Brooks (01344 849135) will provide life coaches and ski instructors to sort out your head and your turns at the same time. Just don’t wipe out and ... View the full article

The Telegraph- Chamonix Magic mountain

Les Barattes, a19th-century chalet, is unusual because of its three floors

Writer: Jessamy Calkin

So that he would have somewhere to store his antique furniture, a theatre impresario from Paris began buying and restoring chalets in Chamonix, eventually creating a small hamlet. It is now open to fairytale-seeking tourists, writes Jessamy Calkin.

Les Chalets de Philippe was the result of a dream that began in 1987, when Philippe Courtines, a music producer and theatre impresario, left behind his hectic life in Paris and arrived in Chamonix.

Here he bought a near-derelict chalet called Les Trolles without even looking inside (years later ... View the full article

Channel 4 World Cup Skiing Feature

Feature review: Nick Fellow - Former British Ski Racer

Recommended accommodation in Chamonix by Channel 4 World Cup Skiing

Les Chalets de Philippe is hamlet of traditional chalets run by Pollen Brooks just above the Chamonix valley. The chalets are perfect for a big group of family or friends.

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