Hôtel Le Levanna by Les Etincelles

You couldn't get a better location for ski in, ski out. The hotel is beautifully appointed and comfortable. Excellent breakfasts and most evening meals fantastic too, although some food combinations on the set menu were a little weird or disappointing. Majority of staff extremely helpful and friendly. Hotel bar good and nicely decorated, although it shuts quite early. Nice sauna etc facilities. Boot room is spacious with plenty of benches. Tea and coffee making facilities are a plus, as you don't always get them in France. It is a good idea that you can swap with a sister hotel for your evening meal, but in practice, this was tricky to arrange.

It was annoying that all the 'cheaper' (under £40) wines on the menu 'happened' to be out of stock and the staff recommended wines that were twice the price as an alternative. This happened every night, regardless of which wine we ordered. Although most staff were brilliant, there were a couple who let the side down and gave the impression that the guests were a bit of an inconvenience.

The location is as good as it gets! Ski in ski out and close to several restaurants , a pharmacy, a supermarket, a sports shop. ESF (école des ski France, and Évolution 2) are both very close. The vallon blanc , the ski équipement rental shop that the hotel works with is also right next to the hotel and they provide a 25 percent discount to Levanna guests. Everything is walking distance (1 to 5 minutes away). The free bus is right outside the hotel and goes to Val Claret and back (it passes every 15 min during the day). The hotel staff are friendly. Luka at reception is always smiling. Julien was always available to help if anything in the room required maintenance etc. The lady at the restaurant working night shifts for dinner was also welcoming and nice. Breakfast is good but repetitive and somewhat limited in choice (there are no vegetables). We are a family of five and the duplex was spacious for us with two rooms and two bathrooms. The upper room however has very low ceilings and one can easily bump his/her head and the stairs are quite tight. The beds and pillows are very comfortable and we all slept well during our stay. The room was quite warm and we turned the heaters off when sleeping. While the jacuzzi and sauna area was quite small, we still enjoyed using them. In terms of skiing, Tignes was a wonderful choice. It was even snowing three days out of our 6 day stay (which is not common during the last 10 days of April). We booked ski instructors via ESF and given that our kids are beginners, the first days we didn’t have to buy ski passes as the green slopes and one of the blue slopes are accessible for free. Towards the end of our stay, we bought passes from the Maison de Tignes le lac which is also two minutes away by foot from our hotel. There are passes just for Tignes and other passes for Tignes - Val d’Isère for the more advanced skiers.

the location was amazing. the staff very friendly and helpful. beautiful views and very comfortable. would absolutely stay again!

we had a duplex room (I think) the upstairs was very warm and had no windows or circulation. asked for a fan or anything they could provide but there was nothing available.

The breakfast was fine, the location excellent - would be hard to beat. The staff were superb, especially at Reception - nothing was ever too much trouble and always very friendly. Especially the case when my wife injured her knee - even to the extent of Loic actually taking us to the Medical Centre to make sure we could find it (not very obvious!) and to ensure there were no language problems. The rooms were great - good and spacious

The one thing that we felt was lacking was any lounge area for residents to use both during the day (especially when injured) and in the evening. The only public seating area was also the bar for the terrace outside with only a single door straight to the outside. There were never enough bar staff so there were constant queues for a drink, and constant drafts every time the door to the terrace was opened which on a busy day was every couple of minutes. Although advertised as being open till 11pm every night, if they had a lull in customers it got closed and if you'd been a bit late finishing dinner there was nowhere else to sit or get another drink.

The location is truly ski-in ski-out. The rooms are modern, staff are friendly, breakfast has plenty of choice, and the chefs in the hotel restaurant are phenomenal — the vegetarian dinner option is amazing.

The WiFi has some weird give me your email approval process that‘s annoying every time you connect. You already have my email from the booking, just make it a regular password protected WiFi access point? WiFi speed is okay. There seems to be only one vegetarian dinner option, and it’s not listed on the menus. Would not recommend doing half board (prepaying for dinner) if vegetarian, but would recommend going for dinner there once during your stay as it’s exceptionally good.

Great location near the slopes. Rooms clean and well equipped. Amazing breakfast. Good choice of restaurants nearby. Efficient and friendly staff. Special thanks to Louisiane who was very helpful before and during our stay.

Car park lift access a bit tricky but better than nothing.

Nice hotel, small but decent rooms, sufficient breakfast, good diner and directly next to the ski slope. We arrived rather late and although the restaurant had closed already, they served us food in our room.

For breakfast and dinner we would prefer a bit more vegetables. In the room there was no space to sit or work at a table. The spa area is nice, but was not well looked after during opening hours. Restaurant staff was doing their job well, but could be a bit more friendly.

Location is great. Center of the village and very close to a few ski lifts

Spa is irrelevant! Steam sauna wasn't working, Jacoosi wasnt hot enough, finish sauna was 55 deg Celsius which really cold. Breakfast was the same each day, undiverst, no vegtables at all, poor selection. Although deserts were nice

Gourmet food, amazing location, comfortable and clean rooms, reception helps with everything - transfers, ski lessons and equipment. Amazing hotel

Need more place for clothes in general and to hang ski clothes in particular. The jacuzzi and sauna temperatures should be higher

Nice hotel, great room, ok breakfast. Nice bar and good cocktails.

The whole resort smelt of drains. Our master bathroom constantly smelt of toxic drains so left the window open quite a lot. Had to Slee with window open in room as so hot even with all radiators down to 1.