Chalet Nightingale

Chalet Nightingale is a catered chalet in Alpe d'Huez, sleeping 7. It sits in the resort centre, which puts the shops, the bars and the Christmas market on the doorstep rather than at the end of a bus ride. Cots and family rooms are available, which is the detail that decides it for anyone travelling with small children. It has a hot tub and a sauna. In the last week of December the afternoons are short and everybody comes in cold, which is when an outdoor hot tub stops being a luxury and earns its place.

Alpe d'Huez scores 74 out of 100 on our Christmas Snow Score, with the village at 1860m. That is among the more dependable places to be skiing in Christmas week.

7 beds is the classic family or small-group size. Being catered, nobody spends Christmas Day in the kitchen, which is the single strongest argument for a chalet over an apartment in this particular week.

Check the bed configuration directly with the operator — how a chalet divides its beds matters more at Christmas than the headline number.

Chalet Nightingale is in the centre of Alpe d'Huez. The usual arrival airports for Alpe d'Huez are Grenoble (GNB), Lyon (LYS). We do not publish transfer times, because they swing widely with traffic and road conditions on a Saturday in Christmas week.

Christmas week 2026 runs 19 Dec – 26 Dec 2026 — the Saturday-to-Saturday changeover most Alpine chalets work to, with Christmas Day falling mid-week.

Alpe d'Huez scores 74 out of 100 on our Christmas Snow Score. The page for Christmas chalets in Alpe d'Huez shows how that is worked out and what Christmas in the village is actually like.