Chalet Samuel

Chalet Samuel is a catered chalet in Courchevel, sleeping 8. It is ski-in/ski-out, so skis go on at the door and the day ends without a walk in boots, which helps with a group at Christmas. Skiworld class this one as a luxury property — their classification, not ours. 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.

We have not published a Christmas Snow Score for Courchevel yet — its altitude figures are still being verified, and the resort page says exactly which ones.

8 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 Samuel is in the centre of Courchevel. The usual arrival airports for Courchevel are Geneva (GVA), Lyon (LYS), Chambéry (CMF). We do not publish transfer times, because they swing widely with traffic and road conditions on a Saturday in Christmas week.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.

Courchevel scores 57 out of 100 on our Christmas Snow Score. The page for Christmas chalets in Courchevel shows how that is worked out and what Christmas in the village is actually like.