Christmas Chalets in Les Menuires

France · Christmas week 19 Dec – 26 Dec 2026

We list 9 Christmas chalets in Les Menuires, France, sleeping from 6 to 10 guests. Where we have checked a chalet for Christmas week (19 Dec – 26 Dec 2026), its card says whether it was available and what the week cost. Further down is the snow measured in Les Menuires on Christmas morning since 1996.

9 chalets in Les Menuires with the partner sites that take Christmas bookings.

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A good-value, ski-in ski-out base in the Belleville valley, with the whole of Les 3 Vallées on the doorstep.

Quick answers about Christmas in Les Menuires

Is there usually snow in Les Menuires at Christmas?
Not reliably. At the Les Menuires weather station at village height (1,800 m, in the resort), there was at least 30cm of snow on the ground on Christmas morning in 13 of the 29 years measured since 1996; the thinnest was 0cm in 2016. Les Menuires scores 48 out of 100 on our Christmas Snow Score. That is how often there has been snow, not a forecast: conditions vary from season to season and nobody can promise them.
What is Christmas actually like in Les Menuires?
Well organised, if not picturesque. Last season a Christmas market ran at La Croisette in the week before Christmas; on Christmas Eve Les Bruyères had a sound and light show, a torchlit descent and fireworks, and Father Christmas visited La Croisette on Christmas Day.
When is Christmas week in Les Menuires this season?
For Christmas 2026, Christmas Day is a Friday, so the Christmas week runs from Saturday 19 to Saturday 26 December. Most chalets in Les Menuires are let by the week, so that is the week to search for.
Winter in Les Menuires
Photo by Yann Allegre on Unsplash

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Sat 19 Dec – Sat 26 Dec 2026 · 7 nights · 8 guests

Chalets in Les Menuires you can book now

These links open our partners’ own sites for Les Menuires. Booking.com and Expedia open with Christmas week already selected.

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Getting to Les Menuires for Christmas week

Each link opens a live search for 19 Dec – 26 Dec 2026, flying into Geneva, one of the usual airports for Les Menuires. Prices and availability are on the partner’s site. Planning the flights, chalet and car hire.

  • Flights from London to Geneva

    Kiwi.com · return, 19 Dec – 26 Dec 2026 · any London airport; change it on Kiwi.com

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  • Car hire at Geneva airport

    Expedia · collect and return at the airport, 19 Dec – 26 Dec 2026

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Or book it together: Expedia’s flight + hotel search from London to Geneva, with a stay in Les Menuires for the same week.

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Chalets in Les Menuires

Your dates and group size

Sat 19 Dec – Sat 26 Dec 2026 · 7 nights · 8 guests

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Les Menuires was built in the 1960s, and the older blocks around La Croisette show it. The newer quarters of Reberty and Les Bruyères are built in wood and stone and are more attractive, and the whole resort sits on the snow, so ski-in, ski-out is the norm rather than the exception.

The skiing is the draw. Les Menuires is in the Belleville valley of Les 3 Vallées, with Val Thorens up the valley and Méribel and Courchevel beyond, and its own slopes are wide, open and well suited to intermediates. It costs noticeably less than its neighbours, which makes it a sensible base for families and groups who want the big area without the big-name bill.

Christmas in Les Menuires

Well organised, if not picturesque. Last season a Christmas market ran at La Croisette in the week before Christmas; on Christmas Eve Les Bruyères had a sound and light show, a torchlit descent and fireworks, and Father Christmas visited La Croisette on Christmas Day.

Our Christmas atmosphere rating: 3 out of 5

Where this comes from
  • lesmenuires.com — Christmas market at La Croisette (19–25 Dec), Christmas Eve show, torchlit descent and fireworks at Les Bruyères, Father Christmas at La Croisette on 25 Dec, New Year's Eve programme
  • static.lesmenuires.com — Official 2025–26 entertainment programme
  • en.wikipedia.org — Belleville valley location in Les 3 Vallées between Saint-Martin-de-Belleville and Val Thorens

If you are not skiing

Limited. There are winter walking trails and the old village of Saint-Martin-de-Belleville down the valley, but the resort is built around skiing.

Christmas Snow Score

48/ 100

1,850m2,850m

Weather-dependent

48 out of 100 — more dependent on the weather in late December. The strongest factor here is the village altitude. The village sits at 1850 m and loses its snow first. Snow in the Alps varies from one December to the next, and no resort can promise cover on a given week.

What went into it

Measured Christmas snowAt least 30cm of snow on the ground on 13 of the last 29 Christmas mornings at the Les Menuires station (1800 m)
25% weight45
Village altitudeThe village sits at 1850 m and loses its snow first
20% weight70
Top of the ski areaThe skiing reaches 2850 m, and high ground holds cover in a thin December
15% weight45
Snowmaking coverageSnowmaking covers 52% of pistes and opens the season when snowfall is late
12% weight52
Glacier accessNo glacier
8% weight0

The Christmas Snow Score compares resorts on how often there has been snow on the ground on Christmas morning, measured at weather stations over the last thirty years, with altitude, snowmaking and glacier access. It describes how reliable a resort tends to be, not what the snow will do this year — Alpine conditions vary from season to season and nobody can promise them. How the Snow Score works and how the resorts compare

Resort figures from the source we checked on 22 September 2026.

Snow on Christmas morning in Les Menuires

How much snow was on the ground on 25 December, each year since 1996, measured at the nearest weather station. This is what the resort’s Christmas Snow Score is built on.

In the village: Les Menuires, 1,800 m

0.3 km from Les Menuires. At least 30cm on the ground on 13 of 29 Christmas mornings measured since 1996. Typical depth 27cm; least 0cm in 2016; most 82cm in 2019.

No reading since 17 April 2026; this station reports in the snow season.

0cm50cm100cmChristmas 1996: 65cmChristmas 1997: 19cmChristmas 1998: 30cmChristmas 1999: 48cmChristmas 2000: 2cmChristmas 2001: 7cmChristmas 2002: 5cmChristmas 2003: 18cmChristmas 2004: 27cmChristmas 2005: 25cmChristmas 2006: 11cmChristmas 2007: 40cmChristmas 2008: 54cmChristmas 2009: 32cmChristmas 2010: 50cmChristmas 2011: 78cmChristmas 2012: 64cmChristmas 2013: 26cmChristmas 2014: 8cmChristmas 2015: 5cmChristmas 2016: 0cmChristmas 2017: 64cmChristmas 2018: 27cmChristmas 2019: 82cm2020: no readingChristmas 2021: 44cmChristmas 2022: 5cmChristmas 2023: 21cmChristmas 2024: 50cmChristmas 2025: 11cm30cm1996200020052010201520202025
Christmas morning snow depth at Les Menuires, year by year
ChristmasSnow on the ground
202511cm
202450cm
202321cm
20225cm
202144cm
201982cm
201827cm
201764cm
20160cm
20155cm
20148cm
201326cm
201264cm
201178cm
201050cm
200932cm
200854cm
200740cm
200611cm
200525cm
200427cm
200318cm
20025cm
20017cm
20002cm
199948cm
199830cm
199719cm
199665cm

Measured on the morning of 25 December by Météo-France (Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0).

How Les Menuires compares with the other resorts we measure: the Christmas Snow Report.

Compare Les Menuires for Christmas

Common questions about Christmas in Les Menuires

How high is Les Menuires?

The village sits at 1,850m, and the lift-served ski area reaches 2,850m. Altitude matters at Christmas because high ground holds snow in a thin December; the measured Christmas record on this page shows how that has played out year by year. Figures checked on 22 September 2026 against the source listed on this page.

Is Les Menuires good for families at Christmas?

Les Menuires is one of the better family choices we cover. The beginner terrain is good, which matters with children. This is our editorial judgement rather than a measurement, and the resort page explains the reasoning.

Can a beginner learn to ski in Les Menuires at Christmas?

Yes — Les Menuires has good beginner terrain. One thing to weigh at Christmas specifically: nursery slopes are usually the lowest terrain in a resort and so the first to be thin in December. Here, that is worth taking seriously in a poor December.

Which airport do you fly into for Les Menuires?

The usual arrival airports are Geneva (GVA), Lyon (LYS), Chambéry (CMF), Grenoble (GNB). Transfer times swing widely with traffic and road conditions on a Saturday in Christmas week, so treat any published drive time as a minimum and ask your transfer company for a figure they will stand behind.

Can I book a chalet in Les Menuires through this site?

We list 9 chalets in Les Menuires, but we do not take bookings ourselves: we are not a travel agent and we take no bookings or payments. We link to partners who do, and the links on this page go to their live Christmas availability. If you book through one we may earn a commission, which does not change your price.

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