SmartStay Chalet Ruitor Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise

SmartStay Chalet Ruitor Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise is a self-catered chalet in Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise, sleeping 14 in 6 bedrooms. The nearest lift, Grand Plan Ski Lift, is about 1.5km away, so plan on a bus or a drive to the snow each morning. It has a hot tub and a fireplace. In the last week of December the afternoons are short and everybody comes in cold, which is when a hot tub stops being a luxury and starts being the best thing in the resort. Beds: 5 extra-large doubles, 2 singles and 1 double, with 7 bathrooms.

Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise scores 41 out of 100 on our Christmas Snow Score, with the village at 1550m. That makes it more weather-dependent than most in late December, which is worth weighing before you book.

At 14 guests this is a whole-group chalet — two or three families, or the kind of Christmas where everybody comes. Pets are allowed, so the dog can come for Christmas too. It is self-catered, so you cook — including on the 25th. That suits groups who want to eat on their own schedule.

It is not ski-to-door, so factor in getting to the lifts each morning. Resort supermarkets keep short and unpredictable hours over Christmas and many close entirely on the 25th. Order ahead or shop on arrival. A chalet this size usually only goes as a whole, so it is a better fit for a group that has already formed. Check the bed layout and what is included (linen, towels, final cleaning) on Booking.com before you book — Christmas week is often sold as a fixed seven nights.

SmartStay Chalet Ruitor Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise is in Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise. The nearest lift listed is Grand Plan Ski Lift, about 1.5km away. The usual arrival airports for Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise are Chambéry Savoie Mont Blanc (CMF), Geneva (GVA), Lyon Saint-Exupéry (LYS), Grenoble Alpes Isère (GNB). We do not publish transfer times, because they swing widely with traffic and road conditions on a Saturday in Christmas week.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.

Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise scores 41 out of 100 on our Christmas Snow Score. The Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise resort page shows how that is worked out and what Christmas in the village is actually like.