The Alpina Lodge Vanoise can host small seminars, team retreats, club trips and family gatherings for groups of 10 to 35 people, year-round. It has a meeting room, 14 bedrooms with private bathrooms, four apartments and a dining room for up to 35. In spring and autumn the whole hotel can be hired privately. The hotel stands on rue de l'Église in Aussois, a mountain village at 1,500 meters in the Haute-Maurienne, at the edge of the Vanoise National Park.
Seminars and company events
The hotel targets companies looking for a meeting away from the office, with a meeting room on site and team activities at hand. The Esseillon forts, a chain of early 19th-century fortifications listed as historic monuments, are a short distance away and suit an outdoor team building day. Hiking starts from the hotel door, and in winter a free shuttle runs to the Aussois ski lifts. The group page also serves clubs and associations, for example a cycling club tackling the Iseran or Galibier passes, or a botany group using the meeting room for evening talks.
Groups get breakfast, packed lunches, a secure storage room for bikes and skis, and free Wi-Fi throughout the hotel. The hotel can arrange transfers from Modane.
Rooms and capacities
The meeting room is available for group sessions; its capacity is not published. The dining room seats up to 35 people and serves for group meals and evening activities. A lounge with a fireplace and a bar adds space for informal discussions. The panoramic terrace faces the Vanoise peaks.
Accommodation
The hotel has 14 bedrooms, each with a private bathroom and toilet. They come in four types: Classic rooms of 9 square meters, Comfort rooms of 11 square meters with wood-paneled walls, Superior rooms of 12 square meters with a balcony and mountain view, and Family rooms for up to five people. The second floor was converted into four apartments, from studio to two-bedroom, sleeping two to six with a kitchen.
On private hire, the hotel accommodates 15 to 35 people, with beds made on arrival and towels provided.
Catering
The classic restaurant has been replaced by a room service menu of artisanal dishes prepared in jars, delivered to rooms or served in the dining room. A buffet breakfast with regional cheeses and homemade jams runs from 7:30 to 10 a.m. For groups, dinner can be served as a buffet or booked at a local restaurant. On private hire, groups use the kitchen in self-catering mode, with ovens, microwaves, large fridges and professional coffee machines, or bring a local caterer.
History and setting
The hotel opened in 1947 as the Hôtel du Soleil. Caroline and François, the current owners, renamed it Alpina Lodge Vanoise when they converted the second floor into apartments and changed the dining offer. The hotel faces the baroque church of Notre-Dame de l'Assomption. Wellness areas include an indoor sauna, hot tub, steam cabin and massage room, plus a rooftop with a bubble-shaped panoramic sauna and a Nordic bath at 38°C.
Getting there
Modane station is 7 kilometers away, with direct TGV trains from Paris in under four hours, then bus or taxi to Aussois. By road, take the A43 to exit 30, Modane, then the D215. Chambéry airport is about one hour away by road; Lyon and Grenoble are about 1 hour 30, Geneva 2 hours 30.
