Araucaria Hotel & Spa

Great facilities in a fabulous location. Excellent food choices and very friendly staff. Would love to return. Rooms are clean with great balcony views of the slopes on one side and Mont Blanc on the other. The staff could not have been more helpful and more friendly. Would definitely recommend for family ski holidays in a great resort.

Araucaria is located in a nice spot right at the core of Plagne Centre. You can easily access by foot the main lifts (requiring a bit of walking though - it is not a pure ski in / ski out as I've experienced elsewhere). It was nicely conceptualised taking advantage of a not-so-big building but including all needed services - warm common area, spa, buffet restaurant, ski shop. However, I felt the hotel was not being managed up to the standards it was built. Service was ok but not exceptional - I do not remember a wow moment when I felt the staff went beyond what was expected. The restaurant was nicely designed, with attractive food stations, but sometimes the food was not very good. As an example, fruit choice at breakfast and dinner was very poor. We had a family room which was large enough and nicely designed but it was not very well cleaned.

Amazing Spa with a pool, steam room, sauna and ice too. Amazing staff who were all so helpful. Amazing location - ski in and out. Slopes are literally outside the front door.