TH la Thuile - Planibel Hotel

Staff very pleasant, helpful and friendly. Rooms spotless but just a little too small for two. Spa charge €4 for towel on each visit, ridiculous in what they rate as a 4* hotel. Food just adequate but dining area industrial with huge numbers milling around serving stations. Like a large canteen rather than a hotel dining area. Very well located, close to ski school meeting area and gondola. Perfect choice for skiing but zero atmosphere, cold and neutral atmosphere.

The whole family enjoyed our holiday. We would change nothing. The hotel is excellent and the area is beautiful. We will go again.

This hotel has had an upgrade: the rooms are modern and stylish with new bathrooms since my last visit. The location is excellent, right by the slopes and main cable car. The hotel is clean and functional. Dining is a collective affair and ruthlessly efficient. It is all buffet style and you even have to collect salt and pepper. Many staff are there to feed you and others to take empty plates away the moment you rest your fork and knife. I’d advise buying drinks in the bar to take in as ordering a drink or finding someone to give you a wine list is difficult as there are no floating staff - they all rush around clearing tables and bringing out food, which is plentiful. The bar is bland, soulless and like a community centre with a large TV blaring out senseless game shows at all hours. I ended up walking down to the Miramonte hotel which has a lovely bar if you want a nice drink in a pleasant environment. There is nowhere to sit quietly in the hotel. You can’t charge drinks or any extras to the room. As in previous reviews the lifts are temperamental and inadequate. This is a perfect place to eat, ski and sleep but feels like an institution rather than a hotel.