Overall Ratings & Reviews TH La Thuile - Planibel Residence

Fantastic newly renovated apartment overlooking the lift and slopes.

Right at foot of the slopes - perfect location!

Extra charges to access the spa. Attitude of some of the restaurant staff was appalling.

This is not a 4 star hotel or residence by any standards. It just is big. It is tired in design with limited offerings. Restaurants and food isn’t exciting which is quite something for Italy. Swimming pool is basic and cold for an Alpine swimming. The residences are very basic. The lifts are old and noisy. We could barely sleep as our room backed into a lift shaft. Hotel staff didn’t care. The La Thuile ski areas are great with many nice wide runs. The hotel and residences are well placed for ski in / ski out.

We arrived at 1530, for a 1700 check in and the hotel was utter chaos. Cars everywhere on the ramp causing congestion with no way past. Eventually got into the car park and lugged all our stuff into reception by 1545. The reception area was like a zoo. Bags, skis, and people everywhere. We were eventually seen and told our room would be ready in 30 minutes and to go back. 30 minutes later, I went back and was ignored by 4 receptionists who just kept walking past. Eventually the original guy I spoke to turned up, and our room still wasnt ready. It was finally ready at 1715. The instructions to get to our room were incomprehensible and involved walking back through the dark dingy maze that was the underground car park, to find a random lift that even the receptionist didn't know how to find. Amazingly we found it and got to our room. Room was big and clean but the bathroom was tiny. Anyone with more than a 36" waist would not be able to fit in the shower. The room was quite cold too, even with the thermostat turned right up. Good location though, close to lifts and very centrally located.

Stayed in the residence - self catered apartments - which have been nicely modernised over the last few years. Basic setup but has everything you need for a ski trip , and the property is right next to the lifts so virtually ski-in, ski-out. Value for money can’t be beaten anywhere in the alps. Decent choice of bars and restaurants in the vicinity and the wider town.

Great location and apartments. Ski lift is literally 100 metres away. Few things which could have been better were not having to pay for the pool area which seemed crazy and the friendliness of the staff in the bar area who always seemed unfriendly.

Excellent

We had a great time. However we opted to pay in full on arrival yet half the payment was taken out of my account without permission 1 month before hand. After constant communication between Hotels.com and myself this was not refunded and I incurred international banking fees.

Great location and has direct access to slopes (10 meters away) and gondola (30meters away). Town restaurants 10 mins walk away and a couple of restaurants and takeaway on site. Two ski hire companies 2 mins away. Although rooms are dated, small, they met our needs except you cannot regulate the temperature in the rooms and need a local adaptor for kettle. If you are looking for just room and a bed, these are perfect, dont expect luxury. Underground car parking 10 euro a day and local free bus to Couymayeur to add in another resort to ski in, that your ski pass will cover. Great resort for families learning to ski, friendly staff and locals. Local ski school was great for the kids and we booked a few private lessons. Good selection of easy blues and reds to learn on and a few black runs are tough and steep, if you want to test your ability. Slopes not busy and well looked after. Would recommend La Thuile for long weekend

Last spent time here 20 years ago. It hasn't been refurbished in that time and things are looking really quite tired. Great access to the lifts though

Location is good, but it has been many years since this was a four star hotel. We stayed in an apartment and it was worn, moldy and slightly smelly. First they tried to give us a smaller apartment than what we had booked, so we had to insist on our reservation. Will not go there again even if La Thuile is pretty nice.

Cheap and cheerful Adequate for our needs Great location

Property have unique location for skiing, but rooms are VERY OLD FASHION, 50 years old furniture, terrible bathroom, NO WIFI.

The apartments are superbly positioned for ski in ski out. The hotel is very dated but functional. The only thing that I would see as unacceptable is there is no cleaning or change of towels throughout the week. When I contacted reception they informed me that if I wanted the room cleaned and a change of towels it would cost €20 each time. This is the first hotel that I have stayed at that it is not part of the price.

Conveniently located close to the Ski lift. Supermarket on site and various bars and other stores. Apartment was fine and clean. Would have like a few more utensils in the kitchen.

The location was great. But it took a long time to do the check in, we had a tall 9 people minivan that did not fit in the garage, so we had to park in a public parking lot down the street,

We (family of 4) spent 5 nights in the Cervino building. Pros: the location was perfect, the apartment convenient to spend time before and after skiing, have simple meals, spacious enough for a family with 2 kids. And clean. Cons: the whole place would need some refresh, the absence of any internet service is unacceptable per modern standards, information from staff was poor (we had to figure out where to put the trash or the skis), most amenities are for a charge (pool, parking), noise isolation typical for buildings of that period. But overall our stay went very well. And La Thuile is a top notch place!

Nothing great but certainly nothing bad except for internet connection. Overall it was very good value for money, staff very helpful, everything worked in the room and plenty of hot water.

Close to the Gondolier Station, supermarket, take away, butchers, pub, restaurant and ski rental outlet all on site. Rooms was clean, warm and comfortable, with plenty of hot water.