Name: Hotel Alpaga
Address: Sallanches, FR
Price range: From $599

Hotel Alpaga, SallanchesHotel Alpaga in Sallanches, France has a corrected score of 3.9 ± 0.2 (fair evidence, 2 of 4 platforms), ranked 8 of 16 hotels we score in Sallanches. Its platform ratings, normalised to 0-5, average 4.1 before correction: Booking.com 4.1, Tripadvisor 4.1. Rooms from about $599 a night (cached, not a live quote).Hotel Alpaga is a five-star property in Megève in the French Alps, arranged as 33 rooms and suites across private chalets in a hamlet-like setting. Guests get views of Mont Blanc and the Aravis massif from south-facing balconies, plus a spa with body treatments, heated indoor and outdoor pools, a sauna, a fitness centre and a Michelin-starred restaurant. Skiing, snow sports instruction and mountain biking can be arranged, and the hotel is family friendly and pet friendly, with valet parking and room service. It suits travellers wanting an upmarket alpine base who do not mind being away from the centre of town; the location is out of the village, so a shuttle is needed to get around.What stands out

Chalet-style buildings with Mont Blanc views

Michelin-starred restaurant on site

Indoor and outdoor heated pools

Ski and mountain bike activities arranged

Watch out for

Some distance from Megève town centre

Shuttle service could be better organised

Better-scored in Sallanches

Le Chalet Hotel Cordon, Sallanches: 4.3 ± 0.4 (thin evidence, 1 of 4 platforms). Le Chalet Hotel Cordon is a four-star, adults-only chalet hotel in the village of Cordon, in the French Alps between Megeve and Sallanches.

Flocons De Sel, Sallanches: 4.2 ± 0.2 (fair evidence, 2 of 4 platforms), from $560 a night. Flocons de Sel is a five-star Relais & Châteaux property on a mountainside above Megève in the French Alps.

Le M De Megeve, Sallanches: 4.0 ± 0.2 (fair evidence, 2 of 4 platforms), from $296 a night. Le M de Megève is a five-star boutique chalet hotel in the centre of Megève, a ski village at the foot of Mont Blanc.