Name: Hotel Borsari
Address: Chamonix, FR
Price range: From $217

Hotel Borsari, ChamonixHotel Borsari in Chamonix, France has a corrected score of 4.0 ± 0.4 (thin evidence, 1 of 4 platforms), ranked 14 of 109 hotels we score in Chamonix. Its platform ratings, normalised to 0-5, average 4.5 before correction: Google 4.5. Rooms from about $217 a night (cached, not a live quote).Hotel Borsari is a design-led hotel in Martigny, in the Swiss Alps near the junction of France, Switzerland and Italy. Its rooms take inspiration from historic wine storage tanks, and the building mixes 19th-century agro-industrial character with midcentury and Roman touches, fitting for a town with visible ruins and thermal baths. Facilities include a restaurant, bar, the Café Alphonse coffee shop, a swimming pool, massage services, free WiFi, bicycle parking and a 24-hour front desk, and pets and children are welcome. Rates start around $217 a night. It sits 76 km from Geneva International Airport, so allow time for the transfer, and the low-tech, analogue atmosphere will not suit guests wanting extensive in-room gadgetry.What stands out

Warm, welcoming staff

Pool and hot tubs praised

Large, bright, clean rooms

Thoughtful retro-modern design

Watch out for

76 km from Geneva airport

Deliberately low-tech, analogue feel

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