Chalet Le Chaînon

Very neat and functional place with a lot of space indoor and outdoor. The guest support was excellent as well.

As grandparents, we and our son's family of four were on vacation for a week in August. The house is very large on the ground floor and the rooms also offer plenty of space and storage space. The newly renovated kitchen is well equipped. Only the coffee spoons were not enough. There is also a Nespresso machine. The beds were good and there was enough space in the closets. The closets in the rooms smelled a bit musty. The bathrooms are quite small and space to hang up the wet towels is very limited. In the living room we found remains of peanuts and other nibbles under the seats. The specified forest is a few meters wide with tall trees on the property. Directly behind it is an access road to Crans Montana, where you can drive at 60 km / h and it is sometimes very noisy. Unfortunately, the "forest" also hides the view of the beautiful Rhone Valley and the mountains. The large play area is not fenced, so the children need a lot of attention because of the road. The existing swing is in poor condition. Crans Montana also offers many opportunities for hiking, excursions and games and even swimming in summer. The nearby playground in Bluche offers many opportunities for schoolchildren, and overall you could do more with the house.

No one was present on arrival. The house seemed to have been closed for a long time and gave a somewhat musty impression. But once it was illuminated, that impression disappeared. The owner could only provide an explorer card for five people, so we had to provide a map for the rest of our party through the tourist office. There was no seal on the sink in the kitchen and the replacement of the person who normally handles such things promised to replace it, but we have not seen it again. Of course, this is not insurmountable. There was no explanation about the sorting of waste and the mandatory waste bags of the municipality. For the rest, the small kitchen was super well equipped with every conceivable item. There is even an extra refrigerator in the basement. There is a pleasant, large, well-appointed living space, but the bathrooms are very small. The disadvantage is that the ground floor is an "en-suite" bathroom that belongs to one bedroom. This means that the super small bathroom from upstairs, where there is not even a tablet to place things, serves for four bedrooms. Only part of the garden furniture could be used immediately, the rest we had to wash thoroughly ourselves. The house is very quietly situated in a hamlet of Crans Montana, at some distance from the center, where the shops are. That was certainly not a problem for us. There are some restaurants and a bus stop nearby.