La Croisette
The original centre and the most functional part of the resort. Everything is to hand; little of it is pretty.
Where to Stay in Les Menuires: Value in Les 3 Vallées, Sector by Sector
Les Menuires is where Les 3 Vallées becomes affordable, and the sector you pick matters more here than in any of its neighbours. The resort was built in stages over several decades, and the difference between the earliest and latest parts is visible from the street.
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Les Menuires has a reputation problem that is half deserved. The original 1960s core is genuinely uninspiring to look at, and that image has stuck to the whole resort. But the later sectors were built to a different standard, and a chalet-style apartment in Reberty bears almost no resemblance to a studio in the oldest blocks.
The practical case for staying here is straightforward. You get the same lift pass and the same 600 kilometres of linked terrain as guests paying considerably more one valley over, and the skiing does not care where you slept. If the budget is the binding constraint on a Les 3 Vallées week, this is the answer.
Choose the sector on architecture and altitude, not on the name. Reberty and Les Bruyères are where most visitors end up happiest; Preyerand is the cheapest but adds a lift to the start of every day; La Croisette is the most convenient and the least attractive.
Quick facts
- Département
- Savoie (73)
- Village altitude
- 1850 m
- Highest lift
- 2850 m
- Piste in resort
- Not yet verified
- Linked ski area
- 600 km
- Lifts
- 28
- Season
- Not yet verified
- From Geneva (GVA)
- 136 min
- From Lyon (LYS)
- 133 min
- Nearest station
- Moûtiers (41 min)
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Best areas to stay in Les Menuires
Les Bruyères
A second, later-built centre with its own lifts and shops. Generally calmer and better looking than La Croisette.
Reberty 1850 / 2000
Chalet-style accommodation with strong piste access. Often the best compromise between looks and convenience here.
Preyerand
The lowest sector, and usually the cheapest. Fine if you accept a lift as the first step of every day.
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Worth knowing before you book
- The same 600 km lift pass as Courchevel
- This is the entire argument for staying here. The terrain is identical to what guests one valley over are paying considerably more to reach, and a lift does not check your address.
- The sector matters more here than at any neighbour
- Reberty and Les Bruyères are ordinary modern alpine accommodation. La Croisette is the 1960s core. Booking the resort without checking which sector you are in is the mistake people actually make.
- Preyerand is cheapest and adds a lift to every morning
- It is the lowest sector. Whether that trade works depends entirely on whether your group tolerates a fixed extra step before the skiing starts.
- You share a valley with Val Thorens and Saint-Martin
- All three are Belleville-valley resorts on the same lift network. If your priority is snow certainty rather than price, the same valley offers Val Thorens 450 m higher up.
Who it does not suit
Anyone for whom the look of a place shapes the week. The original 1960s core is bleak, and no amount of newer building elsewhere in the resort changes what you walk through to reach the lifts from La Croisette. Saint-Martin-de-Belleville is fifteen minutes down the same valley and is a real village.
Anyone booking a special occasion. There is comfortable accommodation here, but the service ceiling is lower than in Courchevel or Val d'Isère, and pretending otherwise wastes your money in both directions.
Anyone who wants to walk out to a choice of restaurants. The dining is functional rather than plentiful. Méribel and Val Thorens both give you more to choose from within a few minutes on foot.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Les Menuires as unattractive as its reputation suggests?
Parts of it, yes — the original centre is a product of 1960s resort planning and looks it. But that describes one sector, not the resort. Reberty and Les Bruyères are ordinary modern alpine accommodation and photograph nothing like the images the name tends to bring up.
How much cheaper is it than Courchevel or Méribel?
Meaningfully, though we do not publish rates because they move constantly. Use the map above with your actual dates and compare against the same dates in the neighbouring valleys — that comparison is more useful than any figure we could print here.