The chalet Le Pré Catin fits perfectly into the village of Bonneval-sur-Arc, classified one of the prettiest of France.
Better yet, the Pré Catin is sometimes chosen by the press to symbolize Bonneval-sur-Arc and we are proud of it!
Space and volumes, qualities of materials, fidelity to the Savoyard spirit are the concepts that guided its transformation, realized by the architect Pierre-Emmanuel Le Prisé, to guarantee your comfort.
The Pre-Catin is divided into 3 apartments.
6, 7 or 8 persons, rentals can be made alone or jointly, for a total capacity of 21 people.
At the chalet entrance, you’ll dispose of a laundry room shared with the 3 apartments, equipped with a washing machine and a tumble dryer.
A ski room is located under the south terrace.
Access to the cottage is easy and clear of snow from the main street of Bonneval.
The chalet is though set back from this street which guarantees an absolute nocturnal silence.
Shops are nearby, the snow area for children and beginners sits at 100 m, the access to other slopes stay at 200 m, the day nursery lays at the foot of the cottage.
Chalet le Pré Catin
The Pre Catin at spring
Arrival at Pré catin
Entrance
Chalet Le Pré Catin
The Pré Catin in its winter coat
When the snow melts
Chalet Le Pré Catin in summer
Chalet Le Pré Catin
Spring
The chalets at fall
The garden at fall
Chalets Pré Catin & Michka
The chalets seen from the chairlift
Balcony
Le Pré Catin seen by the newpaper “Dauphiné Libéré”
You will love this apartment, completely renovated in a contemporary spirit offering a quiet preserved quality environment.
It’s a 5 room of about 116 sqm with modern and smart comfort with high quality services that can accommodate 8 people.
Dominique et Nathalie have well managed its interior design : It is ranked 4 stars ★★★★ in furnished tourism category.
On the ground floor, a room with a 160 cm bed, its bathroom and its private toilet;
A lounge area with fireplace insert opening through large windows on a terrace to the west, a fully equipped contemporary kitchen and dining area overlooking a large terrace facing south;
A second bedroom with four 90 cm bunk beds; independent toilets; a bathroom with bath and double sink;
A third room with a 160cm bed, its bathroom and its private toilet.
On the floor a room with two 90 cm beds.
Furniture, decoration, appliances, crockery, bedding, … are new and of first quality.
Sleeps
8
Bedrooms
4
Bathrooms
3
Rental type
Apartment
Minimun duration
7 nights
Approval
4 stars ★★★★
Living room
Aperitif by the fire
Kitchen and access to south terrace
Pré Catin daemons
Kitchen
Meal area
Savoyard fondue evening
Kitchen entrance seen from the south terrace in summer
Fireplace insert with retractable firewall
Mountain view from the living room
Living room opening to the west on a terrace
south facing 1st bedroom with 160cm bed
South terrace
Walk-in shower of bedroom 3
Bathroom
Private bathroom of bedroom 3
The desk area
The marmots of Pré Catin
Access to 4th bedroom
1st Bedroom and its private bathroom
2nd Bedroom with 4 bedding
3rd Bedroom with 160cm bed and south opening window
You will love the space that characterizes this duplex flat of about 125 m², here in the chalet Le Pré Catin. It offers 7 sleeps and a refined, cozy, warm comfort and quality services. It is the flat of Dominique and Catherine who managed to preserve the authenticity of the historic apartment of their friends Daniel and Josiane, who lived there at the time when the Pre-Catin was a restaurant.
At the round floor :
An entrance,
A shower room (shower, sink, toilet).
Upstairs :
A living room composed of
A kitchen with fridge-freezer, ceramic hob with traditional electric oven, dishwasher, microwave oven, filter and Nespresso coffee machines, toaster, food processor, fondue and raclette devices, etc.
A dining area with a table, benches and chairs for 10 people,
A living room with a fireplace, a sofa and armchairs. This living room opens to the south on a balcony.
A large master bedroom with a 160cm bed, cupboards,
This 60 m2 duplex apartment of 6 beds, decorated with a lot of charm awaits you here in Bonneval-sur-Arc. It is pampered by Cecile and Pierre Emmanuel. "PEL", is the architect who renovated the Pré Catin chalet.
On the ground floor, at the entrance, a room for children receiving 4 individual beds in twice 2-bunk beds; a bathroom (bath and sink), separate toilets.
Upstairs, a living room with a kitchen equipped with a fridge-freezer, ceramic hob, electric oven, dishwasher, microwave, coffee maker, toaster, etc. a dining area, a living room with a stone fireplace, a TV with CD player, a couch (not part of the sleeping capacity of the housing), armchairs. This living room opens to the south on a balcony with a small table and three chairs.
Above the kitchen, perches the double open mezzanine bedroom on the living space. Pets are allowed.
In Savoie, in the heart of the Vanoise National Park and classified one of the most beautiful villages in France, Bonneval-sur-Arc is one of the only ones in the Alps that kept its charm and authenticity.
We offer 5 rentals in 2 chalets close one to the other in the heart of the resort. You can rent several apartments if you are numerous!
The Pré-Catin chalet fits perfectly in the classified village of Bonneval-sur-Arc. Space and volumes, qualities of materials, fidelity to the Savoyard spirit are the concepts that guided its transformation, realized by the architect Pierre-Emmanuel Le Prisé, to guarantee your comfort.
This architect’s chalet is exceptional for its aesthetic qualities combining the traditional materials of the site (stone, larch and slate) and its great comfort. Its large bay windows facing south ensure maximum sunshine and unobstructed views of the mountain and the surrounding landscape. The contemporary and refined interior decoration has been realized by favoring the same materials as outside for a greater aesthetic coherence.
In this chalet, two luxury apartments of 6 and 9 people can be rented alone or together, for a total capacity of 15 people.
Location :
Both chalets are located at : Le Pré Catin, 73480 Bonneval-sur-Arc, France
Shops and services
The day nursery « Les p’tits chabottes » is in the immediate vicinity
By car, make sure you have set your GPS on Bonneval-sur-Arc. There is another Bonneval in Savoie, 160 km from Bonneval-sur-Arc. BEWARE OF YOUR GPS do not go through Albertville – Val d’Isere: In winter, the Iseran pass is closed.
* If you are coming from Chambéry, take the A41 / A43 motorway and follow the direction Turin-Milan to exit 30 “Modane, Haute-Maurienne-Vanoise”
* If you come from Grenoble, take the A41 motorway, follow the direction Chambéry until the A43 Turin-Milan junction, then exit 30 “Modane, Haute-Maurienne-Vanoise”
Then follow the direction “Haute-Maurienne-Vanoise” to Bonneval-sur-Arc
In winter, snow tires and/or snow chains are always recommended and often required. If your engine is diesel, make a full complement of “cold weather diesel” at Sollières or Lanslebourg or the Bonneval-sur-Arc gas station, it is commonly -20 ° C at night.
Bonneval sur Arc in fall
Sur le chemin de l’Ecot
Sur le chemin de l’Ecot
Sur le chemin de l’Ecot
Sur le chemin de l’Ecot
L’Arc
Sur le chemin de l’Ecot
Le hameau de l’Ecot
Le hameau de l’Ecot
Mélèzes en automne
En rentrant au village
Le village vu du chemin des oiseaux
Le village vu du chemin des oiseaux
Sur le chemin des oiseaux
Le village vu du chemin des oiseaux
Le village vu du chemin des oiseaux
Carlina acaulis
Un tapis d’épines de mélèzes
Un tapis d’épines de mélèzes
Toujours le village
Vers l’Ecot
Les premières glaces
Vers l’Ecot
Carlina acaulis et Gentiana schleicheri amici sunt
La première cascade de glace en automne à Bonneval
Bonneval-sur-Arc is a village-resort, classified in the "most beautiful villages of France". This is where the film "Belle and Sebastian" was shot. We lodged with us some members of the production.
From the very beginner to the freeride enthusiast, everyone can get happy here. We are far from the factory-resorts. there is no waiting at the ski lifts, even during the highest season.
The chairlift start is 200 m walk, the easiest slopes 100 m.
The resort altitude vary between 1850 and 3000 meters above sea level. From the top of the chairlift “Le 3000”, 1150 meters of elevation await your ski tips.
Our guests come for the authenticity of the village or its cheese factory, the blue slopes at 3000 or the off-piste area, the blue sky of Maurienne or the flare in the evening, the view of the wild mountain or the restaurant at the Ecot hamlet. Anyway, you come back. Thank you !
The ski resort is open from mid-December to the end of April.
Snow is always good, including early and late in the season. It is quite often the most snowy resort in France; Check out the skiinfo snow history page on the skiinfo website.
Lift rates are here. If you want to register your children at the ski school or find an instructor to escort you off-piste, see the website of the French Ski School (ESF).
With a 6 days package or more, you access, with the bus, to 350 kms of alpin slopes and 200 Km of cross-country tracks in the 6 resorts of Haute Maurienne Vanoise valley.
Haute Maurienne Vanoise Ski Area
Cross-country skiing
For cross-country skiing, it’s in Bessans, by the link track “Sallanches-Fauvettes” (3Km) or by car or with the bus.
For you, 133 Km of traced tracks in classic and skating at 1750 m of altitude. It is a high place of Biathlon.
Ski rental
Claim that you reside at the Pré Catin or Michka chalet and get a 15% discount on ski rental at Moulin Sports Skimium, the shop just in front of the chalets.
Weather
Bonneval sur Arc in winter
Snow fellt that night
The departure of the Vallonet chairlift
The Polo Boniface Trail from the Valonnet chairlift
The Vallonet glacier seen from the ski lift “Barme”
On the Chalençon ski lift
The Mulinet ski lift with a view of the Vallonet glacier
Tétras-lyre (Black grouse) trail. Snow like in a movie
The village from the Andagne chairlift
Powder snow in Andagne
The lake ski lift
Snow powder on the Tichodrome (Wallcreeper) track
On the Troglodyte (Wren) track
View of the Maurienne from the Bartavelle (Rock partridge) track
At the bottom of the “3000”
Powder snow at the “3000”
Up to the “3000”
Climbing up to the “3000”
At the top of the “3000”
Orientation table at the top of the 3000
Powder snow on the Gypaète (Ossifrage) track
Skiway to Heaven
Beginners slopes
At the bottom of the beginners ski lift Pré du Vas
The Mesange (Tit) track and the Pré du Vas ski lift
Pioupious
Beginner tracks
The toboggan run
The village from the green slope Alouette (Lark)
The ice wall on the green slope Alouette (Lark)
Tunnel
Ding ding ding
Dong
Check
Pierre fendue (Slotted stone) ski lift
Firsts pizza slices on the “Poussin” (Chick)
Touring ski to Ecot
Hamlet “Ecot” in Winter
Snow groomers hour on the “Polo Boniface”
Neolithic paintings await you on the cross-country ski trail between Bonneval-sur-Arc and Bessan
Cross-country skiing at Bessans
Cross-country skiing on the banks of the Arc
Cross-country skiing between Bonneval-sur-Arc and Bessans
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You will love the space that characterizes this duplex flat of about 125 m², here in the chalet Le Pré Catin. It offers 7 sleeps and a refined, cozy, warm comfort and quality services. It is the flat of 
