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Reviews of Résidence Pierre & Vacances Chamonix La Rivière

Résidence Pierre & Vacances Chamonix La Rivière
Promenade Marie Paradis 187, Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Haute-Savoie

Reviews

8.0

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 76 out of 276 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 132 out of 276 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 45 out of 276 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 15 out of 276 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 8 out of 276 reviews" "

8.0/10

Cleanliness

7.6/10

Staff & service

7.6/10

Amenities

7.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

10/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

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Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
I didn't like the fact that check-in starts late at 5 pm, and check-out is early at 10 am. Also, the photos do not correspond to reality. One gets the impression that bunk beds are a separate room...but this is not so and they are located right next to the bathroom...it would be some inconvenience if we rested in 4. In general, our apartments were clean. But there was mold in the bathroom. All these inconveniences were compensated by the distance to the bus station and the wonderful view from the window. The girls at the reception were also very friendly :)
Stayed 7 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

David, Montreal

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Clean, convenient, well situated near bus depot and amenities
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Robert

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
I cannot rate this property highly enough. Fantastic room (216) great views and the staff were super helpful, especially Eva on the front desk. I will definitely be visiting again. Thanks for a fantastic stay. Hope to see you soon.
Stayed 6 nights in May 2023
Response from PAUL H on 17 May 2023
Dear Robert We are so glad that you apreciate your stay in our Residencethank you for your feedbackRegards

8/10 Good

Jason

Very good location
Great location beautiful view . But apartment is very dated and need some repairs . Helpful stuff
Stayed 4 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Gemma

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff were so nice and helpful. I got stranded in Annecy and was going to be late for check in but they put my mind at rest and advised on late check-ins provisions. The views are stunning and everything is very close by. Decor is a bit dated but it suits the setting and was more charming than off putting. I would definitely recommend and use again.
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Carol Lynn

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Perfect for our needs
We stayed for a week on a snowboarding trip and were extremely happy. Check-in was easy (we did send an email before we arrived giving them our arrival info and we came during regular desk hours). The desk employees were very friendly and one spoke very good English. The room was spacious and had everything we needed. There was a ski locker downstairs so we didn’t have to bring our wet snowboard into the room each night. The bus stop (both for FlixBus from Geneva and the local bus to get around Chamonix was super close, just an around the corner. You can get to the ski mountains pretty easily this way, about 10 minutes to Brevent and up to 30 minutes for Grand Montets, Le Houche, etc. Restaurants and shops in the downtown area are a super close walk, and Aiguille du Midi is super close as well We rented a car for one night to go on a day trip and it was easy to add parking for that night and there was a secured garage. Would definitely stay again if I go back to Chamonix.
Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2023

8/10 Good

Nick

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness
Basic accommodation, good value for what we paid. Little dated and tired in places. On criticism is parking, it isn’t made clear you ideally need to pre book, so have us a challenge when we arrived.
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2023

4/10 Poor

Tammy

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Amenities
Absolutely zero amenities, no coffee, hard beds, no check in until 4:00 pm. They require a €200.00 deposit as well! It was also a super noisy area with noise all through the night! I did not enjoy this place!
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

M Vincent

Stayed 4 nights in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Very convenient
The only downside to this property is that except for Saturdays the reception is closed between 12 and 4 so if you are arriving during this time just wait somewhere until 4pm. Super convenient if you don't have a car as the main bus station and the Aiguille du Midi train station are right there. Friendly and helpful staff. The free local shuttle stops right outside. On the river with a pretty walking path .. walk to everything i ended up staying 3 weeks here... cute self contained apartment with laundry options close by. Would definitely stay here again
Stayed 14 nights in Apr 2022

8/10 Good

amelia

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2022

8/10 Good

Stanko

Stayed 6 nights in Apr 2022

8/10 Good

jeffery

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Covers most bases
This hotel is in a great location . Big rooms and functional . I was initially cold but the reception staff were very helpful by supplying a heater! It was great waking up to see the snow! I would recommend highly !
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2022

10/10 Excellent

Jorge

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I am very happy I found this place. It was late in the ski season but I feel I was still lucky. The staff is very friendly, the place is very conveniently located close to the buses that arrive / leave to Geneve and Courmayeur, so getting in and out of there was super easy. It is close to a couple bars and it hace a nice convenience store close by. I definitely would go back. Oh! and the prices were also very good.
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2022

10/10 Excellent

Ender

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2021

2/10 Terrible

Shawn

Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2020

8/10 Good

Chris, London

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Great location for the centre of chamonix, including shops bars restaurants etc. Close to local grocery shop and great views, however this property is not ski in/ski out, you need to catch a bus to the slopes or drive in a car, approx 10 mins. Even if there was loads of low level snow, ski in ski out would be impossible. Also sound proofing between rooms is appealing. We could hear next doors phone receive a text, and any movement above, sliding chairs or furniture, was louder than the TV in our apartment. I appreciate a skiing holiday is not about spending time in your appartment but somethings do become a little annoying after 7 days. Overall a good stay, but would consider alternatives if I were to return to chamonix
Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2020

8/10 Good

Nicholas J

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good value
Good value and comfy
Stayed 5 nights in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

LD

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Property was very clean and tidy. Enjoyed the room I had. Suitable size for 2 people. Stayed during winter and the room retained heat really well. Found that we didn't need to use the heater some nights.
Stayed 15 nights in Jan 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Don’t Stay here
Run down old place. Reception and check in friendliness is was unwelcoming.Only positive is the location.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was better than what expected, the place, the view everything was great and near everything
Stayed 7 nights in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 7 nights in Jan 2020

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Friendly helpful staff, Great Location for supermarket, bars, restaurants, takeaways and city centre. Bus stop for buses to slopes on 2-3 mins walk away. Let down by too much noise late at night from surrounding apartments. Should have a noise curfew in place eg after 11pm?
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

seamus

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely stay
Found the appartments very good.not massive but for the price was great. Had lovely balcony with view of mountains. Apt was very clean and tidy. Would definitely stay again
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family, Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staffs are lovely and very helpful. Room is clean and comfy.
Stayed 9 nights in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Все было прекрасно.Чувствовали себя как дома.Особенно хочется отметитьи поблагодарить отзывчивый персонал.Очень рекоменбуем
Stayed 10 nights in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in May 2019

2/10 Terrible

Ashlie W.

Fine
The accommodations were poor. Checking information was never sent and so the first night we arrive later than the front desk was open resulting in having to get another hotel room and staying the first night somewhere else while we still paid for this place. All the signs were in French and we could not read them. The residence owner never sent any email reguardimg checkin and when I reached out to them through VRBO there was no response. Overall the bedding was rough and the pillows were horrible. Would never stay here again.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good kitchen good bed . Need good pillows. Very good receptionists
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2019

8/10 Good

Gary

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location
Great location
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Tyler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Ok for a ski holiday, close to main bus terminal. Very basic, but close to the Spar and short walk into Chsmonix. Chamonix is a very expensive place, so this worked well for our needs.
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The location is superb! Quick walk into the centre and a two minute walk to the bus stop. Also close enough to walk to a couple of ski areas if you can handle it! My only qualm is the lack of amenities; only one toilet roll was supplied and no hair dryer which the amenities listed. Otherwise we were very happy with the property and our stay!
Stayed 6 nights in Mar 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 6 nights in Feb 2019

6/10 Okay

Andrew

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

Arthur

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 8 nights in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Close to bus station and shops and bars within the square
Stayed 6 nights in Jan 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Location to Chamonix Sud buses is fantastic Wifi is very often intermittent and the signal is not strong
Stayed 7 nights in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I have read some negative reviews about the staff. With us they were absolutely great! Very helpful. Maybe because it is a posh resort people are expecting more (but dont ask me what!). But this is the cheapest hotel in chamonix, and as someone who regular stays in budget ski accomodation this is a cut amongst the rest. Fantastic value for money, very nice apartment - and more generally, everything you would expect from a hotel in this price range.
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Not worth the price
Front desk was friendly but did not explain how to get into building (use code,not keys) and what the 2 separate keys are for. Pay parking spaces are tight but was a nice new garage. The unit was very dated and not worth what we paid even for holiday prices. There’s timed light switches in stairways and halls. Bring toilet paper! They only provided enough for 1 day(grocery store close by). Location was central. Didn’t realize there was only mountaineering skiing at Aiguille du Midi in Dec. Luckily able to ski at Les Grands Montets. Beds were comfy enough and unit was clean and heated. Overall would not recommend for the price we paid.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Easy to get to, friendly reception staff, very comfortable sofa bed
Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect hotel for a visit in Chamonix with visitors with no rental car as it is ideally located within a 1-10 minute walk from the bus depot (free city bus to most trailheads), the train station, downtown Chamonix and grocery stores. An equipped kitchenette, comfy beds, and a clean room. I would recommended this to anyone staying in Chamonix.
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2018

8/10 Good

Mariusz

UTMB week
It was very cramp but overall nice and clean. Close to a town centre that’s why we’ve chosen it. Loud as the busy street was next to it.
Stayed 9 nights in Aug 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Apartment had a bit of a musky smell. Rest met expectations
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2018

6/10 Okay

Den, London

Basic accommodation in good location
Stayed 1 week in late May - early June 2018. In fact season is not started at that time: only Planpraz cable car and Montenvers train were open. Quiet time for tranquil hiking without crowds :) Overall hotel impression: inexpensive basic accommodation in good location with very limited service. Pros: 1. Very good location - centre of Chamonix, next to bus station 2. Quiet spacious apartment with balcony and beautiful Mont Blanc view 3. Fully equipped kitchen: microwave, electric stove, kettle, fridge, dishwasher, plates, cups, cutlery. 4. Possibility to order fresh bread for the next morning (but need to collect it from reception) Cons: 1. Non-smoking room smelled like heavy-smoking one 2. Old linen and pillows were not comfortable to use 3. No room service during whole stay of 7 days 4. No refill for toilet paper, soap, etc. 5. Strong smell of the mould from kitchen sink 6. Inconvenient bath screen construction - water on the floor after every use 7. Slow WiFi internet connection - 2 MBit. Faster internet service can be purchased separately. Things to do: 1. Visit tourist office to get relevant useful info 2. Use free buses and trains to quickly get anywhere from Servoz to Valorcine 3. Plan hiking routes in advance, keep in mind cable cars open hours and prices 4. Enjoy beautiful mountain views and nature!
Stayed 7 nights in May 2018

6/10 Okay

Nick

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
No response to emails after informing hotel that we would be checking-in late. No one at hotel when we arrived. Only tel answerphone message (in French only).
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2018

8/10 Good

Jane

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Perfect budget option
This is a great budget option in Chamonix - bring able to be self catering suited us perfectly. The apartment was basic but perfectly adequate for our stay. We loved the balcony and the views. Would definitely return here. You do have to make up your own beds, and strip them at the end of the stay.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2018