La Folie Douce Hotels Chamonix

We loved it! The hotel is quirky and rather wonderful because it is not at all a cookie cutter place to stay. Positives- Fantastic family rooms - we had 4 teenagers with us and the cost of multiple rooms is huge. Folie has family rooms for 6 (interconnecting one double and one quad) with, importantly, a shower room and separate toilet in each room. Breakfast is pricey for breakfast but incredible - try and go once at least. The public areas are beautiful, luxurious, quirky and just fabulous. The view from the terraces are amazing. The pool area always had seats and beds - no sunbed wars here. The staff were helpful and spoke great english (much better than my french). The location - in the centre but not in the centre. Literally a two minute walk to main Chamonix pedestrian area but the back of the hotel opens to a paragliding landing field and mountains. Plenty of parking, albeit expensive). The views from everywhere. Negatives - Parking is expensive even if you're a hotel guest. 20 euros a day. The rooms were a bit tired - a bit musty, chipped paint etc. Limited restaurants open in summer in the hotel. For example the one offering local meals such as raclette and fondue is not open in summer. We requested a quiet room after reading about late night terrace music. In fact in summer in the week at least it was not an issue. We therefore got a room at the back of the hotel on the 4th floor. Great. But not. Every morning at 7ish they were getting deliveries, hosing of the hotel car/minibus etc and making a LOT of noise. So avoid rooms in the real above or near the main entrance.