Lykke Hôtel & Spa Chamonix

Lykke, which means happiness in Danish, is a newer idea from the Best Mont-Blanc group, and the name sets the tone. The mood here is unhurried, borrowed from a Danish way of living that puts relaxation, nature and time with the people you like above everything else. Rooms are gentle and quietly poetic. The restaurant keeps to local, seasonal mountain cooking made in-house. Downstairs there is a spa with a…Lykke, which means happiness in Danish, is a newer idea from the Best Mont-Blanc group, and the name sets the tone. The mood here is unhurried, borrowed from a Danish way of living that puts relaxation, nature and time with the people you like above everything else. Rooms are gentle and quietly poetic. The restaurant keeps to local, seasonal mountain cooking made in-house. Downstairs there is a spa with a swimming pool, sauna, hammam and jacuzzi, alongside a Cinq Mondes wellness area. Practical comforts sit close by too: a ski rental store of its own, private covered parking, and a position in a pretty town centre beneath Mont Blanc that puts the lifts, the Aiguille du Midi cable car and the Montenvers train to the Mer de Glace within easy reach. One thing worth knowing in advance is that the rooms occupy two buildings on either side of a street.