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We stayed at a luxury chalet named Au Coin Du Feu with Chilly Powder situated at the foot of the ski slopes that link Morzine with Avoriaz in the area of Les Prodains. Chilly Powder was founded twenty years ago by Brits Francesca and Paul Eyrewho have become French nationals and have made their lives in France. They love the lifestyle it gives them and their three children. Eighty percent of their business is from returning customers so through the years have seen many familiar faces return and children grow up.


Au Coin Du Feu, meaning ‘by the fireside’ was designed by former quantity surveyor, Paul. It has a lovely family feel with personal pictures displayed and their family pet dogs popping over to say hello - even their Bearded Dragon lizard ‘Lizzie’ made a visit!


The chalet boasts 17 luxurious ensuite bedrooms including 11 specially designed family rooms. Nicely appointed, each room has been named with various themes from the Safaris Suite and the Music Room to the Toy Room. We stayed in the Winter Room, a duplex family room which can sleep up to five with a queen sized bed and an upstairs mezzanine with two twins and a bunk bed. Therewas a bathroom, shower and a separate toilet plus an outside balcony to view the impressive mountains of Avoriaz.


John the head chef prepares three course dinners with wine provided for the guests six nights out of seven. Everyone dines together therefore you get to meet lots of other interesting people and find out the top tips about what to do in the area.


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Francesca our owner and host is an ultra-marathon runner and thinks nothing of doing a 35kmhike, 70kmrun andmore on her racing bike! Her husband, Paul, is an excellent golfer and their children are all top class up-and-coming athletes in ice hockey and football in their own rights. So what do I say when it’s suggestedwe go on a bike ride? Thatwill be excellent of course!


My husband and I hired bikes from the local shop in Morzine. He chose a brand new electric bike, I opted for a good old fashioned, peddle your own mountain bike. However, this was changed due to it being too heavy for the road, Francesca knows her stuff, so we changed it to a Tour de France, skinny tyred road-racer with a seat that looked like it wasn’t going to be friendly unless I’d drank a litre of local wine beforehand.


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Chilly Powder operates all year round


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