This project is perhaps the most emblematic of the projects carried out by Actima-Covarel to date.
This is the creation of the highest hotel in France, located in the arrival station of the historic Solaise cable car, put into service in December 1941 and dismantled in 2016.
ABOUT ⏐
LOCATION
VAL D'ISÈRE
KIND
CONSTRUCTION
COMPLETION TIME
12 MONTHS
Actima-Covarel acted as promoter, architectural office, project manager, general construction company, decorator and now operator of this establishment. There are few examples of such vertical concentration of talent in this area of hospitality and catering. The historic arrival station has been preserved, the platforms have been demolished to make way for 4 levels of rooms, with magical views of Val d'Isère, the lake and the Tignes dam as well as an ocean of mountains, at through fully glazed curtain walls.
The Refuge de Solaise has 16 rooms, 4 rental apartments with hotel services, a comfortable dormitory for 15 beds, 2 restaurants, a fitness room, a games room. There is also a pretty, well-equipped meeting room, a magnificent spa with a 25 m swimming pool with large bay windows to the west and accommodation for 34 employees who will stay on site to serve up to a hundred guests. customers that the hotel can accommodate. The hotel represents a total surface area of 5000 m².
INTERIOR ⏐
The organization of the site was epic given that access to construction vehicles was possible from June 15 to October 30 due to the abundant snow present on the site before and after these dates.
Many materials were transported by helicopter, by cable car and by cable car during snowy periods.
But once again, our architects, our carpenters, our salaried carpenters and the many companies that have worked with us for a long time, in the greatest solidarity, have taken up this challenge with commitment, passion and pride.
SURFACE
35 à 70 m ²
ROOMS
16 ROOMS⏐ 1 DORMITORY
QUALITIES
PANORAMIC VIEW
APARTMENTS ⏐
SURFACE
75 à 380 m²
ROOMS
4 APARTMENTS
QUALITIES
USER-FRIENDLY
Experience has shown that the magic of the place creates loyalty among its guests, the most assiduous of whom have extended their stay by 2 to 3 weeks and come back every year.
teleworking and the fiber that we brought from the village, like water and electricity, through a trench of 2.5 km and 700 m of elevation, give many the opportunity to write long lines of their stories family "up there on the mountain".
When we remember that the old cable car was put into service in December 1941, that is to say the same month as Pearl Harbor, we realize to what extent this Alpine valley floor is capable of protecting its guests of the torments of the world.
