Suite, Chalet L'Écrin de Megève, Megève, Chalet L'Écrin de Megève, Megève

A private volume on Rue du Crêt du Midi

The Suite occupies 43 m² inside a chalet that counts its rooms in the single digits of category, not the hundreds of keys. This is a suite for four, with one bedroom and one bathroom, designed for a family or a couple who want the valley close and the crowds absent. Choosing this suite over a standard room means choosing a private pool, a balcony, and a floorplan built for a stay measured in days, not hours.

The space and flow

At 43 m², the Suite separates sleeping and living without asking guests to sacrifice either. The bedroom holds its own distance from the entrance and the balcony, while the desk area allows for quiet work or correspondence away from the bed. Wardrobe and clothes rack give the room storage sufficient for a full ski or summer wardrobe, a detail that matters in a chalet built for longer stays rather than overnight passages. The single bathroom is private, reserved entirely for the suite's occupants.

Design and finishes

The bathroom combines both bath and shower, finished with free toiletries, bathrobes and slippers laid out for immediate use. Towels, linens and sheets follow the same register of material comfort, with extra sets available on request for longer stays. Heating and air conditioning are calibrated independently, a detail the hotel applies across its rooms to handle both winter heat indoors and the stillness of summer afternoons. A flat-screen TV and a safety deposit box complete the room's working logic: rest, store, repeat.

The view and outdoors

The balcony is not an afterthought here. Every room and suite in this chalet faces the valley, and the Suite's outdoor space is where the day begins and ends, coffee in hand from the in-room tea and coffee maker, the mountain visible before the first lift opens. The private pool extends this logic outward: a second zone of water and light attached exclusively to this suite, distinct from the chalet's shared indoor pool, sauna and hot tub sequence.

Who is this for?

You are traveling with three family members and need one bedroom that still gives everyone room to spread out between the balcony, the pool, and the living space. You are a couple seeking a quiet address within walking distance of Megève's ice rink and sports complex, without the scale of a resort hotel. You are staying several days for a wellness break and want a private bathroom and private pool rather than a shared spa schedule.

La Suite's verdict

At 43 m² with a private pool and a valley-facing balcony, this is one of the more deliberate suite layouts we track in Megève: compact in square footage, generous in what it actually offers a family of four. The single bathroom keeps the plan honest rather than inflated, and the fifteen-key scale of the chalet means this suite is never competing with corridor traffic or banquet groups. Our one observation worth noting: the bath and shower combination in the private bathroom rewards guests who want both the ritual of a soak and the speed of a rinse before dinner, a small but deliberate choice in a chalet that otherwise keeps things restrained.