Visitor reviews for Torgon-Les Portes du Soleil Ski Resort

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• January 06, 2010
  alan blake from UNITED KINGDOM
  

  I have been to Torgon (Torgon-Les Portes du Soleil) on many occasions with my family and hundreds of students staying in the Gold Test Centre. Last year was fantastic over 4 different weeks with superb ski school and company support. I would leave my children with The Ski Company and their International Winter Camp knowing they would have a fantastic time. I cannot recomnend them highly enough. The skiing at Torgon-Les Portes du Soleil is great and scenery magnificent. Families should check it out. Alan Blake

• September 23, 2009
  Neil dainton from UNITED KINGDOM
  

  We had a fantastic holiday at les Cretes in Torgon (Torgon-Les Portes du Solei) w/c 16/1/09. I took my 3 children aged 3,6 and 8; unfortunately without my wife who had broken her arm 2 weeks earlier.

  The apartment was superb as we were upgraded to the penthouse 3 bed at the top of the building with stunning views

  The kids loved the skiing and enjoyed the Kiddies club (giving some much needed daddy time for me).

  The pistes are a bit challenging near the resort until you hit the top station where the Portes De Soleil opens up for miles and miles of skiing

  The pool, although small, was bookable by the 1/2 hour giving us the place to ourselves.

  The pizza restaurant near the bottom lift is superb and highly recommended.

  We had a great holiday at Les Cretes in Torgon (Torgon-Les Portes du Solei) and hope to return.

• December 29, 2008
  Scott from UNITED KINGDOM
  

  Just returned - Saturday (the 27th Dec 08) from Torgon (Torgon-Les Portes du Soleil) where we stayed in Les Cretes. The Staff were most welcoming and helpful. Our party had three appartments altogether in different parts of the hotel. Following our request the receptionist was able to co-locate us in adjacent rooms on the same level. We had no problems with the parking clearly having it explained where to park and how to gain entry and exit from the garage.

  The swimming pool had a capacity of 8. However, with 24 hours notice you were able to book a slot of 1/2 hour, far preferable to the pool being inundated all the time which would have meant never going in at all.

  Felix and the many staff also had entertainment arranged every night from Latin dancing, nativity plays to table tennis competitions.

  The rooms were excellent with rear views of the resort slopes and to the front, awe inspiring views of the mountains above the clouds - especially sunrise.

  The welcome meeting on the Saturday evening was well organised and Andre - the Head Ski instructor was able to answer (in whatever language you liked it seemed) all our questions on ski school and the ski region. Also Andre and his little helpers did a brilliant job arranging for Pere Noel to exclusively visit our resort on Christmas Eve with complimentary Vin Chaud kindly provided and presents for our children.

  The Swiss Ski School HQ at the bottom of the nursery slopes was an amazing place to take young kids with a ski chalet and a climbing wall (inside) for the younger kids to explore, and goat skin covered seats to recline in and some lovely hot chocolate with ammaretto for us larger kids.

  The restaurant/pizzeria with open pizza oven along from this has to be one of the nicest inside that we have been to with great views, very tasteful furnishings inside and open fires serving a very rapid lunchtime menu of the basics & beer. Our evening Xmas meal here was excellent.

  Incidentally the skiing was fantastic as well with the lift pass for 2 adults and 2 children coming in at £324 for 6 days covering over as far La Chapelle more than enough for us.

  Although not a large resort with a large choice of bars, restaurants and shops what is there is a feeling of relaxation, quality and the personal touch. We would definitely recommend Torgon and Les Cretes as a great choice for a family ski holiday.

• April 05, 2008
  Poule Delagamie from FRANCE
  

  I have just came back from a week at Torgon. Snow was ok, but the main thing I would like to elucidate is the worst ever service experienced at the accommodation Les Cretes.
  The reception people had a non-professional behaviour. In particular they kept us waiting for over half an hour even though we had arrived on time.
  There was not an allocated parking space as advertised on the brochure and therefore every time we had to search for at least 15 minutes for an indoor space.
  The worse event we experienced during our stay was once when they attached an A4 page notification on the windscreen of the car using proper GLUE!!!!!.....to make as aware that the parking space we left our car in was not appropriate. So imagine yourselves in the morning to have to spend at least half an hour to detach the glue from the windscreen....disgrace!!!!!
  The swimming pool, the sauna and the Turkish bath, although they are advertised on the brochure as all-day standard facilities of the hotel, they are open only for half an hour a day per room i.e. we find these facilities to be fully booked several times and consequently we were not able to use them.
  I would not recommend Les Cretes for absolutely any purpose.
  Last but not least, we were told that due to the fact that the hotel was not fully booked they decided to keep the restaurant closed i.e. no breakfast and no dinner was served.

• February 23, 2008
  Paul from UNITED KINGDOM
  

  Just returned from a ski holiday in the Valais region. Great snow in all the resorts I visited but decided to visit an old favourite - Torgon and, in particular, Plan de Croix which lies adjacent to La Jorette. La Jorette is pretty small with only a couple of après-ski venues whilst Plan de Croix has just the one at the foot of the three lifts adjacent the sole car park. Both provide great access to the Portes du Soleil area. Whilst facilities are limited, Plain d Croix should not be overlooked. The restaurant is located at the foot of the three main ski lifts and, as you would expect, the main runs return here so it's ideally placed, especially if not everyone in your group wants to ski all day but you do - they can sit and enjoy the great views and still feel involved in the days activities.