Hotel Le Sirius in Avoriaz was booked by us through a company on the Internet called Planigo. It was advertised as 2-star plus accommodation as we were unable to book our preferred 3-star accommodation, but were assured by Planigo that this would be of an equivalent standard. The five of us, having travelled throughout the day from Surrey, by car, arrived after midnight at the Hotel, to be greeted by a bone-shaking ride to the back entrance of the Hotel and taken in via the overflowing rubbish bins and eventually handed the key to our 12th floor "broom-cupboard" by a young lad with a bottle of beer, while eyed up by a guard with a rotweiler. Not a good start.
This "apartment" was not big enough for two people, let alone five. We had one blanket provided for all of us, no heating and snow coming in the front-door! There was fungus growing down the bedroom and hall walls, lavatory paper stuck to the bathroom floor, cigarette ends on the sofa and cigarette burns... more