Great family friendly place. Supermarket on outskirts of town is normal prices good for self catering. We hired skis that had storage at the bottom of the Main ski lift really handy / made things easy

Love Samoens, family friendly, great little bakeries and eateries and close to the lifts going up to linkages to flaine and the like. We loved it so much that we are going back in April.

Samöens is an overall good resort with relatively high snow reliability from mid December- March, with a great ski area in the Grand Massif. However in Peak weeks like New year or February holidays, queues for lifts such as Chariande Express can be upwards of 30+ minutes, with the runs at the summit of the mountain (Tete des Saix) being very congested and being full of moguls come lunchtime, not ideal at all and is quite frankly dangerous with experienced skiers mixing with beginners inevitably resulting in collisions. This is caused by the other chairlift at Samöens 1600 the Chariande 2 being unserviceable as one of the pylons has since moved, thus being deemed unsafe. But lift queues can be avoided by accessing the Coulouvrier lift. However this lift has been built slightly too low, so the snow quality isnt always the best and can be a very icy run, however I would ski down (if able) to access the Coulouvrier lift to save queue time. So in terms of the ski side of things, Samöens is an excellent resort if visiting outside peak weeks, but still a good resort during peak weeks (as unfortunately queues are inevitable nearly everywhere in the Alps at this time). There is a great selection for ski lessons as well, personally I believe the best school in Samöens is 2skifly, they teach skiing and snowboarding to a high quality in different languages. But of course you can find others e.g ESF. In the village after skiing there is a vast range of restaurants and bars as well as Apres Ski Samöens which has always got a good vibe to it and regularly holds a live DJ set. Pricing is pretty standard averaging 6-7 euros a pint of beer, and 18-20 euros for burger and chips. However when having lunch at Samöens 1600 be sure to eat at Brasserie des Saix which is cheaper and always quieter as Im fairly sure it can only be accessed via the red (marmot) run. Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed my time in Samöens with some great bluebird powder days and would like to come back and would recommend it 100% outside of peak weeks but still during peak weeks just as long as your know what your doing and a confident skier. Stewart.

Lovely family ski resort with a range of pistes. Good restaurants up the mountain with traditional feel and good food. Reasonable resort wit options for apres. Good bakeries for breakfast. Pretty pistes and a very unspoilt resort.

Its a great resort! It has great links to areas like flaine which are slightly higher and allowed for harder pistes and better snow! Samoens itself is quite low and the snow isnt excellent but its great for kids and as a family. The ski school is great and easy to locate! The runs have a good range of difficulties and there are challenges for everyone which is rly nice. The calibre of food isnt as great and very expensive but the igloo is really nice! Would highly recommend !!!

Took my son on his first ever ski trip between xmas and new year for 4 nights and 5 days. He could ski on greens and blues and by end of the trip he tried a few reds. Great resort linking to the 4 villages (Morillon, Sixt, samoens and Les carroz) tonnes of off piste, black runs, blues etc. However in peak season I.e school holidays this place is jam packed. Traffic gridlocks the towns, lift queues on main slopes can be half and hour wait times. Restaurants and bars in slopes you will be queuing also. Everywhere has cashed in, and x2 burger and chips and a few drinks at lunch will cost you around 50.00 euros. Dinner for 2 will be around 100.00 euros. I recommend you download the grand massif app where you can see and track shuttle buses and purchase ski passes along with tracking your ski activity. Amazing, pretty and friendly resort but would avoid in peak season.

I have been travelling to Samoens for 10 years now with my family. Lovely village with plenty of food options & shops etc for non skiers. The Grand Massif range gives a large amount of options for all types of abilities. We blast straight out to Flaine first thing then hit as many slopes back to Samoens 1600 as possible then chill in Morillon for the afternoon. Lots of options available slope wise, well worth a visit.

Its a great family friendly resort with a range for different abilities. Not a massive amount of off-piste or blacks but easy access to the rest of the grand-massif which provides more varied skiing.

We had a fantastic trip to Samoens - one of the most reasonably priced ski trips I've had with some lovely runs. Lucifer is my favourite run!! There's less additional things than bigger resorts, for example no parks or bordercross, so if you want things like that then bigger resorts may be for you, but we enjoyed the quieter slopes with a more 'local' feel. Lots of good food places but they do get booked up in school holidays so it's worth booking ahead of trabelling

Ski school, and guides are great. Well worth booking, even as an experienced rider to get a guided tour of the area. Its so large, so great to get expert knowledge of the area