The Skiers' Guide to Samoëns

A beautiful, not too large ski resort and friendly quaint town. Samoens has all you need if you just want to ski and have nice food. It is not insanely busy nor is the place for bustling apres. Very good for families and groups of skiers/boarders of all levels.

Go here every year and love it, lots of runs and Mountain to explore with amazing scenery. Amazing food, people are lovely with loads of options for all levels of skier.

Was not as much snow the week I went but still plenty of long runs open, pistes are fun and well maintained, there's always beginner snow parks open to try some jumps, and you can easily access other resorts in the mountain

Really lovely ski town with great connections to flain and some smaller villages which are worth a visit. Super family friendlyespecialy marvel run to morillon for kids. 5km long with great views and picnic benches along the way. Great food options in town. Ice skating rink also there. Plus food market on Wednesdays.

Not alot of snow at the very beginning of January so hard to properly review all areas but the groomed slopes are nice and were visably maintained every day, lifts are run well and overall would return for another visit

We are lucky enough to have friends with a chalet in samoens so we have been there for the last 4 years. It’s a tale of 2 resorts, outside of school holidays it is lovely, peaceful well groomed and friendly, in the holidays there are areas that are mayhem, especially getting down from tete de saix to 1600 where the first bit can be a bit scary especially at the end of the day. If the snow is not good you can ski over to flaine which has better snow and nice wide pistes. The link over to flaine is not easy for beginners but manageable.

Samoens itself is a lovely town, lots of nice places to eat out, probably not great if you are into crazy night life, but great for families.

I went over new years which was a very busy time which didn’t help for ski lifts efficiency. Also hadn’t snowed in a while which didn’t help. Other than that, loads of slopes and great runs. Great food aswell

Samoens is connected to Flaine and Les Carroz offering a wide skiing area and network of lifts with varied terrain and required skill levels. Flaine is a purpose built resort in the centre of a bowl with the majority of runs. Samoens is a charming town 2 valleys away in a plataeu with great choice of resturants, bars, shops and accomodation. There is one big cable car up from a big car park on the edge of town so it can be a bit of a bottleneck in the morning. However if you want the best of both worlds - charming town / not concrete resort with access to a large ski area? Samoens is perfect. I've also stayed in Les Carroz, a smaller, higher village one valley closer to the Flaine bowl. Equally charming but quite a bit smaller. Personally I prefer it as its further in to the ski area.

Lovely resort. Stay in Samoens and get the Grand Massif Lift up. Plenty of runs to explore. A lot of icy runs due to tree coverage lower down the mountain but excellent conditions higher up. Samoens is a lovely small village to stay in - plenty of accommodation options, great restaurants and other activities to get up to.

We have brought our children up skiing in Samoens. It has got great connections to other villages so you can ski somewhere different every day. Runs for all levels. And its a gorgeous village to wander round when yourr not skiing.

It’s a lovely resort part of the Grand Massif - a charming village with a very relaxed family feel. The skiing is ok - can get slushy especially at lower levels in Morrillon but you can usually find good snow on the higher slopes in Flaine

Great trip, really quiet slopes with loads of kilometres. Flaine was busier but best slopes. Great food and drink options all very well priced.

Stayed here twice in Feb once with friends and then with family.

Stayed in the village which is a beautiful French village full of charm, coffee shops and croissants! There was an amazing burger shop which served delicious cheap wine and an extensive burger menu.

As we were in the village we had to make use of the buses to the lifts, but it was incredibly straightforward and never really encountered much of a queue at the base lifts - even in school holiday.

The slopes were well looked after and lots of options for all abilities.

Overall a great resort with short transfer times and I would visit again

Love the restaurants and bars, I haven’t been in the winter but have been several times in the summer and it’s great.

A charming mountain town with great access to a huge ski area. A really good option if you’d like to experience stay somewhere a little less hectic but still has great lift connections.

Fabulous resort for lots of skiing; very large area and easy to navigate. Some runs need either taking care of better or re-labelling as more difficult but overrall lots of good skiing.

W elove Samoens for it's huge beginner area that is excellent for building confidence and enjoying the scenery. Out of school holidays, it is nice and quiet. It is perfect for families.

Great ski resort with a mixture of runs for all abilities. Runs are very quiet with small lift queues.

We love the village and easy access to the whole grand massif ski area!It is a beautiful resort with a wide range of runs, plenty of cafes along the slopes too!

Such a gem of a resort. Very accessible from Geneva, only an hour. Great accommodation near ski lift. Beautiful restaurants in the village. Very economical. Returning for second time next week.