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Discover The Good Life's press article on The Lodge Park in Megève.

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The Lodge Park at the heart of a family story

“They made Megève their playground — before venturing to Menerbes, Saint-Barth and Saint-Tropez. Jocelyne and Jean-Louis Sibuet succeeded in giving their hotels a soul. He takes care of the construction, she takes care of the communication and the decoration. Together, in 1989, they imagined Marie's Farms,” The place to be” with rustic luxury like a small mountain hamlet, far from standardized palaces with aseptic aesthetics. Then the couple took over two jewels from the 1920s, Mont-Blanc in 1994 and the Parc Hotel two years later, renamed the Lodge Park. Made of tartan, animal skins and hunting trophies, the latter is the ideal hideaway for chic trappers escaping from North America.

On December 20, the regulars were able to return to their completely renovated landmark.” Everything Was Shot Down, Only the Four Walls of the Hotel Were Left Standing, confides Marie Sibuet, the founders' daughter and now president of the hotel group. We kept the spirit of the place but reworked the fabrics, expanded the restaurant and especially the rooms, which are now all junior suites at least.”

A decision that is accompanied by a reduction in the number of keys, from 50 to around thirty — a handful of which are equipped with a hot tub — and a fifth star.”

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Megève, emblematic village

“Did you know that? If, after the end of the Great War, Baroness Noémie de Rothschild turned away from her favorite Swiss resort, Saint-Moritz, out of pure patriotism — she wanted to allow the French to enjoy the peaks without having to rub shoulders with the Germans who swarmed there -, a French journalist, Mathilde Maige Le, already put the small hamlet on the radars of French hikers and skiers in 1913..” Let those who want to be “right there”, in the mountains for the mountains, on the mountains, on the snow for themselves, in freedom for their independence, in beauty for the passionate worship they pay to it, let those come to Megève! Because Megève is the free and beautiful Alpe”, she wrote in her article entitled Megève or the glorification of skiing, Published in The Eleventh Issue of the Journal The Mountain of the French Alpine Club.

However, the resort is still as upscale as it was 100 years ago and is not the preferred destination for great skiers.” Downhill enthusiasts, on the slopes as soon as they open, prefer the 3 Valleys or other ski areas at the foot. Here, our guests like to appreciate our snowy peaks, its pure air and its landscapes. Here, breakfast is served later, the atmosphere is more relaxed.” It is true that at 8 am this morning, families seem to have barely woken up and few seem to be ready to put on shoes.

We understand them: who would not prefer to wade in the pool of the Pure Altitude spa — the concept of the Maisons et Hôtels Sibuet group — completely redesigned and be pampered by expert hands, before sucking a bone marrow with a salt bite and Ribs Of matured beef slumped into the leather sofas between the zebra cushions?”