Our Second Amazing Stay with Beyond Beach! Just returned from our second summer holiday with Beyond Beach in Vaujany - James and Susie have outdone themselves again! As the business owners, they provided such personal, hands-on service that makes all the difference. James was absolutely awesome, welcoming us back like old friends with fantastic local recommendations. Susie was more than accommodating, remembering details from our first visit and going above and beyond throughout our stay. It's rare to find business owners so personally invested in their guests' experiences. The chalet was perfect, Vaujany was stunning, but it's James and Susie's genuine care and attention that makes Beyond Beach truly special. Second visit down, definitely not our last! When you find this level of excellence and personal touch, you become a loyal customer for life. Highly recommend Beyond Beach for anyone wanting an exceptional Alpine summer experience!
Alpine Family Club
What we say
Summer in the French Alps is all about fresh air, sunshine and activities. Staying at our traditional alpine chalet feels more like visiting friends than being in a hotel, with home-cooked food, friendly hosts and a relaxed atmosphere.
Gentle rambles from the chalet to the waterfall, or epic alpine stomps above 2500m: there's something for everyone. For those who love a challenge, try cycling some of the world's most famous cols, or hit the local bike parks and mountain bike trails. Adrenaline junkies can give white water rafting, canyoning or via ferrata a go.
And the best part? Not every day has to be full throttle. Some afternoons are best spent in the chalet garden, sharing a slice of cake and a cup of tea with a friendly game of ping pong as the sun sets behind the peaks.
What's included
Activities
Accommodation
ChaletMaison Rostaing
Two interconnecting alpine farmhouses in La Villette, 1km above Vaujany. Large garden, hot tub, wood-fire lounge and sleeps up to 24 with nearly all rooms en-suite.
ApartmentDouble Chalet Rostaing
Room 01 is located on the first floor of Chalet Rostaing. This room has a double bed. It has a shared bathroom with room 2. Ideal for: Family 4-5 - book along with room 2 (1 double bed + 1 single bed) which is next to room 1 with shared…
ApartmentFamily Rm Chalet Rostaing
Room 06 is located on the third floor of Chalet Rostaing. This room has a double bed and 2 single beds, perfect for 2-4 guests. It has an ensuite bathroom. This room is in the eaves. Ideal for: Families 3-4 - perfect for families with…
ApartmentTriple Chalet Rostaing
Room 04 is located on the second floor of Chalet Rostaing. This is a triple room with a double bed and a single bed, perfect for 2 or 3 guests. It has a balcony and ensuite bathroom. Ideal for: Families 4-5 persons - book along with room 5…
ApartmentTwin Chalet Rostaing
Room 05 is located on the second floor of Chalet Rostaing. This is a twin room with 2 single beds perfect for 2 guests. It has an ensuite bathroom. Ideal for: Families 4-5 persons - book along with room 4 (triple). Room 4 is next to room 5…
ChaletChalet Saskia
Picture-postcard luxury chalet in Vaujany sleeping up to 26 guests in 10 en-suite bedrooms, with open fires, hot tub, sauna and spa.
ApartmentTriple Chalet Rostaing
Room 04 is located on the second floor of Chalet Rostaing. This is a triple room with a double bed and a single bed, perfect for 2 or 3 guests. It has a balcony and ensuite bathroom. Ideal for: Families 4-5 persons - book along with room 5…
ApartmentFamily Rm Chalet Rostaing
Room 06 is located on the third floor of Chalet Rostaing. This room has a double bed and 2 single beds, perfect for 2-4 guests. It has an ensuite bathroom. This room is in the eaves. Ideal for: Families 3-4 - perfect for families with…
ApartmentDouble Chalet Lucette
Room 02 is located on the second floor of Chalet Lucette. This room has a double bed and an ensuite bathroom. It has a balcony. ideal for a couple. Also ideal for: Family 4 - book along with room 1 (twin) which is on the 1st floor,…
ApartmentDouble Chalet Rostaing
Room 01 is located on the first floor of Chalet Rostaing. This room has a double bed. It has a shared bathroom with room 2. Ideal for: Family 4-5 - book along with room 2 (1 double bed + 1 single bed) which is next to room 1 with shared…
ApartmentFamily Rm Chalet Lucette
Room 04 is located on the third floor of Chalet Lucette. This room has a double bed, 2 single beds and an ensuite bathroom. It is in the eaves. Ideal for families happy to share a room together. Also ideal for: Family 4-6 - book along with…
ApartmentTwin Chalet Rostaing
Room 05 is located on the second floor of Chalet Rostaing. This is a twin room with 2 single beds perfect for 2 guests. It has an ensuite bathroom. Ideal for: Families 4-5 persons - book along with room 4 (triple). Room 4 is next to room 5…
ApartmentTwin Chalet Lucette
Room 01 is located on the first floor of Chalet Lucette. This room has 2 single beds and an ensuite bathroom but shared wc off corridor. It has a balcony. Ideal for a couple. Also ideal for: Family 4 - book along with room 2 (double) which…
ApartmentTriple Chalet Lucette
Room 03 is located on the second floor of Chalet Lucette. This room has one double bed and 1 single bed and an ensuite bathroom. It has a balcony. Ideal for a couple or family of three. Also ideal for: Family 4 - book along with room 1…
Food & drink
Food at Maison Rostaing is half the holiday. Fresh baguettes every morning, homemade cakes in the chalet garden at 4:30, three proper evening meals cooked by the hosts (one outdoors on the BBQ), and two fully-equipped kitchens if you'd rather make your own. Vaujany village is a 1km stroll for everything else.
7 breakfasts, afternoon tea & cakes every day, 3 evening meals (including BBQ) with wine, welcome drinks. Lunches and 4 evening meals are pay-as-you-go.
Afternoon tea in the garden
At 4:30 each day the hosts put out a homemade cake, a pot of tea and a few jugs of cold water in the chalet garden. Kids come off the trampoline, grown-ups come off the bikes, and everyone sits down for half an hour with the sun behind the peaks. It's the small ritual guests mention most on their way home.
Le Chalet Gourmand
1 km walkCreative French cuisine and mountain specialities in Vaujany centre. One of the hosts' top picks for a night out.
La Remise
1 km walkFriendly pizzeria with a wood-fired oven in the village. Big portions, good for the kids.
Chalet du Lac Besson
90 min walkWalk up, eat well, walk down. Tartes, tartiflette and a mountain-lake view.
Refuge de la Fare
2 hr 30 walk / 1hr 15 descentA proper mountain refuge at 2200m. Worth the climb for the savoyard menu and the panorama.
Itinerary
Alpine Family Club is built to be flexible: plan what you want from the active pack, use the lift pass on your own schedule, and let the afternoon tea anchor the day. The sketch below is how most first-time families balance the week.
Location
- Alpine Family ClubYour base
Vaujany
Steeped in traditional Alpine history, Vaujany is a beautifully preserved village high in the French Alps, offering a quieter, family-friendly alternative to the big-name resorts. Part of the Alpe d'Huez ski area, it delivers year-round adventure in the mountains without the crowds.
Getting there
Vaujany is in the heart of the French Alps, 1 hour by car from Grenoble and about 2 hours from both Lyon and Geneva airports. Most of our summer guests drive from the UK and bring their bikes; the train is a lovely alternative via TGV to Grenoble and a short onward transfer.
We take the hassle out of flights and transfers with an ATOL-protected package if you'd rather not organise it yourself. Our ATOL licence is 12803.
Lyon (LYS) is the most convenient airport; Geneva (GVA) is a similar drive and often has more direct options. The resort is also reachable by TGV to Grenoble (3 hours from Paris) plus a 1 hr transfer. Many guests drive from the UK via Calais (570 miles, doable in a day).
Drive if you can. Bringing your own bike, being able to stop at a proper French supermarket on the way in, and having wheels for the week is hard to beat. If you're not driving, the TGV to Grenoble + a transfer to Vaujany is our favourite hands-off option.
Guest reviews
Loved every detail of our trips to the Alps. Vaujany is simply spectacular. The chalets are lovely and the garden was absolute bliss, looking out to the waterfall down the valley. The activities were plentiful, just like the wholesome food that James and Susy dished up every day. If you need someone on the BBQ, look no further. Thank you to the whole team out there! Very memorable holiday.
Fourth holiday with Beyond Beach (BB) in 3 years and still delighted with all of them. This summer we went to Stira Bay after a couple of trips in previous years to Lixouri Bay and have just finished our week in the Alps chalet. The BB team make the holidays special and we have felt very well looked after (including in the Alps by Beyond Beach owners James and Susie). They are more of a holiday package than a package holiday and at all the hotels and chalets we have felt independent and able to choose to what we wanted, underpinned by advice and activity options provided by BB team to guide us. Highly recommended.
Frequently asked questions
Accommodation, listed meals, beach towels, all listed watersports equipment, bikes, yoga and fitness sessions, and our on-site team support. Flights, airport transfers and some non-inclusive activities are separate.
Yes — many of our destinations offer multiple holiday types from the same base. Talk to the team for package pricing on two-centre holidays.
We offer ATOL-protected flights as an optional add-on. You can also book your own flights and just buy the ground package from us.
Pre-book a private meet-and-greet transfer through us, or make your own way. Prices and timing vary by destination — we'll send full details once you book.
Most of our hotels run "Club Board": breakfast every day plus 4 evening meals per week. Villas are self-catering with an optional Club Board upgrade.
Yes — let us know when you book and we'll pass the details to the kitchen team. Vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options are always available.
Absolutely. Our beaches shelve gently and we have sessions and kit for all ages. We don't run a formal kids club, but there are regular "Meet Your Mates" sessions for kids and teens through the week.
We don't offer babysitting services — children are welcome everywhere but require parental supervision on the water and in public areas.
No — everything is turn-up-and-go. Watersports kit is on the beach free to use. Yoga and fitness sessions run to a weekly timetable posted on arrival.
Our instructors are RYA-qualified and used to total beginners. Many of our guests arrive having never been on the water and leave confident solo sailors.
Or, go a different way.
Four programmes, one team. If this isn't quite your week, here's where the others live.
Beach Club Holidays
All-inclusive beach clubs with watersports, yoga and BlitzFitness included. Based on the sheltered bays of the Ionian, Aegean and Portuguese Atlantic.
Sailing Holidays
Flotillas, yacht charter and tuition weeks across the Ionian and Saronic. From absolute beginners to skippered crews sailing their own boat.
Ski Holidays
Catered chalets and lift-door skiing in Val Thorens, Meribel and Vaujany. Small chalet sizes, friendly hosts, French Alps December to April.
Pick up the phone. We've been there.
Every person in our South Devon office has stayed at the holiday you're looking at. Ask anything: which week is best, what to pack, which flight saves you a connection.
No call centres, no scripts, no upsell. Just honest advice from people who genuinely run these holidays.
Susy, James, Caroline & Amelia
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