And this is one of those chances that are hard to pass by. For 445,000 euros you can buy a beautiful home, in a stunning setting, with an already established business to take over – if you want to – you can take on as much or as little as you like from an established business, recreate a new concept or simply create a wonderful family home.
This wonderful old auberge is geared to cater to village life and passing trade with a cosy bar, a restaurant with a huge covered terrace which together cater for 44. Above this and the large professional kitchen and storage areas is the owners 2 bedroom apartment and three further bedrooms and.... there is another floor to renovate of 110m2 and a roof height that allows full use of that space plus a mezzanine .....
The setting for a successful hospitality business or indeed a wonderful family home is paramount so let me set the scene. The Auberge is set in a village nestled in verdant rolling, green hills - part forested, part farmland - which climb slowly towards the mountains. At the valley floor, 4 mins away, is a world famous town of Albertville, famous for being the host for the French Winter Olympics as well as the cross roads to all the ski resorts and lakes. Albertville is a bustling, lively market town based around a thriving high street with restaurants, cafes and a decent variety of shops and a large commercial area. It also has a huge sports centre, ice rink, cinemas and theatres as well as being the start of many cultural tours and sightseeing trips ......being 4 minutes from all this is a good start.
In addition the tourists come to this area for walking, cycling, the fascinating cultural interest of this region, the sightseeing plus, of course, the skiing. People tour around here looking for that wonderful stop point that punctuates a memorable journey.
It is less than 30 minutes to the nearest ski lift that links into a major ski resort - join the Espace Diamant via Hautluce. The Espace Diamant ski area, which covers 185 km of slopes, includes 5 resorts: Les Saisies (Hautluce), Crest Volant Cohennoz, Notre Dame de Bellecombe, Flumet and Praz sur Arly. There are regular buses to many of the major resorts and in fact the world famous Three Valleys ski area is only 45mins away.
Such great potential at such a reasonable price should not be overlooked so if you want to buy a going concern in France this wonderful Auberge for sale in the heart of the Rhone Alps could be your perfect answer.










Les Saisies is a stunning ski resort sitting at 1650m in an ideal location between two magnificent areas of Savoie. Lying between two valleys, the Beaufortain and the Val d'Arly, les Saisies is a ski area with breathtaking panoramic views of Mont Blanc which will catch your eye at every turn. It is also well located from a travel point of view just 30 km far from Albertville and about 1hr30 from Geneva airport. In winter, Les Saisies has one of the best snowfall and sunshine records in the Alps. In addition it is part of thehe Espace Diamant ski area which covers 185 km of slopes and includes 5 resorts: Les Saisies, Crest Volant Cohennoz, Notre Dame de Bellecombe, Flumet and Praz sur Arly. There is skiing for all and les Saisies is very suited to family skiing. There are lots of powder fields about which once you get to know the resort you can hunt out when new snow falls. This is a very welcoming village with traditional wood and stone architecture that in the main blends well with the mountain scenery. The village is lovely, in particular I like to stop at the boulangerie/patisserie as they really do know how to bake crowd pleasers – the myrtille and almond tarts are fabulous! The village and the resort is aimed at the family skiers and young groups that come to enjoy their skiing, like to socialise but aren’t needful of wild partying. This resort is about skiing so the evening are based around good meals, good conversation, having a few drinks then collapsing into bed ready to make the most of your ski day. Of course they have live music and there are bar that keep rocking until the early hours but overall that is not its focus. There are extensive cross-country ski areas and a wide range of other activities (snowmobiling, paragliding, snowshoeing, torchlight descents, snowkarting, cinema, etc). I like this resort but it is not well known amongst the British which means prices are sensible and properties are more affordable and it has retained its authentic French feel.