For as long as memory serves, the small-scale Swiss village of Verbier has been associated with the rich and famous. It’s like the winter version of Saint-Tropez or Monaco – but the difference is that the people who go to Saint-Tropez or Monaco are there to watch or be watched, unlike in Verbier, which has a sort of understated style.
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In Verbier, you are aware that people are wealthy. A standard chalet here can drain even the deepest of pockets, and the average pint of beer will cost you what a light lunch may be worth elsewhere. There are also the more obvious signs of affluence, from the black Mercedes G-Classes slowly rumbling through Place Centrale, to the Moncler shopfront, not to mention the watch boutiques that would be better suited to the area surrounding Bond Street than a bijou Alpine destination.
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The difference, however, with Verbier – or ‘Verbs’, as the west-London set might have you call it – is that the wealth is stylish and in fine taste. People are there for the key reason you should go to a ski resort: for the skiing. And the architecture can be – as is evidenced with this refined property that comes courtesy of Knight Frank – sleek, modern, and done in an understated manner.
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Indeed, there is certainly an appeal in the usual no-holds-barred grandeur to the usual chalet fit-outs, but we find that there is something also rather remarkable about the less-is-more approach that best shows off the peaks and pinnacles of the surrounds – this well-appointed trio of interconnected chalets, known as ‘The Rocks Estate’ and set on Les Moulins piste, most notably, offers fine panoramas of the mountainous terroir in the distance.
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The entire build was done in collaboration with Comina, a local architecture firm, and each one of the main floors features expansive living rooms that are flush with soft furnishings, clean-cut fixtures and a fireplace; fully equipped kitchens ideal for preparing Alpine-appropriate fare, such as potato, bacon and raclette gratin, or zuppa di cavolo Valpellinese; and spacious dining areas in which to entertain large parties of family members and friends over a few magnums of Valais wine.
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To further bolster the relaxed, easygoing ethos, and to ensure your skin stays in premium condition during the below-zero seasons, a permit has been requested in order to construct a 470sq m wellness centre that will showcase a fitness room, steam room, sauna, changing area, and a swimming pool that goes both inside and outside, with a relaxation terrace that has views to make the jaw drop.
For those holiday periods in which the guest count shoots up, there are ten bedroom suites spread throughout – and subterranean garages and external parking spaces are ideal for stowing away those Mercedes G-Classes.
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