French boutique hotel group Maisons Pariente is heading to the mountains. Its fifth property, Saint Roch, opens in Courchevel 1850 for winter 2026 — a 37-room chalet-hotel sitting right on the Bellecôte piste, ski-in ski-out, yet only a short walk from the village centre.
This is the group's second Alpine address, and like everything the Paris-based sisters Leslie Kouhana and Kimberley Cohen do, it leans heavily on personal memory and a collector's instinct rather than standard chalet chic. The design brief, from studio Friedmann & Versace, is unusually eclectic: think Slavic dachas, Persian palaces and the Mongolian steppes rather than cowhide and antlers. Materials do the talking — wood marquetry, onyx, agate, mohair velvet and bronze, with a palette of tobacco brown, garnet red, moss green and midnight blue.
The hotel is dotted with genuine craft. There's agate-stained glass by Atelier Toporkoff, mosaic frescoes by Pierre Mesguich, and ceramics by French artisans, all curated under an art programme guided by Amélie Maison d'Art. The result, the designers say, is meant to feel like the home of an aesthete — twentieth-century works hanging next to contemporary pieces and Persian glazed vases.
Rooms run from Superior and Deluxe categories up to suites with proper salons and mountain views. At the top, two Prestige Suites of roughly 750 square feet each can be taken separately or combined with three adjoining rooms to form a Penthouse occupying the entire fifth floor.
Shared spaces are the heart of the place: a fireside living room with deep sofas, a dimly lit restaurant with generously spaced tables, and a bar in warm golden light. The spa takes its cues from Ottoman hammams and Caucasian palaces, with soft arches, veined marble and a vaulted indoor pool whose marble-mosaic shower is a showpiece in itself. A light-filled fitness space rounds things out.
For skiers, the appeal is obvious: direct piste access at one of the Alps' most glamorous resorts, in a property designed to be lingered in rather than just slept in. For Maisons Pariente fans — the group also runs Le Grand Mazarin in Paris and hotels in Provence — it's a chance to pair Alpine days with the same intimate, design-led hospitality they know from the lowlands. Watch for opening rates and booking windows as winter 2026 approaches; the Penthouse, in particular, will likely go fast with families and groups.
Photo credit: Vincent Leroux. Story first reported by Sleeper Magazine.
