French hotel group Maisons Pariente — the family behind Le Grand Mazarin in Paris and Hôtel Crillon le Brave in Provence — is heading back to the mountains. In winter 2026 it opens Saint Roch, its fifth property and second alpine address, set right on the Bellecôte piste in Courchevel 1850. The location is about as ski-in friendly as it gets: slopeside at the foot of the runs, yet only steps from the village centre.
The sisters who founded the group, Leslie Kouhana and Kimberley Cohen, have built a reputation for hotels that feel personal, and Saint Roch is pitched as a winter home shaped by childhood memories of mountain holidays — hot chocolate by the fire included. The interiors were designed by Paris studio Friedmann & Versace, and the brief is an unusual one: rather than classic chalet-style alpine décor, the look borrows from Russian dachas, the Mongolian steppes and ancient Persia.
In practice that means patinated surfaces, mohair velvet, onyx, agate and wood marquetry, with deep tones of tobacco brown, garnet red, moss green and midnight blue. Much of it is handmade: agate-stained glass by Atelier Toporkoff, mosaic frescoes and a marble mosaic shower by Pierre Mesguich, and ceramics from French artisans. An art collection curated by Amélie Maison d'Art mixes twentieth-century works with contemporary pieces and Persian glazed vases, turning the hotel into something of a habitable gallery.
Saint Roch has 37 rooms and suites, scaled from intimate Superior rooms up to mountain-view Prestige rooms and full living-room suites. At the top, two fifth-floor Prestige Suites of roughly 750 square feet each can be taken separately or combined with three adjoining rooms to form a Penthouse spanning the entire top floor. Shared spaces lean cosy: a firelit living room with deep sofas, a dimly lit restaurant with generously spaced tables, and a bar glowing with golden light.
The spa takes its cues from Ottoman hammams and Caucasian palaces — soft arches, heavily veined marble, ochre and rust shades — wrapped around an indoor pool and a light-filled fitness room.
For skiers, this is a genuinely useful opening. Courchevel 1850 is the most upmarket of the Trois Vallées resorts, and direct piste access plus walkable village position puts guests at the heart of the world's largest linked ski area. If the design story appeals — part alpine refuge, part eastern caravan-route fantasy — it's worth keeping on the radar for winter 2026 bookings, especially for families or groups who might want that whole-floor Penthouse.
Full details on rates and bookings are yet to land, so anyone planning a Courchevel trip for the 2026 season should watch the group's announcements closely.
First reported by Sleeper Magazine.