An outdoor pool and cellar within the walls; a thousand metres of mountain beyond them. Everything, at the door.
An outdoor pool is reserved for staying guests, while Vela Bains Privé — a private bathhouse pavilion with a Finnish sauna and fire-lit lounge — may be reserved for exclusive use. The château's cave à vins holds a curated selection of French and European wines and spirits — including single malts from neighbouring Les Hautes Glaces, the world's first organic whisky farm-distillery. And all around lie forty-five hectares of organic fields and forest, organically nurtured, to wander at will.
The valley Giono called an amphitheatre is a playground for the mountain-minded.
Launch sites at Courtet and Châtel; thermals and ridge lift loved by alpine pilots.
Trails and limestone routes beneath Mont Aiguille, conquered as early as 1492.
Tours and tastings at the organic whisky distillery, minutes away in the valley.
Sailing and kayaking beneath the lake's Himalayan footbridges.
Dramatic jumps and cabled routes for the adventurous.
Gresse-en-Vercors and Alpe du Grand Serre, with cross-country across the Trièves.
Beyond the adrenaline, the Trièves and wider Isère reward the curious — Michelin-starred dining rooms and mountain bistros, medieval hill villages, glacial lakes and cliff-side via ferrata, all within an easy drive. For a fuller guide to the region's restaurants, culture and adventures, explore alpes-isere.com and its ten must-visit destinations.
Montmeilleur has its own grass airfield, LFKK, beside the château — all aircraft to 12,500 lb welcome, no landing fees, ever.
