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Thinking about a long weekend later in the summer of walking and "taking the waters".
Hotel Alliey looks OK. Any other recommendations? Looking for somewhere reasonably comfortable, happy to pay a bit but I'm working on the assumption that there aren't any ludicrously expensive places there. Nice restaurant a bonus but happy to leave the property for my dinner 
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Arno, Hotel Alliey is about the best , but book the better rooms in the main hotel if possible, some are in an annexe and are quite small. Hotel Europe is OK too, and both have good restaurants (alliey probably has the edge). Plenty of choice to eat out each night though. If you want lift access for walking, Monetier is open from 3rd July. I think closing day is the 29th August.
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Hells Bells, thanks, Alliey is certainly looking favourite.
however, i do have a recollection of seeing somewhere which did fairly straightforward a half board deal (no choice dinner sort of thing) but quite nicely done up - half way between a gite and an hotel. does that ring a bell? can't see anything which fits that description on Christopher's list
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Arno, was it Rif Blanc perhaps? Not sure if they only do B&B in the summer, but they do have a website. The Alliey still have a half-board option separate from their main restaurant I think, and there's also the old Cairn hotel which is now under new management, restaurant is Le Table de Corine, They do a reasonable B&B and have a good value restaurant with menu de jour from 13€. B&B from 35€ per person. Some details on this blog http://www.serrechevalier.org/page/5/
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Arno, if you are looking for a hotel that is cheap and cheerful then you could try Maison du Bez in le Bez which is a little hamlet above Villeneuve. http://www.hotel-dubez.com/ The rooms are basic and clean, mostly en suite, and the food is good. You could even arrange for a few euro a picnic butty and drink when we were there. It is definitely open in summer as we have stayed in apts next door, and the place was full of MTBers. The ski-room becomes the bike room  . Tina, the Swedish owner will take bookings that are short stay, so it might be a viable option. Le Bez has some other nice restos, e.g. la Bidule and is VERY quiet. A 5-10 minute walk takes you over to the Casse de Boeuf chair that is the main uplift for walkers and MBTers in summer from Villeneuve and there is always the infamous Sentier Botanique to try that starts off from Bez village.
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MarjMJ, i think that's the place i was thinking of - thanks!
now... whether to go for the Bez or the Alliey... decisions decisions!
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Arno, ah, but you did say Monetier, which is why I didn't think of Le Bez. 
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Hells Bells, it's always the details that get me 
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