We were two families of four: two adults, two kids each (of four, five, seven & eight) and Chalet Duc was perfectly suited to our needs. The five bedrooms offered flexibility with three doubles, one twin, and one room with four single beds. There was plenty of space for eight people to relax and eat without feeling on top of each other. The chalet is decorated to a high standard and felt very clean, warm and comfortable throughout. There is a washing machine and dryer which was very useful for eight people on a skiing holiday! There is a boot room on the outside of the chalet for storing skis/boots but actually we left ours at the bottom of the telecabine so just had to walk there in snowboots which made life a lot easier than carrying skis to and from the chalet each day. The location of the chalet is absolutely ideal. We didn't hire a car, so from Geneva airport we got a train to Bex, then changed straight onto a tram which brought us to Gryon. From the tram stop it is about a 10-15 minute walk to Chalet Duc. Very easy indeed. My only tip would be to make sure you walk past the telecabine and then turn down the road for the chalet. We entered the road from the other end (just before the telecabine) which confused us as the directions to find the chalet were from the other end of the road. There is a ski hire shop, small (expensive!) supermarket, a couple of cafe/bar/restaurants, a boulangerie, a couple of other shops, and a small ice rink in the village of Gryon (all between the tram stop and the telecabine) so we didn't need to leave Gryon at all during the week we were there. To get from the chalet to the telecabine was about a 5 minute walk so it was really easy for us and for the kids too. The telecabine (Barbalouse) takes you up the mountain where you will find the kids ski-school, a cafe/restaurant, and a few blue runs, one or two red runs and one black run. From there you can of course link to other bits of the mountain for more choice of different runs. Our kids had a two hour lesson each day (12-2pm, which was lovely as we had nice leisurely mornings instead of trying to hurry everyone up in the morning!) so we adults got a good two hours in, then we all had lunch up the mountain, then we could either ski more or head back down depending on everyone's mood. You can actually ski all the way home down a blue run right to the bottom of the telecabine which we did with our seven & eight year olds a couple of times. That means you can stay up the mountain later than 4.30pm when the telecabine closes. Our first day the telecabine wasn't working(!) but it turned out we were able to get a bus up the mountain instead, but to a slightly different location. All in all I would definitely recommend Chalet Duc and can't wait to return. Its location made our family skiing holiday really easy and relaxing. Robyn, the owner, was really friendly, helpful and quick to respond. Robyn answered all our questions and provided lots of information and useful details about the chalet, the local area, and also about getting to and from Geneva airport.