Tucked away in a spruce forest, the resort of La Tania is so close to, and yet so far from Courchevel! Julien Machet’s restaurant pampers and nurtures his guests and nothing leaves his kitchen that hasn’t been endlessly pondered and preened over. This “Savoyard peddler” (his own words) has devised a gourmet banquet that engulfs you in the history of the Duchy of Savoy by way of the best produce from Savoy, the Val d’Aosta, Valais and Piedmont, as far as the Mediterranean. Seasonal vegetables (a nostalgic nod to his grandmother Mado’s vegetable patch) are also invited to play a star role in the gourmet action at an altitude of 1400 metres. Fine dining with our head in the clouds.