Chalet Bonami sleeps up to fourteen in Les Bois, Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, across 450 m² (4,840 sq ft). Ten sleep in king-size bedrooms with their own en-suite, the other four in the bunk room, on bunk beds.
- Chalet Bonami sleeps up to 14 in the hamlet of Les Bois, Chamonix: 450 m² (4,840 sq ft) and six bedrooms, five of them king-size, plus a bunk room with four beds.
- Five en-suite bathrooms, one per king-size bedroom, so two people per bathroom. The bunk room is the only room without one.
- With fourteen of you, four people sleep in the bunk room. There is no way around it. The usual split is ten adults and four children, and the house is built around that ratio.
- €8,600 to €32,200 per week for the whole chalet, tourist tax included. The week you pick sets the price, never how many of you there are.
- 550 m from the Flégère gondola, though not on a piste, and 3 km (2 miles) from the town centre. Self-catered and let to one group only, with nobody else in the house, three nights minimum, and you choose the arrival day.
A chalet in Chamonix that sleeps 14: six bedrooms, five en-suites
The chalet has six bedrooms and sleeps up to fourteen. Five have a king-size bed and their own en-suite bathroom. The sixth is a bunk room with two bunks, so four single beds, on the lower ground floor.
With fourteen of you, all six rooms are in use, bunk room included. The five king-size rooms take ten people, two to a bed; the remaining four sleep on bunks.
| Bedroom | Floor | Beds | En-suite |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master | First floor | 1 king-size, separate dressing room | Separate WC, shower, bath |
| Bedroom 1 | Ground floor | 1 king-size, splits into twins | WC, shower |
| Bedroom 2 | Ground floor | 1 king-size | Separate WC, shower, bath |
| Bedroom 3 | Ground floor | 1 king-size | Separate WC, shower, bath |
| Bedroom 4 | Ground floor | 1 king-size, splits into twins | Separate WC, shower, bath |
| Bunk room | Lower ground floor | 2 bunks, so 4 single beds | None |
| Total | 3 floors | Sleeps 14 | 5 en-suites |
The bunk room is a proper room with a door, fitted with two bunks made from reclaimed timber. It suits children and teenagers better than adults, and it is the only room in the chalet without a bathroom of its own.
The five en-suites are not identical either: four have a separate WC, a shower and a bath, and the one off bedroom 1 has a WC and a shower. Every room is listed in detail on the chalet page.
Five en-suites, one per king-size bedroom
Each of the five king-size rooms has its own bathroom behind its own door, which works out at two people per bathroom. The bunk room does not have one.
For a group of fourteen, the ratio of bedrooms to en-suites is the first number to ask for, and it is one of the numbers listings give least often. Across a dozen valley listings we checked in August 2026, "sleeps 14" covers houses with anywhere from three to seven bathrooms, and how many of those are en-suite is usually left out.
| What other listings in the valley say | What the wording leaves out |
|---|---|
| "Sleeps 14, 6 to 7 bedrooms, 5 to 7 bathrooms" | How many of those bathrooms are en-suite |
| "Sleeps 14, 5 bedrooms plus a mezzanine, 3 bathrooms" | How many people share a bathroom in the morning |
| "Sleeps 12 to 22" | What the house is like when the group is exactly fourteen |
| "Sleeps 14 to 16, quadruple rooms" | Who ends up on bunk beds |
| "Dormitory with 10 beds" | Whether adults sleep there too |
Some listings do publish a room-by-room sleeping plan, and two of them are houses in the same hamlet as Chalet Bonami. It is still the exception, and it is the level of detail you need before committing fourteen people.
Fourteen adults, or ten adults and four children
Fourteen sleeping places are not fourteen equivalent beds. Ten people sleep in king-size rooms and four in the bunk room, whatever the group looks like. What changes from one group to the next is who goes downstairs.
Groups of fourteen adults do take the chalet, and four of them end up on bunk beds.
| Your group of 14 | Who sleeps in the bunk room |
|---|---|
| 10 adults and 4 children | The four children. This is the most common split |
| 12 adults and 2 children | The two children, plus two adults |
| 14 adults | Four of you, chosen between you |
| 8 adults and 6 children or teenagers | Four of the six. The other two take one of the rooms made up as twins, leaving the other for the adults |
There is nothing awkward about a group of fourteen adults. It is just the group where the bunk room takes the most sorting out, because nobody volunteers for it.
The beds in bedrooms 1 and 4 split into twins. That does not change the number of people in the bunk room, which stays at four. It does mean four of the ten in king-size rooms get a bed of their own rather than half of a big one.
Bonami's tip: settle the bunk room between yourselves before you travel, not on the first evening. Four people sleep there whatever happens, and that conversation goes badly in the hallway with the bags still packed. Once you know who is going in and who wants twins, tell us, and the beds are made up before you arrive.
Feeding fourteen: two tables and a kitchen with two fridges
Dinner is the moment fourteen people end up in the same room, and it is the one that needs the most space. The chalet handles it with two tables rather than one.
The living room and dining area share one space on the first floor. The long table seats ten, the second table four, a couple of steps away. Nobody eats in another room, but not everyone is at the same table.
Some houses in the valley advertise a single table for fourteen. Chalet Bonami does not have one indoors, and that is worth knowing before you book. The balcony, also on the first floor, has a table bigger than the one indoors for eating outside, with outdoor seating and a fire pit.
The kitchen keeps up with dinner for fourteen: a Miele multi-function oven, a KitchenAid steam oven and microwave, a stand mixer, a Smeg blender and hand blender, a Jura bean-to-cup coffee machine, and a fondue and raclette set. It has two fridges, which matters on the day you unpack a week's shopping for fourteen.
The chalet is self-catered, and in Chamonix that is the norm rather than a compromise: most large houses in the valley are let as whole houses, with catering bought in one evening at a time. A private chef comes in for a single dinner, for the evenings you choose, or for full board across the week, and the concierge has the shopping delivered before you arrive.
Read more: Catered or self-catered in Chamonix
Three floors: where a group of fourteen spreads out
Fourteen people living together for a week need somewhere to get away from the other thirteen. The chalet is laid out over three floors that work independently of each other.
The living space is on the first floor: the kitchen, the living room and dining area sharing one space, and the balcony. The master bedroom is up there too, the only bedroom on that floor. The ground floor holds the other four bedrooms and the spa, level with the terrace, and the lower ground floor has the cinema room, the gym, the wine cellar and the bunk room.
So you can eat on the first floor while two people are in the sauna a floor below, without anyone getting in the way. With one caveat: the bunk room is on the lower ground floor, the same level as the cinema room and the gym. If young children are sleeping in there, bear it in mind before planning a late film.
Stairs are the question that comes up in almost every enquiry from a three-generation group. Four of the five king-size bedrooms are on the ground floor, level with the spa and the terrace, with no stairs between them. The living space is a floor up, so someone who struggles with stairs sleeps without any, but climbs a flight for every meal.
The spa is on the ground floor, on the same level as four of the bedrooms, so you reach it from your room without crossing the living space. It has three parts, a hammam for four to six, a sauna for six and a hot tub for six on the covered terrace: none of them takes the whole group, the three together do. The hot tub is heated continuously, so it is hot the day you arrive, and there is no age limit and no set hours: the group decides its own.
The cinema screen is 4 m (13 ft) across and the sound is Dolby Atmos; the gym is fitted out by Technogym. The children have their own playroom, with books and a tipi. On the practical side, the ski room has a boot dryer, the utility room a washing machine and a tumble dryer, and fast wifi at around 300 Mbps reaches the whole house through repeaters in every room.
Read more: What to check in a Chamonix chalet with a hot tub
Where the chalet is in Chamonix, and how fourteen people reach the slopes
Chalet Bonami sits in Les Bois, a hamlet of Chamonix-Mont-Blanc between Les Praz and Le Lavancher, 3 km (2 miles) north of the town centre, five or six minutes by road. It faces Les Drus and the Aiguille Verte, two peaks of the Mont Blanc massif, with meadows and forest around it.
The Flégère gondola, which serves the Brévent-Flégère ski area, is 550 m (600 yards) from the door. The chalet is not on a piste: you cover those 550 m on foot with skis over your shoulder, by car, or on the number 2 valley bus, which stops at Les Bois. In the evening you come down by gondola and cover the same 550 m the other way.
Chamonix is not one single resort. The valley has four ski areas that do not link up: Les Houches-Saint-Gervais to the south, Brévent-Flégère above Chamonix and Les Praz, Les Grands Montets at Argentière, and Balme between Le Tour and Vallorcine. Moving between them means dropping back down to the valley and taking the car, the bus or the train.
For a group of fourteen, you plan that the night before. A group staying on Brévent-Flégère has no driving to do all week; a group that wants to try Les Grands Montets one morning has to work out who is in which car before breakfast. The days nobody skis need the same planning, and not everything in the valley can be booked the evening before.
The chalet car park is outdoors, and fourteen people rarely arrive in one car. Geneva airport is about 1 hour 15 minutes away by road, and the concierge books transfers for groups who would rather not hire, charged separately. For anyone coming by rail, the nearest stop is Les Tines, on the Saint-Gervais to Vallorcine line.
Across Haute-Savoie, winter equipment is compulsory from 1 November to 31 March: either four winter tyres, or chains or snow socks carried in the vehicle. It applies to every car in the group. Check with the hire company that your car is equipped before you set off.
Read more: Which part of the Chamonix valley to stay in
What a week for 14 costs
A week at Chalet Bonami is €8,600 to €32,200 for the whole chalet. Between a quiet week and New Year the price is almost four times as much: it is the week you pick that sets the price, not the number of people. February half term and the week of New Year sit at the top of that range.
The price does not go up because there are fourteen of you. There is no per-person supplement and no extra charge for the bunk room, and a group of eight pays exactly the same for the same week.
| Included in the weekly rate | Extra, quoted on request |
|---|---|
| End-of-stay clean | Daily or mid-stay cleaning |
| Bed linen and towels | Private chef, from a single dinner to full board |
| Hammam, sauna and hot tub | Private driver and transfers |
| Utilities, welcome hamper, concierge | Ski lessons, instructor or guide, massages |
| Tourist tax | Shopping delivered, bookings and days out |
We ask for a security deposit, and the amount is set out with the quote.
Chalet Bonami is booked direct: send us your dates and we reply within 24 hours with the exact price for your week.
Booking Chalet Bonami for 14
The week does not have to start on a Saturday. The arrival day is flexible and the minimum stay is three nights, which matters when fourteen people are trying to line up leave and travel.
The whole house is yours: no other party, no rooms let separately. One person handles your booking from the first email to the keys, then the concierge takes over for the week.
Fourteen people means around ten separate bookings before you travel, from the lift pass to ski school. Our guide to planning a ski trip with a large group sets out who decides what, and in which order.
February half term and the week of New Year book out eight to twelve months ahead. On those weeks it is the chalet's calendar that decides: send your dates before you have the final list of names.
Read more: Booking a chalet direct with the owner
The split changes with the numbers, and there is a page for each configuration: with ten of you the five king-size rooms are enough; with eight a king-size bedroom stays free on top of the bunk room.
Frequently asked questions
What comes up most often in enquiries from groups of fourteen.
Does everyone sleep in a bedroom when there are fourteen of you?
Everyone sleeps in a proper room with a door, but not everyone in a king-size bedroom. Five bedrooms have a king-size bed and an en-suite, which covers ten people; the sixth room is a bunk room with four single beds on the lower ground floor and no bathroom of its own. At fourteen, all six are in use.
Can we come as fourteen adults?
Yes. The chalet is let whole and nothing requires children in the party; four of the fourteen will simply be on bunk beds, and that is worth agreeing before you arrive. The beds in bedrooms 1 and 4 split into twins, so four of the ten in king-size rooms get a bed of their own rather than half of a big one.
Can all fourteen of us sit down to dinner together?
Not at one table indoors. The living room and dining area share one space: the long table seats ten and the second table four, a couple of steps apart. The group eats in the same room, at two tables side by side, and the balcony has a table bigger than the one indoors for eating outside.
Is there a supplement for a full house of fourteen?
No. The rate is for the whole house, tourist tax included, and it is the same for eight, for ten or for fourteen. Neither the bunk room nor the size of the group is charged for: the week is €8,600 to €32,200 depending on which one you pick.
Does the chalet work for three generations under one roof?
Yes, it is the case the house is built around, and its three floors work independently. Four of the five king-size bedrooms are on the ground floor, level with the spa and the terrace, with no stairs between them. The cinema room, the gym and the bunk room are two floors below the living space. The catch is that the living space is upstairs, so someone who struggles with stairs sleeps without any but climbs a flight for every meal.