10/10 Excellent
Ken S.
18 Aug 2023
Liked: Cleanliness
First Trip to Farellones
If, like us, you are taking your first trip to Chile to ski the Tres Valles, Casa Farellones is an excellent choice for a home base. It is a 10-minute or less drive to each of La Parva and El Colorado, and a 25-minute drive to Valle Nevado (note these times without ski traffic; expect longer if you are headed to the resorts for first lift). The views from the home/hot tub are incredible, morning, evening and night (you can clearly see the lights of Santiago after the sun sets -- beautiful). We stayed on the ground floor of the house and it was very clean, spacious, well appointed and, most importantly, comfortable. William is an outstanding host and incredibly helpful with advice. His main caution, however, is that if you are planning to stay for a week, you have to either hire a cook/chef for the week or stop in Santiago to grocery shop. There are no grocery stores in Farellones (or at the resorts) but for very minimal provisions. Likewise, the restaurants in town are few and really "unspecial." This is a serious logistical challenge and one big drawback about staying at a house as opposed to one of the hotels in Valle Nevado. If, however, you are looking for a house, this is the place! I do not think there is another home of its quality that is centrally located to all three Tres Valleys resorts. We are headed back, but likely will have William arrange a chef next time!
Ken S.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2023