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Mountain Living
Traditions, life & style
There’s a better way. Aim high and you’ll find not only a privileged environment, but also considerable comfort, including spa pampering and wellbeing relaxation options. We look at traditional mountain chalet style, visit artisan cheesemakers and offer inspiration to home-makers.
![Nicholas and Marielle Plummer at the Hyatt Centric La Rosiere](https://www.mountainpassions.com/winter/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Nicholas-Marielle-Plummer-Hyatt-Centric-La-Rosiere-530-339x250.jpg)
The Hyatt Centric La Rosière
We meet its creators, a visionary couple with the Alpine Riviera touch
Meet Marielle and Nicholas Plummer whose latest creation is the stylish 4-star luxury Hyatt Centric Hotel at La Rosière.
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Traditional Alpine Chalet
A timeless design classic
Widely emulated and now highly coveted, the mountain chalet is an enduring design classic whose original constructors succeeded in creating a comfortable and supremely practical home.
![Mid-summer adds colour to a lazy lakeside promenade, while boats slumber in le Petit Port, Annecy](https://www.mountainpassions.com/winter/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/annecy_9227-e1435327198322-339x250.jpg)
Annecy: perfectly irresistible
Haute-Savoie, French Alps
Annecy’s irresistible lakeside setting and proximity to top class ski resorts have created one of the most desirable locations in which to live in France.
![Beaufort Tarine Cows](https://www.mountainpassions.com/winter/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/beaufort-tarine_cows-e1434463355454-339x250.jpg)
Alpine Regional Cheeses
A taste for mountain living
Discover traditional methods of cheese-making in the valleys and the alpages, see the production process, buy and sample the best the region has to offer.
![Tarine Cattle, Beaufortain](https://www.mountainpassions.com/winter/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/beaufort_tarine_13730-339x250.jpg)
Beaufort Cheese
The highly prized Beaufort Chalet d’Alpage
In the high alpages beside Mont-Blanc we go in search of an award-winning producer of Beaufort, one of the most highly-prized of all mountain cheeses.