Every open Club Med we’ve stayed at, ranked
Disagree? Good. Post your own order where you found this, and count yours against the full list of 181 while you are there.See the ledger
A single one-to-fifty-two is the most arguable page we could publish, which is tempting. But Kiroro against Kani is a comparison nobody makes. So: three lists, each ranked. Stays, nights and the year we were last there sit beside each village, because the number of stays says more than any adjective.
The order is ours. It will change; the record won’t.
Ski and mountain
| # | Village | Stays | Nights | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Val d’Isère Four stays and we are not finished with it; the one the others get measured against. | 4 | 26 | 2023 |
| 2 | Val Thorens Sensations The highest lift-served snow in the Alps, and the surest week in January. | 3 | 21 | 2017 |
| 3 | Tignes Ranked on the skiing rather than the village; the glacier makes the season absurdly long. | 1 | 7 | 2009 · old building; new building to confirm |
| 4 | La Rosière South-facing, sunlit, and you can ski across to Italy for lunch. | 1 | 3 | 2022 |
| 5 | Les Arcs Panorama Ski-in from the door into Paradiski; the newest of the French builds when we went. | 1 | 7 | 2019 |
| 6 | Pragelato Sestriere Three stays on the Milky Way, and the best value week we have had on snow. | 3 | 14 | 2016 |
| 7 | Kiroro Peak Two nights, and the powder mornings we still bring up. | 1 | 2 | 2025 |
| 8 | Tomamu Hokkaido snow attached to a resort complex; more Japanese hotel than Club Med. | 1 | 2 | 2018 |
| 9 | Sahoro The quiet Hokkaido option: a small hill, reliable snow, nobody on it. | 1 | 2 | 2018 |
| 10 | Peisey-Vallandry The gentler way into Les Arcs, in through the trees. | 1 | 3 | 2013 |
| 11 | St. Moritz Roi Soleil Four stays for the Engadine rather than for the village; the skiing is a ride away. | 4 | 22 | 2024 |
| 12 | Grand Massif Samoëns Morillon A big linked area an hour from Geneva, on snow that cannot always be relied on. | 1 | 3 | 2018 |
| 13 | Valmorel Built for families and honest about it. | 1 | 3 | 2017 |
| 14 | Kiroro Grand Walked through on the day; the newer, plusher half of the same estate. · same estate as Kiroro Peak; not counted in our 73 | day visit | — | 2025 |
| 15 | Québec Charlevoix Cold, compact, and above the St Lawrence; the setting outdoes the vertical. | 1 | 3 | 2022 |
| 16 | La Plagne 2100 A day visit only — we skied the area from elsewhere. | day visit | — | — |
| 17 | Yabuli China’s first real ski resort, and the emptiest pistes we have skied. | 1 | 2 | 2016 |
Never done a Club Med ski week? The Alps, all-inclusive — the page written for a first-timer.
Exclusive Collection
| # | Village | Stays | Nights | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finolhu Villas, Maldives Two nights over the water, and the only one that felt like a private island. | 1 | 2 | 2019 |
| 2 | Michès Playa Esmeralda The newest of the Collection when we went: jungle behind, empty sand in front. | 1 | 3 | 2022 |
| 3 | Seychelles Two stays and nine nights — the one we would book again first. | 2 | 9 | 2024 |
| 4 | Cefalù Sicily rebuilt; the old village replaced by the Collection’s Mediterranean flagship. | 1 | 3 | 2019 |
| 5 | Club Med 2 The five-masted ship, classified Exclusive Collection, and unlike anything else in the fleet. | 1 | 4 | 2019 |
Kani’s Manta space is Exclusive Collection too; it is in the beach list below, where we rank it first. Choosing between these for a couple? The Collection — the page written for a first-timer.
Beach and family
| # | Village | Stays | Nights | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kani, Maldives Seventeen nights across two stays; the Maldives without the seaplane. | 2 | 17 | 2025 |
| 2 | Bodrum Palmiye, Turkey Five stays and forty-nine nights — no village has had more of our time. | 5 | 49 | 2021 |
| 3 | Palmiye, Turkey Eight stays. Short ones, close to home, and we keep going back. | 8 | 37 | 2024 |
| 4 | Magna Marbella Three stays on the Costa del Sol, and the easiest winter sun from Europe. | 3 | 11 | 2024 |
| 5 | Punta Cana The big Caribbean one; three stays and it has never disappointed. | 3 | 16 | 2021 |
| 6 | Cap Skirring Casamance, five nights, and the most distinctive village in Africa. | 1 | 5 | 2025 |
| 7 | Columbus Isle San Salvador in the out islands; a week, and the diving is the reason. | 1 | 7 | 2008 |
| 8 | La Caravelle, Guadeloupe Sainte-Anne, the long beach, and the oldest Club Med still open in the Caribbean. | 1 | 3 | 2016 |
| 9 | Bintan Island An hour by ferry from Singapore; two stays, mostly for how easy it is. | 2 | 7 | 2017 |
| 10 | Cancún Yucatán Five stays on the point at Punta Nizuc, with the reef on the doorstep. | 5 | 20 | 2020 |
| 11 | Trancoso Bahia, thirteen nights, and the least corporate big village we know. | 2 | 13 | 2021 |
| 12 | Gregolimano Evia, two weeks in all, and a Greek village that has barely changed. | 2 | 14 | 2010 |
| 13 | Djerba la Douce Tunisia in 2006 — flat, warm and a long time ago. | 1 | 4 | 2006 |
| 14 | Rio das Pedras The Atlantic forest south of Rio; two stays, twelve nights, and the setting does the work. | 2 | 12 | 2019 |
| 15 | Turkoise Providenciales, adults only, and the best beach on this list. | 2 | 8+ | 2022 |
| 16 | Kabira Ishigaki Two nights in the Yaeyamas; subtropical Japan, and nothing like the mainland. | 1 | 2 | 2010 |
| 17 | Guilin The karst hills rather than the beach; two stays for the landscape. | 2 | 6 | 2015 |
| 18 | Bali Nusa Dua, two nights, and more useful as a base than as a village. | 1 | 2 | 2012 |
| 19 | Les Boucaniers, Martinique The south of the island, five nights, and the sailing is the point. | 1 | 5 | 2016 |
| 20 | Cherating Beach Malaysia’s east coast; two stays in the trees, turtles offshore. | 2 | 8 | 2013 |
| 21 | Phuket Kata Beach, a full week, and the last of the old Thailand villages we saw. | 1 | 7 | 2008 |
| 22 | La Plantation d’Albion Nine nights on Mauritius’s west coast, at the Collection end of the range. | 1 | 9 | 2010 |
| 23 | Da Balaia The Algarve, two stays, and the one we use when we want Europe in the shoulder season. | 2 | 9 | 2023 |
| 24 | Yasmina The Moroccan Mediterranean, three nights, and a village few people have heard of. | 1 | 3 | 2015 |
| 25 | La Pointe aux Canonniers A day visit only; the north of Mauritius, seen and not slept in. | day visit | — | — |
| 26 | La Palmyre Atlantique The French Atlantic coast in the pines; two nights, and a summer-only village. | 1 | 2 | 2009 |
| 27 | Lijiang Yunnan at 2,400 metres — the only one on this list where altitude is the story. | 1 | 3 | 2024 |
| 28 | Lake Paradise Inland Brazil beside the reservoir; three nights, and quieter than anything on the coast. | 1 | 3 | 2021 |
| 29 | Marrakech la Palmeraie The Riad within the Palmeraie; Collection rooms inside a family village. | 2 | 8 | 2019 |
| 30 | Vittel Golf Ermitage The Vosges, three stays, and golf rather than sea or snow. | 3 | 8 | 2024 |
| 31 | Opio en Provence Above Grasse in the hills; two stays, and the countryside instead of the coast. | 2 | 5 | 2014 |
Taking children under twelve for the first time? The Caribbean — the page written for a first-timer.
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