A tourism property for sale in Hautes-Alpes follows two distinct seasons, under sunshine typical of the Southern Alps. In winter, the ski areas of Serre-Chevalier, Montgenèvre, Vars, Risoul, Orcières and SuperDévoluy fill hotels, chalets and holiday residences; in summer, hikers in the Écrins National Park and the Queyras Regional Nature Park, cyclists on the Izoard, Lautaret and Galibier passes, visitors to Lake Serre-Ponçon and white-water enthusiasts on the Durance take over. Briançon and its Vauban fortifications, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Embrun and Gap keep the shoulder seasons alive, while the Baronnies provençales in the south already feel Mediterranean.
This page covers the full range of mountain tourism real estate: resort hotels and residences, chalets run as holiday lets or group lodges, holiday centres, rated valley campsites, stone farms in the Champsaur split into several units, equestrian properties and village inns. It is written for investors, professionals taking over a business and owners preparing to sell.
As of 25 September 2026, 6 tourism properties in Hautes-Alpes are listed on ma-propriete.fr: 3 gîtes, 2 campsites, 1 equestrian property. The median asking price is €719,000, ranging from €284,800 to €1,450,000.
In 2025 the median sale price of a country house in Hautes-Alpes was €305,225 (average €311,428), or €2,850/m² of living space, for 108 m² on an average plot of 2,619 m², based on 390 sales in rural municipalities. One sale in ten was below €147,697 and one in ten above €491,050. Since the second half of 2020 the median price has moved from €258,000 to €304,450 (+18.0%); over the last year the change is +3.8%. For comparison: €360,000 in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and €189,200 in France.
| Indicator (2025) | Hautes-Alpes | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | France |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price | €305,225 | €360,000 | €189,200 |
| Average price | €311,428 | €401,500 | €207,100 |
| Lower bound (1st decile) | €147,697 | €215,000 | €90,000 |
| Upper bound (9th decile) | €491,050 | €650,000 | €340,000 |
| Median price per m² of living space | €2,850/m² | €3,469/m² | €1,830/m² |
| Average living space | 108 m² | 112 m² | 108 m² |
| Average plot | 2,619 m² | 3,324 m² | 3,181 m² |
| Number of sales (2025) | 390 | 4,532 | 150,313 |
The type of municipality matters: across sales from mid-2020 to 2025, the median ranges from €245,500 (deep countryside) to €351,550 (tourist coastline). For a tourism business, coastal and tourist-inland municipalities are the relevant benchmark.
| Type of municipality | Median price 2020-2025 | Median price per m² | Change 2021-2025 | Sales 2020-2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tourist coastline | €351,550 | €3,153/m² | +26.0% | 148 |
| Residential coastline * | €338,650 | €3,220/m² | +37.8% | 75 |
| Tourist inland (hinterland, mountains) | €260,000 | €2,647/m² | +24.0% | 975 |
| Peri-urban countryside (within a town's catchment) | €279,650 | €2,666/m² | +20.3% | 742 |
| Deep countryside (outside urban influence) | €245,500 | €2,434/m² | +15.9% | 396 |
For prestige homes (houses over 300 m² of living space on 0.05 to 10 ha), the regional (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) benchmark is a median of €2,475,500 over 2021-2025, with an average of €2,811,700, a P10–P90 range of €994,400 to €5,324,000 and 6,623 €/m² of living space, over 1,050 sales. The 2025 national median is €822,000.
| Area | Sales | Median price | Average price | Range (P10–P90) | €/m² of living space |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (2025) | 151 | €2,520,000 | €2,997,000 | €1,002,000 – €5,800,000 | 6,914 |
| Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (2021-2025) | 1,050 | €2,475,500 | €2,811,700 | €994,400 – €5,324,000 | 6,623 |
| France (2025) | 981 | €822,000 | €1,321,400 | €428,000 – €3,100,000 | 2,308 |
Sources: listings published on ma-propriete.fr on 25 September 2026 (asking prices, not sale prices); ma-propriete.fr observatories of country house prices in Hautes-Alpes and prestige property prices in Hautes-Alpes (in French), DVF data (notarised sales, French tax authority). * fewer than 100 sales: indicative value.
DVF data place Hautes-Alpes above the French rural average: a country house sold for a median €305,225 in 2025, €260,000 in the mountain tourist inland over 2020-2025 and €351,550 in the Serre-Ponçon lakeside municipalities classed as tourist coast (€338,650 for those classed as residential coast). A chalet, resort hotel or campsite is, however, valued first on its trading record and its location, at the foot of the slopes or deep in a valley. The mix by type, shared between gîte complexes, campsites and equestrian properties, shows the range of possible activities.
In ski resorts, a hotel near the slopes earns most of its turnover in winter and must win summer guests, from hikers to seminars; holiday residences, often co-owned, depend on commercial leases with an operator that need close review. In Queyras, Champsaur or Valgaudemar villages, mountain inns and hotel-restaurants rely on food and trekkers. In Briançon, Embrun and Gap, town hotels serve business and transit guests. A farm inn (ferme-auberge) serves produce from its own livestock farm. Separate the building, the business and the leases; the business is valued on operating profit (EBITDA). Browse hotels for sale in France and mountain inns.
Chalets are the most sought-after asset: resort chalets run as lets, large chalets turned into group lodges, or alpine pasture chalets, whose restoration needs a specific State permit under the loi Montagne and may come with a ban on winter use; a chalet rebuilt from a ruin is restricted to pastoral use or hiking, with no commercial operation. Former holiday centres and holiday villages are being converted into residences or retreat venues. Yurts, cabins and stargazing bubbles are listed under glamping sites for sale.
From Serre-Ponçon to the Baronnies, rated campsites and leisure parks combine pitches, chalets and sometimes a restaurant: see campsites for sale in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
See gîtes for sale in Hautes-Alpes, B&Bs in Hautes-Alpes, event venues in the department and equestrian gîtes.
A hotel or campsite sale covers the building, sold before a notary, and the business, with its own formalities. A public-access building (ERP) needs a fire safety commission opinion; star ratings from 1 to 5 last 5 years; the town hall confirms the transfer of the licence and operating permit. Furnished holiday lets fall under the Le Meur Act of 19 November 2024, which extends registration nationwide and strengthens the powers of local councils: check the rules that apply with the town hall. The loi Montagne governs development and places tourism projects above a certain size under the new tourism unit (UTN) regime, provided for in the SCoT or local plan (PLU); in the municipalities bordering Serre-Ponçon, the loi Littoral also applies, although the SCoT may now exclude some areas set back from the shore. Read the risk report (avalanches, flash floods, landslides, earthquakes) and check winter access, snow clearing, drainage and the SPANC report.
The Briançonnais and Serre-Chevalier offer the strongest two seasons and the dearest buildings. The Queyras and Champsaur suit smaller village hotels. Around Serre-Ponçon, summer dominates.
It depends on weeks let in winter and summer, average rates, heating, snow clearing and staff. Ask for three years of accounts and test your figures with our holiday rental simulator (in French).
Add the building, closely tied to proximity to the slopes or lake, the business, based on operating profit, purchase costs and compliance works.
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