The Chamonix Valley
ChamonixChamonix is considered to be one of the most spectacular and scenic climbing and skiing areas in the world, with Mont Blanc, Europe's highest mountain as a constant backdrop. Chamonix has its own unique character with an "all-year-round" season. It is a great place for the everyone, with an excellent collection of shops restaurants and bars, an alpine museum and exhibitions and an ex-Olympic sports centre with indoor and outdoor pools.


Take a trip to the highest cable car station in Europe, to the summit of the
"Aiguille du Midi" at 3842m for breathtaking panoramic views of the Alps or the rack and pinion railway up to the spectacular Mer de Glace (sea of ice) and the Vallee Blanche, the longest glacier in Europe.


The Chamonix Valley and Pays du Mont Blanc provide a climbing, mountaineering and skiing domain incomparable to any other in the world, offering peaks upto 15780ft. For Skiers the area not only provides slopes for skiers of all abilities but is also the ultimate off-piste paradise.

 The Alps Chamonix offers every mountain activity you can think of, and also has a competition quality 18 hole golf course. 

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