Tourist attractions Courmayeur

Majestic with its ring of snowy domes, running through it three glaciers among them the famous Mer de Glace (Sea of Ice) pierced by granite needles, it tops out at 4,807 m, which makes this the highest European peak. It was conquered in 1786 by a gla..

This valley is famous among off-piste skiers for its beautiful landscapes. Guides take skiers down 20km of slopes with a 2 800m drop from the Aiguille du Midi.

With its cables suspended at times more than 500 metres above the ground, and its cable car, no less daunting which travels along it, the Aiguille du Midi cable car is one of the most impressive attractions in the French Alps. From its central spire,..

From the summit, the panoramic view covers all the French side of Mont Blanc, including the Aiguille (Needle) du Midi, as well as Chamonix valley stretching out below from the village of Praz-de- Chamonix to Boissons. On the other side are the high..

At 3 295 m above sea level, the Grands-Montets Peak offers an exceptional panorama over the Argentière Glacier, which over looks the Tour, Chardonnet, and the Argentière Peaks and Mount Dolent. One of the main actors in this outstanding snow-covered ..

14 km long, at a minimum altitude of 1700 m, it's the best known and hence the most appreciated by tourists, of the three great with glaciers in the Massif. From the upper station of the Montenvers railway, you will find an extraordinary scene made u..

This midway stop, located at the foot of the jagged Aiguilles de Chamonix, is at an altitude of 2 317m. It is the starting point for a number of easy walks and commands a good view of the Mont-Blanc massif.

The tramway is an invitation to discover the mountains at a high altitude as it runs towards the Bionnassay glacier, the enormous frozen stretch tumbling down the Mont-Blanc massif.

This is a superb belvedere over the Mountain needles (aiguilles) of Chamonix.

Delightfully situated with views of Mont Blanc, the balcon de Merlet is a mountainous spur running from the Aiguillette du Brévent range. Seven species of mountain fauna (deer, sheep, marmots, llamas, ibex, and marmots) roam free in this 20ha-park o..

In the Natural Reserve of Les Contamines, you can follow the Tour du Mont-Blanc (TMB) path for some of the way, then when arriving at an altitude of 2,174 m, these lakes offer you an attractive landscape. They are flanked by the Jovet mounts, Mont To..

At an altitude of 1894 m, the view is impressive over the Aiguille Verte (Green Needle) and the line of the Grandes Jourasses enclosing the Mer de Glace (Sea of Ice). If you continue by cable car up to the Index (2,385 m) you will see all the Massif ..

Since 1965, the Mont Blanc Tunnel has provided an all-weather passage between Chamonix (France) and Courmayeur (Italy). Nearly 2 million vehicles (including 800,000 lorries) used the tunnel without accident until 24 March, 1999. That day, at 11 am, a..

This iron road of the high mountains has been laid out above the Mer de Glace (Sea of Ice).

The Chamonix ski area, the most amazing in Haute-Savoie, is spread out over the massifs of Brévent and the Midi Needle (Chamonix), La Flégère (Les Praz), the Grand Monnets (Argentière), and La Balme (Le Tour). A shuttle bus service links these. Less ..

This is the main thoroughfare of Chamonix which, extended by the rue Jacques-Vallot, passes through the centre of the station

Set up in the old Chamonix Palace, it tells the story of the valley, brings to life the daily lives of earlier times, the stages in the conquest of Mont Blanc (reconstruction of the Chinese room of the Vallot Observatory) and the early days of skiing..

A group in bronze by Sansom depict the Geneva naturalist Horace Bénédict de Saussure and Jacques Balmat. The naturalist offered a reward to the one who first reached the summit. It was Balmat to achieve this accompanied by Dr Michel-Gabriel Paccard. ..

This electric tramway takes visitors to an altitude of 1 653m towards the Voza Pass before running along the mountainside with an impressive picture of Mont-Blanc in the background.