Things to do in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
Around Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Notrebellefrance lists 13 tourist sites within 12 km, including 3 natural wonders, 3 waterfalls, 2 ski resorts and 2 cable cars. Not to be missed: Chamonix Mont-Blanc, Lac Blanc (Aiguilles Rouges) and Cascade du Dard.
Chamonix Mont-Blanc
The ski area of the Chamonix valley is divided into four areas: Les Grands Montets, Brévent/Flégère, Domaine de Balme and Les Houches.
Lac Blanc (Aiguilles Rouges)
Perched at 2,352 metres in the Aiguilles Rouges massif, Lac Blanc offers one of the most emblematic panoramas of the Alps, facing the Mont Blanc massif.
Cascade du Dard
The Dard waterfall gushes above Chamonix, fed by meltwater from the glaciers of the Aiguilles Rouges.
La cascade de Bérard
A pretty path through the undergrowth leads you to the Bérard waterfall, a short half-hour from the main road.
Le Chemin de Fer du Montenvers
No need to introduce the little Montenvers rack railway that takes us to the edge of the equally famous Mer de Glace glacier.
Téléphérique du Brévent
Starting from Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, the Brévent cable car lets you escape towards the summits and enjoy a magnificent, exceptional view of the Mont Blanc massif.
Le téléphérique de l'Aiguille du Midi
The Aiguille du Midi cable car takes us to the summit of the same name at over 3,800 m altitude. In a few minutes we are projected into the particular world of high mountains amid glaciers and steep walls.
L'Aiguille du Midi
At 3,842 m, in the heart of the massif, you rub shoulders with Mont Blanc. An exceptional viewing area, partly carved into the rock, the product of an insane technological feat.
Le Glacier des Bossons
Parc animalier de Merlet
Merlet is a place called at 1,563 m altitude, on the heights of the commune of Les Houches (Haute-Savoie), in the Aiguilles Rouges massif.
Les Houches
Les gorges de la diosaz
Born on the south slope of the Buet, the torrent reaches Servoz in a succession of seven waterfalls at the bottom of a narrow defile.
Mer de Glace
The largest glacier in France unrolls its tongue of ice over seven kilometres at the foot of the Mont Blanc massif. From Chamonix, the little Montenvers rack railway leads to the edge of this polar landscape, now upset by the rapid retreat of the ice.