MONT-BLANC AREA CURIOSITIES

LES CONTAMINES-MONTJOIE
Tel.:+ 33(0)4 50 47 01 58
Notre-Dame de La Gorge (baroque style chapel) guided tours – Chemin de Croix – Cable cars – Nature Reserve – the Baroque path – Paragliding- Leisure park..

SAINT-GERVAIS LES BAINS
Tel.:+ 33(0)4 50 47 76 08
Baroque Church – Manors of Hautetour and La Comtesse – Vieux Pont du Diable (Old Devil’s Bridge)– Mont d’Arbois by cable car – Gorges du Bonnant et de la Gruvaz – Baroque Path – Craft pottery.
Mont Blanc tramway
Avenue de la Gare - Le Fayet Tel.:+33(0)4 50 47 51 83
The highest train in France is waiting to take you on a wonderful journey to the foot of Mont-Blanc. In winter it takes skiers and walkers up to the Bellevue plateau (1,800 m) and to the Prarion skiing area, to the heart of an amazing panorama.

LE FAYET
Tel.:+33(0)4 50 93 64 64
Park and thermal baths – Mont-Blanc tramway – Start of the Val Montjoie path – Notre-Dame des Alpes contemporary church by the architect Novarina.

SAINT-NICOLAS DE VEROCE
Tel.:+ 33(0)4 50 93 20 63
Baroque church – Chapelle des Chattrix et des Plans – Plateau de la Croix (panoramic view over the Mont-Blanc mountain massif) – Baroque path.

LE BETTEX
Mont d’Arbois by cable car – Panoramic view over the Mont-Blanc mountain massif, les Aravis, the Fiz mountain range.

ARGENTIERE
Tel.:+ 33(0)4 50 54 02 14
Baroque church – Lognan/Les Grands Montets cable car – Spend a day exploring the glaciers – Miscellaneous exhibitions–Les Aiguilles Rouges Reserve.

CHAMONIX
Tel.:+ 33(0)4 50 53 00 24
Church– Brevent and Flegere cable cars – Lac des Gaillands – Glacier des Bossons chairlift.
L’Aiguille du Midi
Tel.:+ 33(0)4 50 53 22 75
The most famous cable car in the world will take you on a dizzying aerial journey up to the Aiguille du Midi (3,842 metres). This site high up in the mountains has everything you will need for your comfort and safety, offering you a unique 360° panorama of the majestic Mont-Blanc and its massif.
You may even be lucky enough to see a group of mountaineers roped together as they try to conquer one of these prestigious peaks!
Le train du Montenvers - La Mer de Glace
Tel.:+ 33(0)4 50 53 22 75
The charming little red train has been running since 1908 and it carries its passengers to the Montenvers site, right on the edge of the famous Mer de Glace (glacier).
Surrounded by famous peaks, Les Drus (3,754 m), Les Grandes Jorasses (4,205 m) and Les Grands Charmoz (3,842 m), the Montenvers site offers numerous exhibitions to allow everyone to find out more about the life of the largest French glacier (it’s 7 km long!) and about alpine nature.

COMBLOUX
Tel.:+33(0)4 50 58 60 49
Baroque church – Baroque path – Panoramic view over the Mont-Blanc massif and the Valley de l’Arve – Themed tours (village, church, etc.) – Granite path – Lake.

CORDON
Tel.:+ 33(0)4 50 58 01 57
Notre-Dame de l’Assomption baroque church with paintings by Léonard Isler (a listed historic monument) – Panoramic view over the Mont-Blanc massif and the Valley de l’Arve – Exploration paths.

DOMANCY
Tel.:+ 33(0)4 50 58 14 02
XVIIIth century church – Panoramic view over the Mont-Blanc massif.

LES HOUCHES
Tel.:+ 33(0)4 50 55 50 62
Baroque church– Tour of the Pays de Savoie heritage guides – Bellevue and Prarion cable cars – Craftsmen working with wood – Statue of Christ the King – Nature Reserve – Mountain oratories– Mont-Blanc space themed path – Climbing room.
The Diosaz is an impetuous mountain torrent which has pushed its narrow way through a verdant fault made up of rocky walls. It hurls itself downwards over seven waterfalls, one after another!
Les gorges de la Diosaz is a listed site and is accessible on foot. Don’t miss these gorges which are considered to be amongst the most beautiful in France!
Open every day from June 1st to September 30th.
Website: www.gorgesdeladiosaz.com
Boréal Traîneau Aventures
Tel.:+ 33(0)4 50 47 25 29 or + 33(0)6 08 68 75 65
Saint-Bernard breeding farm. Did you know that the long-haired Saint-Bernard, which is the most common breed, came from crossing the short-haired variety with Newfoundland dogs? There are now fewer than 200 short-haired Saint-Bernards in France. The Les Houches breeding farm is the largest in the Alps. Initially bred as a guard dog, in the XVIIIth century the monks of the Grand Saint-Bernard started using them to look for lost travellers.

MEGEVE
Tel.:+ 33(0)4 50 21 27 28
Church – Chemin du Calvaire – Les hameaux Chapels (XVth century) – Rochebrune, Le Jaillet and Mont d’Arbois cable cars.

PASSY/PLATEAU D’ASSY
Tel.:+ 33(0)4 50 58 80 52
Lac Vert – Notre-Dame de Toute Grâce contemporary church (works by Chagall, Matisse, Bonnard, Léger, Lurcat, etc.) – The sculpture road: Modern works of art you can look at and enjoy along the road leading from Marlioz to Plaine Joux – Nature Reserve (chalet reserve in Plaine Joux) – Chedde waterfall.

SALLANCHES
Tel.:+ 33 (0)4 50 58 04 25
“La Collégiale de Saint Jacques” collegiate church – The Chapel road – Arpenaz waterfall – Tour of a cheese factory– Lac des Ilettes – Cultural tours.
Château des Rubins – Mountain nature centre
Tel.:+ 33(0)4 50 58 32 13
For an original way of exploring the Haute-Savoie area, come and enjoy spending some time at the largest nature centre in the region. There is plenty of educational material to round off your visit: CD-ROMs, touch screens, games, stuffed animals, slide montage, videos on the eagle, the marmot, the bearded vulture.

SERVOZ
Tel.:+ 33(0)4 50 47 21 68
XVIIIth century church – Notre-Dame du Lac Chapel– Gorges de la Diosaz – Saint-Bernard breeding farm – Workshop on painting on wood, sculpture, flower arranging – Maison de l’alpage – Husky farm.

VALLORCINE
Tel.:+ 33 (0)4 50 54 60 71
Church – Emosson dam (funicular and panoramic train) – Maison de Barberine – Bérard waterfall – Aiguilles Rouges Reserve (reserve chalet at the Col des Montets) – “Diligences” thematic path: history, culture and heritage.