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Article #143: Travelling in Chamonix

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Situated in a spectacular valley in the but during off peak seasons there are
French Alps and close to Europes highest other highly used features such as the
peak, in the shadow of Mount Blanc, is casino, cinema complex, sports center and
the town Chamonix. Chamonix is a popular prosperous nightlife to entertain the
tourist resort for skiers and visitors. There is also a local alpine
snowboarders who flock to the resort from museum in the village which offers
all over the world. It is also one of the information about the history of
oldest ski resorts offering 76 slopes. mountaineering in the region.
The ski season in Chamonix begins in Mountain Sports
November and ends in April. During the Winter sports are extremely popular in
off season tourists visit Chamonix to Chamonix as this region has some of the
enjoy the beautiful scenery, hiking and most popular runs in the world. A cable
planning ascents of Mount Blanc. car runs up to the Aiguille du Midi,
The Geography of Chamonix which reaches a height of 3842 meters. In
The mountain resort Chamonix Mont Blanc 1955, when it was first constructed, it
is located at 45degrees North (longitude) used to be the heighest cable run in the
and 6 degrees East (latitude). The main world. As previously mentioned, during
valley in this resort runs from the the off peak season, Chamonix is an
northeast to the southwest where it rises extraordinary and beautiful place for
significantly in Le Tour. The summit of mountaineering. A major challenge is the
Mont Blanc rises in the southeast, but north face of the Dru, the Frendo spur on
most often than not, the peak is not the Aiguille du Midi and if these are too
clearly visible due to the persistent challenging then an easier option is to
cloud cover. The famous Aiguilles Rouges climb to the summit of Mont Blanc, which
is located on the opposite side of Mont can be reached through several routes.
Blanc in the northwest. Along the foot of Mountain bikes are also a popular sport
the valley are a number of small villages during off-peak season as there are many
and scattered hamlets that belong to the hidden single tracks that, most often
commune including Les Bossons and Les than not, can only be found with the help
Praz. of a guide.
History Shopping, Food and Drink
Chamonix is most famously known as the If you like ski fashion, then Chamonix
first ski resort to host the winter offers plenty of shops which cater for
Olympics, which was held in 1924 and also exactly that and also allow you to
contains the highest ski jump in the purchase equipment and rent equipment.
world, at 9,200 feet. During the There is also a wide range of shops in
nineteenth Century many luxury hotels Chamonix such as opticians food markets,
were built on the mountains and around shoe shops, souvenirs and home wares.
1901 a railway system arrived which Beautiful alpine restaurants are popular
brought tourists to the area. Around the for eating out, followed up by a dance in
late 19th Century on, tourist expansion a hotel bar or in one of several late
was primarily liberated by national and night clubs offering cocktails, beer,
international initiatives rather than wines and spirits to cater everyones
local capitalists. Although this was the needs.
case, the community of Chamonix was Accommodation
deeply dependent on an influx of tourists There is a wide range of accommodation to
in order to sustain their community. By suit everyones needs in Chamonix,
the 1960s there was a drastic reduction including alpine lodges, luxury hotels,
in agriculture and a dramatic increase in apartments, resorts and guesthouses.
the number of beds in the resort, There are approximately 10,000 beds in
approximately 60,000 and by the end of the resort therefore accommodation is
the 20th century there are an estimated 5 always plentiful but book early as peak
million visitors annually. season can get busy. Geneva International
Site seeing in Chamonix Airport is where the majority of
The most famously visited feature of International visitors will almost
Chamonix is Mont Blanc, standing at certainly arrive at. Here, car hiring is
15,700 feet. Tourists are able to travel an option, where you can drive the
to an adjacent peak, by gondola, to view remaining journey or catch a connecting
the beautiful scenery of the mountain bus or train for the remaining 50 miles
range. Chamonix obtains the highest to Chamonix.
number of tourists during the Peak season






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