Perhaps, it is almost the most famous resort of the French part of the Alps. Perhaps due to the fact that the town's favorable location allows you to get to Italy in a quick and unusual way. The tunnel dug through Mont Blanc is 11 km long, and on the other side is another ski resort, Courmayeur.
The Alps and the valley of the Arve River, a tributary of the Rhone, strikes with the snow-white beauty of winter landscapes. The town is located in the Upper Savoie department, and there are many good resorts in this part of the mountains. Chamonix-Mont-Blanc is considered to be the best of them.
The population of Chamonix is quite small, less than ten thousand residents live here, and every year the resort area is visited by three times as many tourists. The currency of France, as well as other EU countries, is the euro.
The history of Chamonix-Mont Blanc is connected with the names of young British aristocrats, W. Wyndham and R. Pocock, who visited these places in 1741. So we can say that Chamonix-Mont Blanc was founded just in these years. At that time there was only a small village among glaciers and ridges, founded God knows when.
But visitors from all over Europe wanted to see the marvelous "Sea of Ice" of Mont Blanc's White Mountain. And by 1770, the first real inn was opened here. The valley became more and more popular, in 1908 a railroad was laid here, and in 1924 the world's first Winter Olympics were held. Since then, the resort has been considered an almost sacred place for fans of winter sports.
The valley with the same name stretches along the Swiss border. The main towns are Les Houches, Les Bossons, Chamonix, Le Pra, Argentiere, Mont Roque, Le Tour and Vallorsin.
