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Chamonix Destination Guide

Discover Chamonix in France

Chamonix in the region of Rhône-Alpes with its 10,614 habitants is a town located in France - some 293 mi or ( 471 km ) South-East of Paris , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Chamonix

Local time in Chamonix is now 12:15 AM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Paris " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Geneva, Berne, Samoëns, Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, and Les Trabets. When in this area, you might want to check out Geneva . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Chamonix ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Chamonix, France: Alpine Thrills

5:01 min by RickSteves
Views: 9154 Rating: 4.80

Chamonix makes a great homebase for cable cars rides, day-hikes, glacier cave strolls, and Swiss-infused French cuisine. For more information on the Rick Steves' Europe TV series — including episode d ..

Cable Car Descent at Chamonix

0:45 min by andrewjohnbrett
Views: 3225 Rating: 5.00

Aguille Du Midi cable car top section descent above Chamonix filmed June 2005. ..


Mont-Blanc: l'été meurtrier 2/4 - Missions d'urgence / Fr3_PGHM Chamonix secours arête midi-plan

3:14 min by 8850000
Views: 2826 Rating: 5.00

Magazine-reportage de France 3 diffusé le 22 octobre 2012. MISSIONS D'URGENCE - MONT BLANC L'ETE MEURTRIER Alpinisme, randonnée, sauvetage avec la Sécurité Civile et le PGHM de Chamonix. ..

BBC Fast Track: Climbing Mt Blanc

4:40 min by michelleaway
Views: 2088 Rating: 5.00

Michelle Jana Chan comes to understand the growing passion for extreme adventure travel while testing her own limits on the way up to the summit of Mt Blanc. ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Stade Olympique de Chamonix

Stade Olympique de Chamonix is an equestrian stadium in Chamonix, France. It hosted the opening and closing ceremonies to the 1924 Winter Olympics along with cross country skiing, curling, figure skating, ice hockey, military patrol, the cross-country skiing part of the Nordic combined, and the speed skating events. The stadium holds 45,000.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 45.93 6.87 (Lat./Long.); Less than 0 km away
Tags: 1924 Winter Olympics venues, Curling venues in France, Olympic Nordic combined venues, Olympic biathlon venues, Olympic cross-country skiing venues, Olympic curling venues, Olympic figure skating venues, Olympic ice hockey venues, Olympic speed skating venues, Olympic stadiums, Sports venues in Haute-Savoie

La Piste de Bobsleigh des Pellerins

La Piste de Bobsleigh des Pellerins (Pellerins Bobsleigh Track in) was a bobsleigh track constructed for the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France.

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Located at 45.92 6.87 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Tags: 1924 Winter Olympics venues, Bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton tracks, Defunct sports venues in France, Olympic bobsleigh venues

Les Praz

Les-Praz-de-Chamonix (more commonly known as Les Praz) is a mountain village in the French Alps, part of the commune of Chamonix. Altitude: 1060m (3477 ft.).

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Located at 45.94 6.88 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: Hameaux in Haute-Savoie, Tourism in Rhône-Alpes

Mont Blanc Tunnel

The Mont Blanc Tunnel is a road tunnel in The Alps under the Mont Blanc mountain, linking Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, France, and Courmayeur, Aosta Valley, Italy . It is one of the major trans-Alpine transport routes, particularly for Italy, which relies on the tunnel for transporting as much as one-third of its freight to northern Europe. It reduces the route from France to Turin by 50 kilometres and to Milan by 100 kilometres .

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Located at 45.90 6.86 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: Alps, France–Italy border crossings, Mont Blanc, Transport in Aosta Valley, Tunnels completed in 1965, Tunnels in France, Tunnels in Italy

Arveyron

The Arveyron River is a left tributary to the Arve River, rising in the famous Mer de Glace just above Chamonix in south-eastern France. It flows into the Arve in Chamonix.

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Located at 45.94 6.92 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Rivers of France

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Historical Weather

temperature and rainfall during the year in Chamonix