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Chamonix is already in top ten in the world for being a winter resort, Chamonix is slowly becoming a year round resort with two main tourism seasons: winter and summer. Located in France near the borders with Italy and Switzerland, Chamonix makes a great place for day trips, weekend getaways or longer period of times.
The town offers a wide variety of shops, some themed bars, lots of restaurants that offer traditional French cuisine, Modern cuisine, as well as dishes from countries as close as Italy or Ireland and as far away as China, India or Mexico. As in any other tourist town prices vary from cheap and affordable to pricey.
There are several museums to visit in the valley, a Casino in Chamonix and several lifts and cables around the valley to take you skiing or just to let you admire the Alps , the Mont-Blanc and the glaciers. The town offers activities for all ages and all levels. There are ski schools for children and adults, and a lot of other activities available outdoors and indoors.
With several hotels, hostels, chalets, and houses or apartments for rent, accommodation can still be a problem during the peak of the seasons, thus reservations and pre bookings are highly recommended. With no effort at all anyone can have a wonderful vacation in Chamonix and if you have a small child that you are worried about the good news is that apart from the available baby sitters there is a preschool facility where you can book a place for your little one if you wish. Thus the ski resort can be both a family resort and an adult resort.
Situated at the foot of the Alps , the approximately 10,000 people town has become one of the top skiing resorts. Because of the climate and location it is also very busy during summer. A wide variety of outdoors, indoors, water and air activities are available throughout the year as well as other activities that do not involve sports.
Chamonix is the perfect place for sport lovers, shopping addicts and party people. There is something to do for everybody, some place to go where everybody can enjoy themselves. For people who like being in the middle of the nature there is no better place to be. There are mountains, valleys and rivers. Several rides like lifts or funiculars are ready to take you up in the mountains at different height levels to show you the magnificent sceneries.
The town where no extreme sport is too extreme was the home of the first Winter Olympics in 1924. The Alpine Museum in Chamonix can tell you everything you want to know about it and other winter sports. Apart from the museum there is an exhibition centre, a municipal library, a cinema, a casino and several restaurants, bars and cafes. The place also has more than 250 shops and about 4000 parking spaces.
Buses and trains make the access to the other villages and resorts from the valley easier, and because the Chamonix is such a tourist town, there is Guest Card available for tourists. The Card gives discount to different places and activities in town as well as free rides on the local bus. Chamonix is also close to the borders with Italy and Switzerland thus one day trips are very common.
Chamonix is dominated by the highest peak in the Western Europe , the Aiguilles de Chamonix. People refer to the town itself and the valley by simply saying Chamonix . The valley also consists of quite a few villages out of which the most famous after Chamonix are Servoz, Les Houches, Les Bossons, Les Praz, Les Tines, Argentiere, Montroc , and Le Tour.
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