Welcome

The mountains are becoming an ever more popular choice for a summer vacation, with clean air and - breathtaking scenery it is easy to see why. In summer Chamonix is full of life with its many restaurants and cafes spilling out on to the pavement soaking up the beautiful sunshine. Other than the traditional activities of walking and climbing, the mountains offer much, much more.

Golf

Chamonix boasts an 18-hole championship golf course set in the village of Les Praz next to the Flegere Cable Car the course is just a 5 minute walk from the Chalet.

The golf course established during the 1930s's was designed by Robert Trent Jones originally opening as a four hole course the current 18 hole course was opened in 1982, allowing visitors to the town to play a round of golf whilst enjoying the fantastic views of the mountain ranges that surround the valley.

Tennis

A 10 minute walk along the riverside takes you directly to the Tennis Club which has 14 outdoor tennis courts and 2 indoor courts. As with all of the outdoor facilities of Chamonix you get to practice your chosen sport with an amazing backdrop, the clubhouse allows those not participating to sit and watch whilst enjoying a drink or a great meal from their restaurant.

Mountain Biking

A growing passion within the area with many of the ski lifts taking bikes up the mountain allowing some fantastic descents with many marked routes throughout the valley.

Sports Centre

Just further along the riverside from the Tennis Club is the Centre Sportif Richard Bozon which offers:

Swimming pools both indoors and outdoor swimming pools with children's activities (boys need to bring their speedos!!!!!! as males are not allowed into public swimmimng baths in France unless they are wearing proper swimming trunks, shorts are not permitted), ice rink, squash courts, gymnasium, climbing wall, sauna, hammam, and solarium.

Planards Leisure Park - on the edge of town this adventure park offers a whole range of activities to keep the children happy from trampolening, to a summer luge run to an adventure play ground

Plus:

In addition to the above there are many organisations that offer various activities from rafting, to hydrospeed, to horse riding, a tree adventure park, and various animal parks

Sight Seeing

Chamonix is based on the boarder of both Italy and Switzerland, and as such makes it an ideal base to visit many areas of interest, Geneva, Annecy can all be reached in approximately an hour whilst Milan, Chambery, Lyon and Grenoble are within a two hour drive

Children

A number of companies around Chamonix offer children's adventure clubs available either daily or on a weekly basis these clubs take children through a number of different activities from climbing, mountain biking to rafting - allowing Mum and Dad time to relax.

We will happily organise any of the above on your behalf.