Directly beneath Mont Blanc — the town that invented alpinism. A full Chamonix guide is being written — in the meantime, browse Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes for what's nearby.
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In the area
The tourism areas this town sits inside.
More of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
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Lyon Two rivers, Roman theatres, secret traboules and the bouchons -
Annecy Canals, a lake often called the cleanest in Europe, and mountains behind -
Grenoble A flat city with three mountain ranges starting at the ring road - Clermont-Ferrand A cathedral built from black lava, under a chain of volcanoes
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Vichy A Second Empire spa town, listed by UNESCO with Europe's great spas -
Aix-les-Bains Thermal baths on the shore of France's largest natural lake -
Chambéry The old Savoyard capital, and the doorway to the Tarentaise -
Évian-les-Bains Belle Époque lakeside, and the water everyone has drunk -
Megève A working village that the Rothschilds turned into a ski resort -
Le Puy-en-Velay Chapels on volcanic plugs, and the start of the Via Podiensis