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Around Mont Blanc
5 stops
10 nights
194 miles
Mont Blanc offers so many pleasures! Whether you come to admire its slopes in the summer or when white with snow in the winter, or whether you like winter sports or hiking trails, everything here is focused on nature. You'll pass by a peak called the "Gran Paradiso", hundreds of waterfalls, a Roman aqueduct bridge, and Baroque churches. You'll meet the masters of the mountain pastures, mountain cheese producers, and follow passionate ethnobotanists and snowshoeing, skiing, snowboarding, and boardercross enthusiasts...
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Departure
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Megève
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Exploring Megève’s heritage
Behind every stone there is a story. Explore the centre of the village in the company of a heritage guide, who will tell you the story of Megève and of its incredible inhabitants. These local guides reveal a hidden past and heritage that sometimes even those who live here are unaware of. You will discover the work of mountain architect Henry Jacques Le Même, creator of the “Mégevan” chalet, as well as the church and the Calvary trail. Tours should be booked in advance.
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Exploring the baroque churches
How many of these baroque churches are there, built from the seventeenth century onwards in the Maurienne, Tarentaise and Beaufortain valleys, and in the Val d'Arly? Almost eighty sites are listed with this very distinctive style, often modest from the outside but magnificent inside. Step through the doors and you will discover splendid gilded altarpieces decorated with wooden sculptures.
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Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
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Ethnobotanical walk in the Chamonix Mont-Blanc valley (Servoz)
Walking in the sublime Chamonix Mont-Blanc valley in the company of the ethnobotanist Charlotte Passelègue is like opening a book of infinite charms and attractions. Alongside this young artisan and plant gatherer, we discover unexpected flora, including wild plants with soothing virtues such as larch flowers, yarrow, bear's garlic, and gentian roots, which provide the best syrups and herbal teas...
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Verbier
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A day in the mountain pastures
The Chalet d'Adrien offers various excursions in the region. These include watching the sun rise at a height of 3300 metres from Mont Fort (with views of the Matterhorn, Mont Blanc and Monte Rosa!) and a day spent in mountain pastures, during which you can watch cheese being made in a dairy at 2000 metres above sea level. Enjoy a lunch cooked over a wood fire in the mountains before a leisurely return trip to the chalet.
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The Verbier Festival
In twenty years, this classical music festival has become one of the most important in Europe. Its extremely rich programme includes talented performers from all over the world. For several days in high summer, the ski resort and neighbouring villages are filled with the sound of strings, bows and brass. An academy has been set up and each year it brings together fifty or so musicians from the most prestigious conservatories. Don't miss the masterclasses held inside the Chalet d'Adrien itself.
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Breuil-Cervinia
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The legend of the Matterhorn
Situated on the border between Italy and Switzerland, the Matterhorn is one of the legendary peaks of the Valais Alps. Its pyramid-like shape –from Zermatt – and the story of its ascent (the summit is 4478 metres high) are part of the mountain's legend. The English poet John Ruskin spoke of the most noble cliff in Europe.
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Cervino golf course
This superb par-69 course, 5300 metres long, is the highest golf course in Italy. Founded in 1955 at the foot of the mountain, it is also one of the oldest Italian courses. It was completely redesigned a few years ago by the architect Luigi Rota Caremoli, and transformed from a 9-hole course into an 18-hole course. It offers a spectacular view of the Matterhorn.
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Boardercross course, one of the most spectacular in the Alps
Boardercross became an Olympic sport at the Turin Games in 2006. A timed obstacle course made up of moguls, gates and cambered turns, this discipline first practiced by snowboarders is now very popular with skiers. At the heart of the natural amphitheater of Plan Maison, the resort of Cervinia offers enthusiasts a spectacular course. Competitions are organized regularly here in winter.
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Cogne
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Gran Paradiso National Park
Gran Paradiso is the only peak higher than 4000 metres (4061 metres) which is located entirely in Italy, between the provinces of the Aosta Valley and Turin. It dominates the national park which bears its name. Established in 1922, the park, which was once a hunting reserve of King Victor Emmanuel of Savoy, is truly a paradise for lovers of mountain wildlife: ibexes, chamois, marmots, stoats and golden eagles can all be seen here.
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The waterfalls in Lillaz
This hamlet in the municipality of Cogne is the starting point for some superb walks in the Aosta Valley and it also has some very beautiful waterfalls. Close to the village of Lillaz, a succession of waterfalls, almost 150 metres high, forms the Grand Eyvia. In winter, when they are frozen, the sight is even more impressive.
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The Pont d’Aël, Aymavilles
Built in 3 BC, this Roman aqueduct bridge is situated 66 metres above the Grand Eyvia and once supported an aqueduct nearly six kilometres long, enabling the irrigation of crops in the valley. The former watercourse is today used by hikers to cross the gorge on their way to Cogne.
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