Chamonix Hotels

B>Chamonix is a famous resort in the French Alps at the foot of Mont Blanc. Also it is credited with hosting the "I"First Winter Olympic games in 1924. Chamonix is connected to the valley by a highway and a small railway line. It is also connected to Courmayeur in Italy by road via the tunnel under the Mont-Blanc and Martigny in Switzerland by road and rail. In the winter there are TGV lines that go directly to St. Gervais-les-Bains (Le Fayet), where you can switch to a small local train to ride up into Chamonix. There is also a TGV that leaves directly from Charles-de-Gaulle airport to Lyon, and you can transfer to St. Gervais-les-Bains from there. Via St. Gervais, sleeper trains to Paris are also easily accessible. The Chamonix valley can be considered everything between Servoz and the Swiss border, or the towns of: Servoz, Les Houches, Chamonix, Les Praz, Argentiere, and Vallorcine. If you plan to fly to Geneva and hire a car, the route to Chamonix is relatively straight-forward, covering a distance of 88 km. Chamonix is located 80 km southeast of Geneva, Switzerland, and driving time is about one hour via the Autoroute Blanche (A40) motorway. Chamonix is 226 km from Lyon and 612 km from Paris. Geneva is the most convenient and accessible airport for tourists traveling to Chamonix. Chamexpress.com run a timetabled daily service to Chamonix from Geneva Airport throughout the summer and winter seasons at 25€ per person. Try a search for Chamonix Airport Transfer to find a wealth of other transfer companies operating in the area or Chamonix Valley Transfers will search all the companies to find you the closest transfer to your arrival.