Imagine yourself and your favorite travel partner dangling in your own private little gondola, gliding silently for 40 minutes as you cross the Mer de Glace, or “sea of ice.” You just left the last ...

Eating out in Chamonix is epic, epicurean and astonishingly international for a French region as traditional as rural Savoie.

Chamonix has been at the sharp end of Alpine adventure since 1760, when a Genevois scientist offered a prize for the first ...

When winter storms blow across France from the Atlantic, dumping feet of snow on Alpine slopes, a steady stream of luxury buses shuttle skiers from Geneva’s airport to some of the best slopes in the ...

Courmayeur’s main ski area spreads out from a mid-mountain base at Plan Chécrouit, reached by cable car from the centre of ...

The first Winter Olympics were held nearly one century ago in Chamonix, France, in the French Alps, in January 1924 Known then as "International Sports Week," the very first Winter Olympics were held ...