Best Day Trips from Chamonix in Under 1.5 Hours 🏔️👇🏼
Chamonix is the perfect base for exploring some of the dreamiest towns, lakes, and villages in France, Italy, & Switzerland. It will be hard to leave Chamonix, but...
Here are the must-do day trips:
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❄️ If it’s snowy and icy, then some of these roads (especially in Switzerland) could be dangerous! 🌨️
France: 🇫🇷
📍⭐️ Annecy, France (1hr10min) – canals, amazing lake, called the “Venice of the Alps”
📍 Megève, France (45min) – chic alpine village for shopping & strolling🏔️
📍 Les Houches, France (10min) – family hikes + epic Mont Blanc views; They also have a fun playground near the tennis courts!🌲
📍 Yvoire, France (1hr10min) – medieval lakeside fairytale village 🌸
📍 Évian-les-Bains, France (1hr30min) – spa town on Lake Geneva 💦 Kids would like the Petit Train d’Evian as a way to see the town
Switzerland: 🇨🇭
📍 Geneva, Switzerland (1hr) – lakeside strolls & ...
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