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Mont Blanc & 7-day Small Group Tour

Prices starting from. Trip Duration. Max Passengers. 1790 € 7 days 20

Start and Finish. Geneva to Geneva

Experience. Tour Code. Small Group Tours Europe #B1/2395 Mont Blanc & Alps 7-day Small Group Tour

Tour Details and Description

Fabulous Mont Blanc in the French Alps is the base for this 7-day tour around the land of lakes, mountains and vineyards. An unusual voyage, with rare and unique moments discovering the 'terroir' around the famous Mont Blanc through three countries - , Switzerland and Italy.

Spoken languages:

• French & English • Chinese for a large group • Other languages on demand

Guiding service:

• Professional mountaineer guide Included in the Small Group Tour: • 6 nights in charming three and four star hotels • Full board from dinner on Day 1 to Breakfast on Day 7, served in typical restaurants in-house selected • The presence of a professional and enthusiastic guide during the tour • Transport as mentioned, from Geneva to Geneva

• Wine tastings as described within the program: Day 1 at the Lavaux vineyard; Day 4 at the Val d’Aoste vineyard; Day 5 at the vineyard • All activities as described within the program: Day 2 Entrance and guided visit of the Château de Chillon; Day 2 Cog railway journey at Rochers-de-Naye; Day 3 Visit of La Vigne à Farinet; Day 3 Entrance and visit of the Hospice du Gd St Bernard; Day 4 Cable car journey to cross the Massif du Mont-Blanc: Courmayeur – Helbronner – Aiguille du Midi – Chamonix (if the cable car is closed because of the weather, we go to Chamonix by the Mont-Blanc tunnel); Day 5 Visit of an alpine pasture and cheese tasting; Day 5 Small hikes to discover the exceptional sites of

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Col du Granier and Monastère de la Grande at 11 am for the briefing and the presentation. Lunch Chartreuse; Day 6 Entrance to the Abbaye de in a typical restaurant on the Geneva Lake shores. Hautecombe; Day 6 Private boat cruise on the We then go to the Lavaux vineyard terraces, a Annecy Lake UNESCO World Heritage Site. Small hike and wine Not included in the tour: tasting at a in-house selected vineyard with a beautiful view over the mountains and the Geneva • Drinks Lake. • Personal expenses

Day 2 Options:

• Transfers to/from Geneva Montreux – Saillon-les-Bains (Switzerland) Visit of the • Additional night in Geneva fascinating Château de Chillon, which has a very important place in the history of the former Duchy and Realm of Savoie. Then, we take the charming cog railway that ascends more than 1,600 m on a magnificent journey through fields, villages and forests. The view from the summit of Rochers-de-Naye is simply stunning, overlooking Lake Geneva and the Vaud, Valais, Bern and even French Alps. Lunch in a panoramic restaurant built into the cliff face. We continue the journey toward the thermal city of Saillon-les-Bains where we spend the night. You can relax as the complex offers a unique thermal experience with several heated pools, a thermal river, spas and saunas.

Day 3

Saillon-les-Bains – Col du Gd St Bernard - Courmayeur (Switzerland - Italy) ■This morning, we visit the worlds smallest vineyard which has only 3 vines on a surface of 1,618 sqm. La Vigne à Farinet is owned by the Dalai Lama. We visit it walking on a

pretty, and easy to walk on footpath. We then have a typical lunch in a familial brasserie. Afterwards we go Itinerary to the famous Col du Grand St Bernard, at 2473m, on the border between Switzerland and Italy (Val d’Aoste). There we visit the hospice du Grand St Bernard and see the famous St Bernard dogs. Day 1 Descend into the Val d’Aoste to arrive at our cosy hotel in Courmayeur, emblematic resort at the foot of Geneva – Montreux (Switzerland) Meeting in Geneva the Mont-Blanc.

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an ancient convent converted into a hotel in 1801 that Day 4 combines elegance and warmth.

Courmayeur – Chamonix Mont-Blanc (Italy – France) Day 6 Free time in Courmayeur and visit of the Mont-Blanc wine cellar, which make Europe’s highest cultivated Chambéry – Lac du Bourget – Annecy (France) This wine. Nicola, the oenologist, explains and shows us morning we go to the Lac du Bourget, the place was the uniqueness of his altitude vines. After the tasting, dear to the 19’ century romantic poet Alphonse de we embark on the new and incredible Helbronner Lamartine. We will visit the Abbaye de Hautecombe, Skyway cable car, with its 360° pivoting cabins, to get burial place of former Princes and members of the us into the heart of the Massif du Mont-Blanc House of Savoy. This is a highly spiritual place, glaciers. We have our lunch at 2400m in a surrounded by magical views, it is totally isolated gastronomic restaurant, with the spectacular views between the lake and the mountains. Lunch in a over the Val d’Aoste and the glaciers. After lunch, we charming village on the shores of the Canal de continue to the Helbronner peak at 3466m (a truly Savière. We continue the journey in Annecy, also unique moment!). Descent toward Courmayeur then called the “Little Venice of the Alps”. Visit and free wo go to the French side of Mont-Blanc in Chamonix. time to walk through its medieval streets and lanes. Free time in the resort of Chamonix. Mountaineer Then in a private boat, we sail on the Annecy Lake, dinner and night in our centrally located hotel. the purest waters in Europe. Dinner and night spent being soothed by the magic of the lake Day 5 Day 7 Chamonix – Combe de Savoie - Chartreuse National Park - Chambéry (France) We start our day by a visit Annecy – Geneva (France – Switzerland) After of an emblematic alpine pasture in Megève. Cheese breakfast, we go to Geneva where our journey ends. tasting at the farm with the Cheese maker. Then we Please note: The program can change and be go to the Combe de Savoie, close to , the adjusted according to the weather conditions and the town that hosted the 1992 Winter Olympic Games. A wine makers’ disposal. stop off in a famous vineyard, at the foot of the Massif des Bauges for a wine tasting that includes rare varieties of wines, some forgotten. Typical lunch in a Savoyard Inn and visit of Notre Dame de Myans, a rare site (only one church like this one throughout the world), born from the famous landsliding in 1248. We reach the Col du Granier dominated by the mythic mountain of the same name. We can study the impressive north face and the summits of the Chartreuse Natural Park. We then reach Chambéry, former capital of the Duchy of Savoy, to discover its medieval streets, the “quatre sans culs” emblematic fountain and the castle of the Dukes of Savoy. Dinner in the old town and night in

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