• £1195.00 GBP Sterling or €1470.00 Euros
[per person in a private double or twin-bedded room]

• Europe’s ‘must do’ hiking trail.
• Enjoy fabulous Alpine scenery in modest stages.
• Stay in the best accommodation available, up to 3-star standard – all hotel rooms are on-suite, no dormitories.
• 6-days of walking in three different countries.
• Option to stay in two fine mountain refuges if of interest – requires an extra night.
• Bad weather or exhaustion transfers – conditions apply*.
• We transfer your luggage from hotel to hotel.

* Please ask us for details.

• 7-night, harder self-guided tour.
• Start any day, last week in June to mid-September.
• Tour starts in Courmayeur, Italy and finishes in Les Praz de Chamonix, near Chamonix.
• Best access: 40 mins bus from Chamonix, France, daily services from main cities in northern Italy or bus or shuttle from Geneva airport.
• Comfortable 3-star hotels, complemented by one 2-star hotel and one auberge/walkers’ inn.
• Private, en-suite hotel rooms. One auberge/walkers’ inn has facilities in the corridor.

• 7 nights comfortable accommodation: five 3-star hotels, one 2-star hotel and one auberge/walkers’ inn. All hotel rooms are on-suite.
• 7 breakfasts and 5 evening meals – leaving you free to choose where to purchase lunch en route and dine out in Courmayeur and Les Praz de Chamonix – options are available.
• Luggage transfers throughout¹.
• Hiking Insight Notes™ that empower & make orientation easy
• 1:25,000 scale maps & themed vacation dossier.
• Telephone help-line service with native-English speaking backup.

Notes:
¹ 15 kgs Max. weight applies – please ask us for details.

• By Bus/Coach – Courmayeur is easily reached through the Mont Blanc tunnel from Chamonix in France, from where a regular bus service takes around 40 minutes.

The service runs direct between the Gare SNCF in Chamonix and Courmayeur bus station. Tickets can be purchased on arrival in Chamonix from the SAT Mont Blanc kiosk located just outside the station – the eastern exit. On your departure from Courmayeur, you can buy tickets for onward bus travel (to Chamonix, France, or to Milan, Turin, etc) from the Courmayeur bus station or the Courmayeur Tourism Office – both of which are located a short walk away from your Courmayeur hotel.

Alternatively, tickets can be purchased on-line from the two companies who run the line in partnership: SAT Mont Blanc (France) and Arriva (Italy).

Click to visit SAT Mont Blanc here

or

Click to visit Arriva here

Coach access is also possible via Arriva from Northern Italian cities such as Turin and Milan. See here.

The French company SAT Mont Blanc runs a bus service to Chamonix from Geneva airport, which connects with the above-mentioned Chamonix-to-Courmayeur line. Details can be found by clicking here.

• By Rail – Courmayeur does not have a train connection. However, travelling by train from Italy can be done as far as Aosta, from where a bus connection will take you to Courmayeur. Otherwise it requires a train to Chamonix (France) followed by the above-mentioned bus service to Courmayeur.

See also the new train connection by the Léman Express between Geneva Airport and the Saint Gervais Le Fayet train station, with onward train travel to Chamonix and bus to Courmayeur.

• By Air – Geneva airport in Switzerland is the closest airport to Courmayeur.

There are a multitude of excellent transfer services from Geneva airport to Courmayeur. For an example, see Aosta Express. Many other private companies offer a shuttle service to/from Courmayeur and Geneva airport.

The most convenient Italian airport is Turin Caselle.  Approximate travel times and distances from the major airports to Courmayeur are as follows:

Geneva – 118km / 1hr 30 minutes
Turin – 151km / 1hr 40 minutes
Milan Malpensa – 214km / 2hrs 20 minutes

• By Car – Courmayeur is one of the easiest Italian (ski) resorts to drive to from the UK or via hire car.

For comprehensive details, please see:
Chamonix.com
or
Rome to Rio

• Family-run accommodation, carefully selected on the basis of superior facilities, location, service and welcome;
• Four 3-star hotels, one 2-star hotel and two auberges/walkers’ inns;
• Private rooms throughout, with en suite facilities – except in one auberge where they are in the corridor.
• Early booking is advised and no ‘dortoirs’/dormitories.
• If you particularly wish to experience a middle-mountain refuge or two, we know the best ones and are happy to build in such an overnight experience [comprising as many ‘mod-cons’ as possible, incl. private bedroom] that keeps you high up on the trail, and obviates the habitual late-afternoon descent and next-morning climb. Please ask us for details.

• Warm, but short summers;
• Alpine flora and fauna – ibex, bouquetins, marmots;
• Classic alpine topography: jagged, ice-covered peaks and flat, glaciated valleys;
• A fine and varied mix of undulating trail through alpine pasture and along broad ridge. Morning climbs and late-afternoon descents are the norm.