Did You Know??!!
- Les Houches is the start/finish of the popular 'Tour-du-Mont-Blanc'. A 7-10 day walk around the base of the Mont-Blanc Massif which takes in France, Italy & Switzerland.
- The biggest city in the Alps is Grenoble. The city has about 500,000 inhabitants. The city has the nickname 'The Capital City of Alps'.
- Chamonix shares Mont Blanc with the Italian commune of Courmayeur.
- Chamonix is a Chilean ice-cream brand, owned by Nestlé.
- Mont Blanc Brewery is more than 180 years old. At the beginning of the 20th century, ice from the nearby glaciers was used to cool fermentation cellars.