Did You Know??!!

• The Chamonix Valley is mentioned in Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, as the scene of an encounter between the doctor and his monster.

• 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.

• Chamonix is a snow track on Sony's Gran Turismo 4.

• 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.