French Chamonix .. Here is the highest town in the Alps

Arabiaweather.com - Ismail Ghasemi - Chamonix Mont Blanc or in French Chamonix Mon Blanc is one of the most beautiful tourist towns in Europe and the third most attractive natural site for tourists in the world.

The highest commune in France is located at the meeting point of the Franco-Swiss-Italian border, among the picturesque meadows of Chamonix, which extends over an area of 245 square kilometers and includes 16 villages.

Chamonix sleeps at the foot of the White Mountain "Mont Blanc", which is the highest peak in the Alps and in Western Europe, at an altitude of 4810 meters above sea level, and this length increases every year according to the amount of snow that falls.

Chamonix is famous as the first city in the world to host the Winter Olympic Games in 1924, and since that day it has become a destination for athletes from amateur winter sports, and it still enjoys a good reputation among the places of climbing and skiing in the Alps and around the world.

There are many skiing and snowboarding facilities in the town, in addition to the many and varied climbing routes, such as the cable car and the largest electric elevator network in the world.

There are many means to reach the town of Chamonix, you can use the railway or rent a car and travel via the highway, and the town is also linked to the Italian city of Courmayeur through a tunnel that passes under the Mont Blanc mountain.

For information, Chamonix is only 88 kilometers from Geneva, and therefore Geneva International Airport is the most appropriate way to reach it for those who wish to visit Chamonix only. A helicopter or car can be rented from the airport to head towards the town, and it is also possible to use the railways that connect it to the Swiss city of Martinique.