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Saint Gervais Les Bains, Evasion Mont Blanc

Located in the French northern Alps and situated at the feet of Mont Blanc, St Gervais has stunning scenery and a wide variety of things to do.

Saint Gervais is a beautiful savoyard village with a friendly atmosphere. It is home to
Europe's highest mountain, Mont Blanc and has been a popular holiday destination for over a hundred years.  There are a number of shops, supermarkets, bars and restaurants and every Thursday morning there is a market and the village's main square is a hive of activity. 
The towns of Megeve and Chamonix are just a 20 minute drive away should you wish to
explore a little further.

St Gervais has a huge number of activities on offer.  It is popular with walkers and cyclists
in the summer - it is one of the starting points for the Tour du Mont Blanc.  In winter Saint
Gervais has a large ski area (over 440 km) which links to nearby Megeve.  The Mont Blanc Tramway can be taken from Saint Gervais to the Bellevue plateau (1800m) or the Prarion
giving skiers access to the Les Houches ski area in winter.  Or it can be taken by walkers or
those just wishing to see the wonderful panorama in winter or summer. For those who would
like to relax a little St Gervais's famous thermal parc offers complementary therapies and massage. The village also has a beautiful 35m outdoor swimming pool (open June-September), olympic sized ice rink, clay tennis courts (with international tennis tournament in June) and
a great mini-golf course. Mountain bikes are easy to hire in the town too.

• Altitude: 850-2350m

• Beautiful savoyard village with a friendly atmosphere

• 1 hour from Geneva

• 20 minutes from Megeve and Chamonix

• The "home" of Mont-Blanc

• Great skiing for all abilities

• Evasion Mont-Blanc ski pass gives access to 420km of pistes in St Gervais, Megeve, Les Contamines & Combloux

• Green: 24
  Blue: 42
  Red: 52
  Black: 19

• 25km of cross-country skiing

• Plenty of activities on offer - Ice-skating rink, health spa, excellent walking and cycling, mini-golf, potteries, outdoor swimming pool (open June-September), white water rafting, tree top adventure course, paragliding

• A good number of bars, restaurants and shops, open all year round
  
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Les Contamines, Evasion Mont Blanc

Les Contamines is a lovely, family village with a good range of shops, bars and restaurants.
Due to it's location near Mt Blanc Les Contamines has an excellent snow record in the winter
and is considered a 'snow sure' resort . Les Contamines has 120km of downhill pistes and
23km of cross country skiing. It is also part of the Evasion ski area which offers over 500km
of pistes. Other winter activities include ice climbing, paragliding, dog sledding, snow shoeing, sledging and outdoor ice rink.

In summer in addition to the 120km of signposted walks suitable for all abilities,
Les Contamines has a boating lake, swimming lake, tennis courts with international ladies
tennis tournament each summer, mini golf, archery, tree top adventure course, large rock climbing area, husky farm and a golfing range. For those who would like to relax St Gervais' famous thermal parc is only 15 minutes away and offers therapies and massage.

• Altitude: 850-2350m

• Family friendly savoyard village

• 1 hour from Geneva

• 20 minutes from Megeve and 30 minutes from Chamonix

• Great skiing for all abilities

• Evasion Mont-Blanc ski pass gives access to 440km of pistes in Les Contamines, Hauteluce, St Gervais, Megeve & Combloux

• Les Contamines pistes consist of:
  Green: 9
  Blue: 11
  Red: 18
  Black: 10

• 23.5km of cross-country skiing
  3 slopes : classic and skating and 1 beginners slope for all the family (classic only)
  Green slope “les Lacs” (classic) = 4 km
  Blue slope “les Chapelles” = 6 km
  Red slope “le Belvédère” = 8,5 km
  Black slope for Biathlon = 3 km

• Plenty of activities on offer - Ice-skating rink, excellent walking and cycling, mini-golf, driving range, swimming lake (open June-September), rafting, tree top adventure course, paragliding

• A number of bars and restaurants

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