Chamonix

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Chamonix is a great place to visit, one of the liveliest resorts and the one of the best resorts for powder. The off piste is accessible from nearly every lift.

There are 3 main areas to ski on the normal chamski pass, Le Tour, Le Brevent and Les Grande Monte. Unfortunately all these areas are link by bus, the bus service is a good one with new electronic maps and electronic voice stating what the next stop is on board, but do make sure you get on the right one when returning to Chamonix Town, if in doubt as the driver. Not all of the buses stop at all the stops in Chamonix, we found ourselves going back to Grande Monte on one occasion!!! oppps. Make sure you remember the name of the stop you get on at so you know where to get off.

Rue des Moulins is the Chamonix's liveliest Street and defiantly a place to go for bars. It's a small cobbled street next to the river with some of the best bars and clubs. Expect to pay around €6 for a large beer (1 pint), the prices in French resorts are still on the up. It works out cheaper to buy a pincher of beer (2 pints) for €10.

Chamonix is also the home to the famous ChamJam, Europe’s longest running winter freestyle sport & music festivals. Which unfortunately was cancelled this year.

Bars:

Cafe La Terrasse - 2 Floors, downstairs busy bar, upstairs stylish contemporary bar. Apres ski happy hour. Open 1600 - 0200

Wild Wallabies - Classic Austalian Bar, 2 Pool tables and a fuzball table. Great looking barmaids! Good food in the restaurant part.

Queen Vic Pub - Great English style pub. 2 pool tables. Seasonairs local haunt.

Chambre Neuf - Opposite the Train Station, Local Meeting Place.

The Jekyll - Up by the bowling alley, Great food, Great Drink and a late club underneath it

Cybar  - Very popular bar on 3 floors, top floor being an internet cafe. Open 1000 - 0130

Bar du Moulin - Underground cellar, just under the Cybar. Also Dicks Tea bar's pre club bar. Open: 1630 - 0200

The Pub - Just as it says on the tin. It's a pub

Cantina -

Mill St Bar -

Le Vagabond/Le Brevent -  www.gitevagabond.com

Clubs:

Dicks tea bar - Best club in the Alps. Good music and great looking bar staff ;o). Don't go in before 11.30 it'll be dead. Has live music every now and again. Host for the 2001 MTV Snowball and BBC Radio 1 Live Chamjam party. Open 2200 - 0400. www.dicksteabar.com

BPM Night club - Pretty cool club, with pool tables.

Le Garage - Apparently the biggest nightclub in chamonix. I have personally never been here but I think every resort has a Le Garage.

Places to Eat:

The Cauldron - Great Al la carte food, not the cheapest place though. But it is right opposite the Queen Vic pub

The Jekyll - 10 min walk from the main town but worth it. The food is good value and great taste. And it has its own bar and club!!!

Midnight Express - Late night munchie stop
 

Things to do on White out Days:

Bowling

Cinema

Shopping

Good Runs:

See the piste map here

Le Tour - This area is really good for beginners. It has a really wide nursery slope at the car park level with a drag up the side. Up the top of the bubble are some good reds and some fantastic off piste. There are some massive natual half pipes up there too.

Les Grande Monte - Some good long wide runs, good for all levels. '04/'05 season didn't see a park here but there was a boarder/skier cross run which had some small kickers. Again some good off piste

Le Brevent - Again good for all levels. Some wide green and blue runs and some steep fast reds

Parks:

Only a boarder cross on Les Grand Monte

Transfers:

Try Airport Transfer Service from £25 each way

Links:

                         web cams

                    www.chamonix.com

                      www.chamonix.net