Green Holidays in Savoie Mont Blanc | Greentraveller Eco Breaks

Spanning two alpine areas of France - Savoie and Haute-Savoie - Savoie Mont Blanc is home to some stunning scenery, from the snowy peaks of the towering Mont Blanc to the jagged peaks above Chamonix in the heart of the Alps.

This Green Travel Guide to Savoie Mont Blanc will show you how to make the most of a trip to the region in both winter and summer. We have done the hard work for you - we have selected the best places to stay and eat, from locally run eco farms to scluded family-run restaurants, ski slope cafes and village markets where you can buy fresh, local ingredients. We also feature a range of activities, from ski joring and dog sledding to swimming in mountain lakes.

We also provide information on you how to reach the main gateways in Savoie Mont Blanc by train from the UK. There are several sleepers trains or, with a simple change of station in Paris, you can get there easily in a day. Less Carbon, More Fun.

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Chamonix

A paradise of snow and mountains, it's no wonder the first Winter Olympics were hosted in Chamonix.
Les Gets

A place of calm and charm, Les Gets is a haven for unintrusive, environmentally friendly mountain get-aways
Les Arcs

A unique collection of villages, each different from the last, Les Arcs has a little something for everyone.
Avoriaz

Housing one of the world's only ecological snowparks, Avoriaz cares and protects its perfect surrondings

Map of Savoie Mont Blanc

The major towns, roads and train stations in the Savoie Mont Blanc region.

The mountains give this place its lifeblood, its energy. But this a place of calm strength and quiet patience where the snow graces the rooftops as well as the mountains.

Then scratch away at the snow when the sun comes around and discover Savoie Mont Blanc’s other side of green slopes and bird song. With enchanting forests and rolling rolling valleys, as well as animal parks and mountain lakes, don't be fooled by the winter beauty into thinking that this place has only the one dimension.

Proud of its rich Savoyard history but not bound by it, this is a place where people play with their traditions, free to mix family grown recipes with more modern cuisine touches or turn their snowy home land into intricate sculpted ice caves.

Here there is much that is discretely unique with an ecological snow park that encourages off-piste adventures or a restaurant with a triolet fondue: an invention that allows 3 different kinds of fondues in the one pot and the one meal and the one stomach.

A surprising, rich region that will take many lifetimes to know but only one to properly love.

Savoie Mont Blanc - a winter and summer holiday destination

The mountains give this place its lifeblood, its energy. This is a place of calm strength and quiet patience where the snow graces the rooftops as well as the mountains. Yet the region isn't solely a winter playground. In summer, Savoie Mont Blanc has another side: green slopes and bird song, rolling forest valleys and mountain lakes, wonderful woodland hikes and mountain trials, mountain biking and blissful outdoor swimming pools.

Happy Travels!

Did you know?

The first Winter Olympic Games were held from January 25, 1924 to February 5, 1924.
Mont Blanc is the highest mountain in Western Europe at 15,782 ft. The Mont Blanc massif is being put forward as a potential World Heritage Site
In Haute-Savoie there are 4 arrondissements, divided into 294 communes and 35 cantons. It is part of the Rhône-Alpes region