Chamonix travel guide
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Visit Chamonix: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Chamonix is situated in the Haute-Savoie department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the east of France at 57 km from Annecy, the department capital. (General information: Chamonix is 471 km from Paris and 670 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Chamonix (page also includes a photo gallery for Chamonix)
Popular places to visit near Chamonix: these include Saint Gervais Les Bains at 12 km and Sallanches at 18 km.
Le Brévent is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 3km and Lac Cornu is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 4km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Chamonix: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Chamonix, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Chamonix
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Chamonix.
Note that all distances from Chamonix shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Chamonix holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Chamonix (from booking.com and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).
For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in Rhone-Alpes and Haute-Savoie gites and villas
Tourist attractions nearby
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Chamonix and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin botanique alpin La Ja˙sinia (21km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Megeve (20km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Albertville (45km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Sallanches (18km) : La Roche-sur-Foron (46km) :
- Grand Site of France: Cirque de Sixt Fer a Cheval (16km) :
Map of places to visit near Chamonix & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
Canton: Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
Arrondissement: Bonneville
Department: Haute-Savoie
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 74400
Distance to Chamonix
from Annecy: 57 km
from Paris: 471 km
from Calais: 670 km
from Nice: 248 km
from Bordeaux: 593 km
from Strasbourg: 304 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 1 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Chamonix): Les Houches.
Getting here
For driving distances to Chamonix from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Chamonix