Exquisite experience this evening at a true fine dining #French restaurant! Highly recommend you…read morevisit #RestaurantAlbert1er if you ever visit #ChamonixFrance in the future! #finedining #culinaryarts #foodie

Really nice hotel and super friendly staff…read more But beware -- the restaurant Albert 1er is terrible!!! Totally overpriced, the food was mediocre at best (the meat was basically gristle, the fish was meh), and the manager Perrine Maillet was stuffy, formal and cold. Strongly recommend against it!

Funivie Monte Bianco Skyway is the cable car that goes from the ground outside Courmayeur up to the…read moresummit of Mont Blanc. The cars are actually very large round cars that hold about 50 people. They turn very slowly so you have a 360 degree view as you travel up Mont Blanc. Along the way, there is a first stop that doesn't go all the way up the mountain. The first stop is very serene. It is beautiful. There is a restaurant and a snack bar. There are also lounge chairs outside so you can hang out and enjoy the scenery. The summit was wonderfully cold in August. I loved it! The scenery was undeniably gorgeous. Words cannot describe the natural beauty at the summit. If you want to warm up inside there are sitting areas and some educational information. The cost to go to the summit was under 40 Euros per person which makes this one of the more reasonably priced cable cars in the area. To get to the skyway from France you will need to go through the Mont Blanc Tunnel. It is about a 40 Euro toll to go through the tunnel which is very long. From the town it was a very short drive to Mont Blanc and the skyway from Courmayeur is less expensive than from the French side.

A must. Totally worth it to see the Alps. Make sure you take the gondola across to France, a…read moremust. Take tons of photos and enjoy all you can.