The mountains are the highest you will ever see. At 3 568 metres, Mont Blanc, a three-peak massif, towers above the little town of Chamonix. When you first look up at it, you realise: it’s so high that the true peak – the one that takes 20 minutes to reach by two different cable cars – only reveals itself on a clear day. Most days, it’s shrouded in cloud. There is no place on earth like the Alps, and there are few places like Chamonix. This is the adventure centre of Europe… skiing, mountain climbing, river rafting, hiking, mountain biking! If it makes you breathe more heavily, it happens in this little town in the south-east of France, just an hour’s drive away from Geneva. On top of that, cheese…
