On this independent tour from Geneva, cross the Switzerland-France border and visit one of the most famous villages in the French Alps, Chamonix, at the foot of towering Mont Blanc: highest mountain of Europe.
Enjoy a scenic coach drive through the Arve Valley to the picturesque Alpine village of Chamonix, where you’re free to explore at your leisure.
Ride up the cable car and discover a spectacular panoramic view of the Chamonix Valley and the French, Swiss and Italian Alps at 3842m !
Board the charming red cog railway up to Montenvers, you’ll enjoy fabulous views of Mer de Glace. This magnificent glacier is 4 miles (7km) long and averages just under a mile wide.
Posted By : Katherine H
This trip was enjoyable and the staff very friendly and helpful! I was booked onto the independent tours so none of the additional activities involved unless purchased separately on the day, a whole day was much too long if going for the independent option but the trip was good regardless. Communication from the company was good and the staff provided a map, itinerary and clear instructions about navigating the area.
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Posted On : 2023-12-28 07:08:15 
Posted By : bruno_m
The tour is nothing more than a bus transfer to Charmonix. The moment we get there the bus driver even didn't know what to do with us, he had to call the company to understand whether he should drop us off at the bus stop or not. We found other people with us completely lost as well and trying to seek for help from information desk. The agency didn't explain anything about the tour. Ok, we were aware what we opted for the self guided/independent tour, but on the advertisement they were mentioning different places to visit misleading us to believe they would take us to those places and from there we would be on our own, however there wasn't anything included at all apart from the bus transfer. Furthermore, we bought a 6 hour tour because we couldn't arrive late in Geneva, but there were no buses before 5pm so we had to stay all day in the city since early in the morning.
The title of the announcement should be "Bus Ticket to Charmonix", nothing more. I am very disappointed with Viator and Key Tour for the service provided. Charmonix is a charming village which I highly recommend to go, but not with these agencies.
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Posted On : 2023-12-23 11:58:46 
Posted By : Paige_D
I went to Geneve for the weekend and took a trip to Chamonix. Our tour guide/ bus driver Zak was fantastic. He really had a great sense of humour and made our experience so much better. He was wonderful. He went above and beyond what he needed to do for us and we greatly appreciated it. Chamonix was so beautiful. The large Cable Cart was closed but Zak took us to a smaller one which was still a wonderful experience. I would highly reccomend this trip!
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Posted On : 2023-11-26 16:03:40
Posted By : Stephen_M
The advertisement for the tour highlights access to Mt Blanc and the Glaciers. They were closed and we were not warned ahead of time. In fact virtually the entire town was closed until December. There was nothing to do. We left early. A total waste of time and money.
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Posted On : 2023-11-22 05:34:59
Posted By : Kelley_C
The mountains are beautiful, the shops are lovely and the onion soup was delicious. I wouldn’t recommend going to Chamonix at the beginning of November as most attractions, plus many pubs & shops, are closed at that time.
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Posted On : 2023-11-10 02:24:40
Posted By : Fiona_G
Awfully rude man checked me on the coach, so not good first impression but the on board guide David was lovely and the drive was pleasant. Walked around Chamonix for a couple of hours, worth the visit, such a pretty town, and was back in Geneva mid afternoon.
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Posted On : 2023-10-24 14:22:31
Posted By : Stacey_S
I am very disappointed in Viator. I had to miss my scheduled time because of a family situation. There were plenty of seats on the next scheduled bus but I was charged an additional 50e unnecessarily.
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Posted On : 2023-09-27 03:01:14
Posted By : Shalun_H
Was so sick going to the top of Mont Blanc. Had the best time. Recommend 10/10 Going up to the top of Montblanc and seeing the snow and the mountain goats, mountain lions and snow leopards. I was surprised too.
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Posted On : 2023-07-26 11:33:05
Posted By : 609karlih
Chamonix was incredible. You should go! My review is about this AWFUL company. Do not give them your money. They drive you up there knowing that the attractions are closed for the day so they can keep your money anyway. The cable cars were closed. We had nothing to do but explore on our own all day until a bus came to pick us up 8 hours later. Total waste of money. We didn’t get to do anything we paid for.
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Posted On : 2023-07-25 12:29:02
Posted By : RuRu25
So you are paying almost $700 dollars for a bus ride. They over charge you for the train ride and the cable car. The Swiss tour who actually is doing this tour didn’t bother to send us any info about the meeting points. We arrived and we were going from bus to bus to figure out which one is ours. Then finally they answered the phone to hear them saying where are you we are looking for you!! BS as no one was looking. Then they gave us the tickets and we rode the bus to the alps.
Yeah they failed to let us know that it’s going to be hot day even on top of the Mount blanc so don’t wear heavy clothes or bring a jacket. I ended up with heat stroke and got air lifted by a helicopter to a hospital while my daughters were alone and didn’t know how to get in touch with me. You would think they would call us after to see how come we aren’t at the bus but nope they don’t care. They took our $700 dollars and they were happy.
Worst tour ever!!!
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Posted On : 2023-07-18 13:28:26
