Les Contamines
Why Les Contamines Village in Summer?
- Located within a nature reserve
- Amazing mountain scenery
- Peaceful location
- 'Famille Plus' resort - good children’s facilities and great for families
Les Contamines Village Information
At the heart of the Mont-Blanc region, discover an authentic mountain village at 1,164m altitude. The village has preserved its historic aspect, baroque churches and old farm buildings and 70% have been restored in keeping with the local Savoy architecture. A 5,500-hectare area is classified as a nature reserve to protect it from further development.
Stretching from the village of the Contamines-Montjoie up to the Aiguille Nord de Tré-la-Tête at 3,892m, the Nature Reserve in Les Contamines offers a multitude of hiking itineraries in beautiful natural surroundings, amidst diverse alpine flora and fauna: ibex, marmots, butterflies, Pygmy owls etc. Discover the unique beauty of these wonderful landscapes - the lakes, meadows, cliffs and glaciers.
Set in a peaceful yet dramatic location at the upper end of a beautiful valley, road access from the nearby spa town of Saint Gervais-les-Bains is simple, involving little more than a gentle climb, making Les Contamines Montjoie very accessible.
The once-remote farming village retains its traditional Savoyard appearance, with an attractive skyline of timber chalets still dominated by a lovingly restored Baroque church. Development in response to tourism remains on an unobtrusive, human scale, the very few larger (but still not high-rise) apartment structures being sited close to the Montjoie gondola.
The surrounding landscape is similarly unspoilt and includes some 5,500 hectares of protected nature reserve, much of it forested. Among the many peaks towering impressively over both sides of the valley is the legendary Mont Blanc, beyond which lies Courmayeur and Italy’s Aosta Valley. Similarly hidden from view on the opposite side of the valley are the neighbouring villages of Megève, Saint Gervais and Combloux.
Les Contamines-Montjoie is friendly and welcoming and works hard to ensure that its visitors have a great experience.
