From New York City, we flew to Geneva, Switzerland on June 24, 2016 with a brief stopover in Amsterdam. We arrived in the morning of June 25 and from Geneva Airport we took the ALPY BUS (http://www.alpybus.com) to our hotel for 49 euros each. It was very easy to reserve for a seat and the bus company sent me a very detailed information on where to meet the driver. The bus took us directly to our hotel in Les Houches called Hotel Chris-tal. We did our reservation a couple of weeks before we left for our trek and we did it directly through their website (http://www.chris-tal.com). The owner was very nice and communicated with us through e-mail in a timely manner when I had questions about our reservations. He also speaks really good English. For one night, we paid 95.15 euros for our room and paid an extra 10 euros each for breakfast.
Since we arrived around noon in Les Houches, we decided to go to Chamonix to grab some late lunch/dinner. The hotel provided us with free bus tickets and the bus stop is just a few steps from the hotel.
Chamonix is a very nice town with so much stores and restaurants. Prior to the trek we did not have a map so we bought one here from one of the many sports stores for 10 euros. It is much cheaper compared to what they are selling here in the States. Unfortunately, we only used it once as the book we purchased was very detailed and included maps that were easy to follow.
Chamonix |
There are so many restaurants to choose from! You can find restaurants serving French, American, Chinese, Indian, Italian, etc. food. Our guide book had many suggestions on where to eat but since we were in France, we decided to go to a French restaurant.
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