Must-SeeChamonix and Mont Blanc
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
The birthplace of alpine sport, with a dizzying cable car up the Aiguille du Midi.
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Lyon and the French Alps
Mont Blanc, ski resorts and France's food capital.
The Short List
Must-See
Must-See
Must-SeeAnnecy
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
A canal-laced old town on one of Europe's cleanest lakes, ringed by Alps.
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Worth a Detour
Worth a DetourLyon
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
France's food capital, with Roman theaters, old silk-weavers' passages and cozy bouchons.
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Worth a DetourCourchevel, Méribel and Val Thorens
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
The Three Valleys, the world's largest linked ski area.
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Worth a DetourVal d'Isère and Tignes
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
High, snow-sure skiing in a historic village by the Vanoise national park.
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If You're Nearby
If You're NearbyAlpe d'Huez
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
The Tour de France's most famous climb, with 21 hairpins, above a sunny ski town.
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If You're NearbyMegève
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
An old-money ski village of chalets and horse-drawn sleighs.
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If You're NearbyPuy de Dôme and the Auvergne Volcanoes
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
A chain of extinct volcanoes in central France, climbed by rack railway.
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If You're Nearby
Grenoble
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
The capital of the French Alps, with its bubble-shaped cable cars to a hilltop fort.
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On the Map
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