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Aosta Valley
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Italy's side of Mont Blanc, with the Skyway cable car rising from an old mountain village.
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Mer de Glace
France's largest glacier, reached by an old rack railway, with an ice cave carved anew each year.
- Open
- Most of the year; check for maintenance closures
- Price
- Paid
- Time Needed
- Half a day
- Address
- Gare du Montenvers, 35 Place de la Mer de Glace, 74400 Chamonix-Mont-BlancDirections
- Getting There
- The Montenvers station is behind Chamonix's main railway station.
Why Go
The red Montenvers train has climbed through the forest to the glacier since 1908. From the station, you look up the river of ice toward the Grandes Jorasses, then go down to the ice cave. Signs on the way mark how far the glacier has shrunk since the 1820s.
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