"Made in", 2KM3 Car Park, Agendas & Events, Argentière, Argentière Events, Castles & Fortresses, Chamonix, Chamonix Events, Chamonix Médiathèque, Chamonix Museums, Chamonix Valley, Combloux, Combloux Events, Hiking & Strolling, Le Fayet, Le Musée Montagnard Les Houches, Le Palais des Sports, Le Parc Thermal, Les Contamines, Les Contamines & Environs, Les Contamines Events, Les Houches, Les Houches Museums, Médiathèque Ange Abrate Sallanches, Megève, Megève & Environs, Megève Events, Megève Médiathèque, Museums & Exhibitions, Parent Pampering, Passy, Passy & Environs, Passy Hikes & Strolls, Plaine-Joux, Plateau d'Assy, Praz-sur-Arly, Praz-sur-Arly Events, Praz-sur-Arly Hikes & Strolls, Rainy Days, Saint Nicolas de Véroce, Sallanches, Sallanches & Environs, Sallanches Events, Sallanches Museums, Servoz, Servoz Events, St Gervais, St Gervais & Environs, St Gervais Events, Vallorcine, Vallorcine, Vallorcine Events, Workshops & Stages

MUSEUMS & EXHIBITIONS au Pays du Mont-Blanc

We are lucky to have some 🖼 wonderful museums 🏔 au Pays du Mont-Blanc and in the Chamonix Valley, many housed in architectural gems (old, renovated and new). . . and as well as their permanent collections, they also offer 🎨 temporary exhibitions and workshops for children and families over the school holidays! ⇒ see also MBFF articles: 🖼 OUTDOOR ART EXHIBITIONS & EPHEMERAL OUTDOOR ART au Pays du … Continue reading MUSEUMS & EXHIBITIONS au Pays du Mont-Blanc

Mont Blanc Family FunJanuary 25, 2022September 26, 20234 Comments

Agendas & Events, Annemasse & environs, Aosta, Aosta Valley, Chamonix Events, Cluses & environs, Combloux Events, Combloux Ice-Skating, Cordon Events, Courmayeur, Forte di Bard, Fribourg, Geneva, Geneva Events, Italy, Lac d'Annecy & environs, Lac Léman, Les Contamines Events, Les Houches Events, Megève Events, Megève Ice-Skating, Montreux, Passy Events, Praz-sur-Arly Events, Salève & environs, Sallanches Events, Sallanches Ice-Skating, Servoz Events, Shopping & Crafts, St Gervais Events, Switzerland, Theatre, Dance & Music, Vallorcine Events, Vallorcine Ice-Skating, Workshops & Stages

CHRISTMASTIME chez vous au Pays du Mont-Blanc

This is a whole article dedicated to 🎄 Christmastime chez vous au Pays du Mont-Blanc, and here you’ll find information about : 🎄 where to buy your own Christmas tree locally; ✨ where to buy your Christmas decorations locally; ✉️🎅 where to post your letters to Santa; 📦 Les Boites de Noël – Secours Populaire; 🎨 some ideas for Christmas craft chez vous; Head over … Continue reading CHRISTMASTIME chez vous au Pays du Mont-Blanc

Mont Blanc Family FunNovember 14, 2021February 27, 20244 Comments

Babies & Toddlers, Cafés & Restaurants, Chamonix Valley, Chamonix Valley Nature Reserves, Forest & Woodland, Gorges, Rivers & Waterfalls, Hiking & Strolling, Vallorcine

FAMILY HIKES: La Cascade de Bérard (LE BUET)

The short hike up to the 💦 Cascade de Bérard, located just above the village of Le Buet (near Vallorcine), is the perfect family outing on a hot ☀️ summer’s day or after 🌧strong rain – you’ll either be refreshed or you’ll see 💦 the waterfall in its rawest, most powerful form! If you head off on this hike in late spring or in early summer, … Continue reading FAMILY HIKES: La Cascade de Bérard (LE BUET)

Mont Blanc Family FunJune 16, 2020March 6, 20233 Comments

Agendas & Events, Babies & Toddlers, Chamonix, Chamonix Events, Chamonix Valley, Les Houches, Les Houches Events, Passy, Passy & Environs, Passy Events, Rainy Days, Sallanches & Environs, Sallanches Events, Salle Léon Curral, Servoz, Servoz Events, St Gervais & Environs, St Gervais Events, Theatre, Dance & Music, Vallorcine, Vallorcine Events, Workshops & Stages

« Les Petits Asticots » children’s festival – 21st ⇒ 27th October 2023 ( Pays du Mont-Blanc & Chamonix Valley )

🎭 Les Petits Asticots – the fabulous annual children’s festival 🏔 au Pays du Mont-Blanc & in the Chamonix Valley, which takes place during the 🍁 Toussaint school holidays – will be yet again offering families seven inspirational days of theatre, music, dance, circus and workshops from 21st ⇒ 27th October 2023 ! This year is the 21st edition of the festival! The MBFF family have bsolutely … Continue reading « Les Petits Asticots » children’s festival – 21st ⇒ 27th October 2023 ( Pays du Mont-Blanc & Chamonix Valley )

Mont Blanc Family FunSeptember 29, 2019November 23, 2023Leave a comment

Babies & Toddlers, Cable Cars, Chairlifts & Tramways, Gorges, Rivers & Waterfalls, Hiking & Strolling, Playgrounds & Softplay, Switzerland, Trient, Vallorcine, Vallorcine Sport & Adventure, VerticAlp Emosson, Weekend Escapes

VERTICALP EMOSSON – a vertiginous day out en famille! (SWITZERLAND)

Currently SHUT ! A couple of 🍁 autumns ago now, MBFF had a super adventure: we were invited to test out 🚃 VerticAlp Emosson ! We had the most gloriously ☀️ sunny day to experience this phenomenal feat of engineering, which also has a rich history. I would say that 🍂 autumn – before closure for the season at the end of October – is the … Continue reading VERTICALP EMOSSON – a vertiginous day out en famille! (SWITZERLAND)

Mont Blanc Family FunSeptember 27, 2019March 10, 20232 Comments

Aiguille du Midi, Chamonix, Chamonix Hikes & Strolls, Chamonix Valley, Combloux, Combloux Hikes & Strolls, Cordon, Cordon Hikes & Strolls, Hiking & Strolling, Lacs des Ilettes, Les Contamines, Les Contamines & Environs, Les Houches, Les Houches Hikes & Strolls, Montenvers Train & Mer de Glace, Passy, Passy & Environs, Passy Hikes & Strolls, Praz-sur-Arly, Praz-sur-Arly Hikes & Strolls, Sallanches, Sallanches & Environs, Sallanches Hikes & Strolls, Servoz, St Gervais, St Gervais & Environs, Vallorcine

25 of MBFF’s FAVOURITE FAMILY HIKES au Pays du Mont-Blanc

With a now 12 year old and a 9 year old in tow, the MBFF family is beginning to find its 🏔 hiking mojo (mostly!). Here, below, you will find some of our favourite (and tried and tested!) family hikes 🏔 au Pays du Mont-Blanc, with suggestions for 🥤 buvettes and 🏚 refuges for a snack, lunch or overnight! [ ⇒ for 🏔 general tips on hiking with … Continue reading 25 of MBFF’s FAVOURITE FAMILY HIKES au Pays du Mont-Blanc

Mont Blanc Family FunJuly 14, 2019October 11, 20235 Comments

Aosta Valley Castles, Babies & Toddlers, Barryland - St-Bernard Museum, Centre Sportif Richard Bozon, Chamonix, Chamonix Médiathèque, Chamonix Museums, Cinemas, Forte di Bard, Geneva Museums, La Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Lac Léman, Le Musée Montagnard Les Houches, Le Palais des Sports, Les Gorges de la Diosaz, MAH - Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Maison de la Créativité, Martigny Museums, Médiathèque Ange Abrate Sallanches, MEG - Musée d'Ethnographie de Genève, Megève Ice-Skating, Megève Médiathèque, Megève Swimming, Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Museums & Exhibitions, Rainy Days, Sallanches, Sallanches Bowling, Sallanches Cinema, Sallanches Museums, Sallanches Softplay, St Gervais Ice-Skating, Switzerland, Vallorcine Swimming & Spa, Vitam (Neydens), Workshops & Stages, Yoga & Spas

RAINY DAYS au Pays du Mont-Blanc

You have perhaps heard that saying ☔️ “ there’s no such thing as bad weather; just badly dressed people “ ? Well, I heard this several times on a couple of work trips to 🇮🇸 Iceland . . . and that may well be, but even the strongest of resolves can be broken by 🌧 DAYS and DAYS of rainy weather in the mountains (especially when you … Continue reading RAINY DAYS au Pays du Mont-Blanc

Mont Blanc Family FunMarch 7, 2019April 12, 202312 Comments

Argentière, Chamonix, Chamonix Hikes & Strolls, Chamonix Valley, Hiking & Strolling, Lac des Chavants, Les Houches, Parcours d'Orientation Lac des Chavants, Parcours d’Orientation Bois du Bouchet, Parks & Gardens, Servoz, Vallorcine

BABY-CHAM goes orienteering in the Chamonix Valley!

A couple of years ago, 🌈 Baby-Cham (the owner of the company and her little helpers) went to test out a couple of the (then) new 🧭 parcours d’orientation (orienteering routes) in the 🏔 Chamonix Valley. You may have seen some of the maps in your local tourist offices or on large panels on-site? The Chamonix Valley has developed 6 orienteering routes for you to enjoy, … Continue reading BABY-CHAM goes orienteering in the Chamonix Valley!

Mont Blanc Family FunSeptember 8, 2018March 14, 20234 Comments

Babies & Toddlers, Chamonix Valley, Skiing, Snowy Days, Vallorcine, Vallorcine Skiing

LA POYA ski area (Le Buet, Vallorcine)

⛷ La Poya is a small family-run ski area in the hamlet of Le Buet (not far from the 🚞 train station), near to Vallorcine. It comprises: two drag lifts; a rope tow for Beginners and a pulley lift for small children; 2km of pistes, including green, blue, red and even a black piste; You can opt for a 🗺 half-day ski pass, at a very reasonable price, … Continue reading LA POYA ski area (Le Buet, Vallorcine)

Mont Blanc Family FunFebruary 5, 2018March 14, 20231 Comment

Argentière Sledging, Babies & Toddlers, Chamonix Sledging, Combloux Sledging, Cordon Sledging, Crest-Voland, Hiking & Strolling, Les Contamines Sledging, Les Houches Sledging, Megève Sledging, Plaine-Joux Sledging, Praz-sur-Arly Sledging, Saint Nicolas de Véroce Sledging, Saint-Gervais-les-Bains sledging, Servoz Sledging, Sledging & Ice-Skating, Snowy Days, Vallorcine Sledging

PISTES de LUGE au Pays du Mont-Blanc ( and nearby )

The ❄️ FIRST SNOWFALL au Pays du Mont-Blanc . . . when the ❄ first snowflakes arrive, the excitement and delight run high for the whole family: walks knee-deep in the white fluffy stuff, ❄ snowball fights, ⛄️ making a snowman ( or perhaps a snowcat or other snow animal ) . . . and 🛷 SLEDGING FUN! With the first ❄️ snowfall of the season, the MBFF … Continue reading PISTES de LUGE au Pays du Mont-Blanc ( and nearby )

Mont Blanc Family FunNovember 16, 2017December 4, 20234 Comments

Babies & Toddlers, Chamonix Playgrounds, Further France, Lac de Passy, Les Contamines Playgrounds, Passy, Playgrounds & Softplay, Rainy Days, Sallanches Playgrounds, Sallanches Softplay, Sallanches Softplay, Vallorcine Playgrounds, Vitam (Neydens)

SOFTPLAY & INDOOR PLAY au Pays du Mont-Blanc (and beyond)

🏔 Au Pays du Mont-Blanc, we are lucky to have 🌈 a softplay option in the industrial zone of Sallanches for those ☔️ RAINY DAYS all year round . . . and in the ☀️ summer months, plenty of bouncy castles spring up in lovely locations too . . . And further afield in the 🇫🇷 Arve Valley and beyond, there are some 🌈 larger softplay and 🤸 indoor play … Continue reading SOFTPLAY & INDOOR PLAY au Pays du Mont-Blanc (and beyond)

Mont Blanc Family FunJuly 30, 2017August 1, 202310 Comments

Chamonix, Chamonix Spas, Les Houches Spas, Parent Pampering, Rainy Days, Vallorcine Swimming & Spa, Yoga & Spas

THERMAL BATHS, SPAS & MASSAGES in the Chamonix Valley (and beyond)

We are lucky to have 💦 two large thermal baths on offer 🏔 au Pays du Mont-Blanc : 💦 QC Termes in Chamonix; 💦 Les Thermes de Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc in the Parc Thermal; In addition, several hotels in the Chamonix Valley (and au Pays du Mont-Blanc) offer 💦 access to their spa centre and pool to non-hotel guest, for an entrance fee or with the … Continue reading THERMAL BATHS, SPAS & MASSAGES in the Chamonix Valley (and beyond)

Mont Blanc Family FunApril 9, 2017January 31, 20237 Comments

Skiing, Snowy Days, Vallorcine, Vallorcine Skiing

Vallorcine SKIING

In Vallorcine, you have access to fabulous skiing (via the bubble lifts) at ⛷ Le Domaine Balme-Vallorcine / Le Tour and at the small family-run ski area of ⛷ La Poya in the hamlet of Le Buet. Beginner & Nursery Skiing at La Poya ⛷ La Poya is a family-run ski area in the small hamlet of Le Buet, near to Vallorcine. [ ⇒ for more … Continue reading Vallorcine SKIING

Mont Blanc Family FunFebruary 23, 2017March 14, 2023Leave a comment

Mont Blanc Family Fun

Family Fun au Pays du Mont Blanc: adventures & culture for families and children in Chamonix, Les Houches, Argentière, Servoz, Vallorcine, Passy, Plaine Joux, Sallanches, Combloux, Cordon, Domancy, St Gervais, Le Fayet, Les Contamines, Megève, Praz-sur-Arly and beyond

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