Albertville

Worth the detour from Albertville

8 notable places within an hour's drive.

Driving roads near Albertville

• 19 kmCormet de RoselendA 1,968 m Beaufortain pass whose road skirts the turquoise Lac de Roselend reservoir: one of the most photogenic climbs of the Tour de France and the Route des Grandes Alpes.
• 23 kmCol des AravisA 1,486 m pass between La Clusaz and Flumet with a tiny chapel at the summit and a postcard head-on view of Mont Blanc framed by alpine pastures.
• 27 kmCol de la MadeleineA challenging Tour de France climb in the Savoie Alps at 1993m, with long, winding approaches through pastoral valleys and dense forest.
• 41 kmLacets de MontvernierEighteen tightly stacked hairpins climbing a near-vertical cliff wall out of the Maurienne valley: a ribbon of switchbacks so photogenic it became an instant Tour de France icon in 2015.
• 45 kmMont Blanc TunnelAn 11.6 km tunnel beneath Western Europe's highest mountain, linking Chamonix in France with Courmayeur in Italy: the quickest year-round route between the French and Italian Alps.
• 45 kmAiguille du MidiA vertiginous 3,842-meter granite needle reached by a spectacular cable car, offering face-to-face views of Mont Blanc.

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