Valerio Commazetto, the famous owner of the restaurant / pizzeria Casa Valerio and pizza maker in Chamonix, has won another international award.
In the great World competition Salso Maggiore in Italy, Valerio won the second place, of the... [read]
Hi everybody,
The Cinema Vox of Chamonix just released their new cinema programd, from 25 April to 8 May 2012
Some of the movies in english (VO) that will be presented in the Chamonix Cinema:
- My week with Marilyn
- Twixt
- Tyrannosaur
- and... [read]
The work of removing fallen trees in the Marécottes Zoo is already underway, after the park was devastated by the foehn wind last Saturday.
On the Sunday, park staff, firefighters, employees of the Martigny-Trient Valley Forestry Comission and many... [read]
This Saturday, May 5, the Les Houches Parents' Association (with the help of the municipality and the Les Houches Tourist Office) is organising its annual Jumble Sale.
The sale will take place in the school yard in Les Houches between 10:00-18:00hr.
Refreshments... [read]
As every year, the Scouts in Cluses are organising a collection for their giant "Flea Market" in Cluses.
The aim of the market is to help Third World countries, and the Scouts have a very strong reputation of doing so.
The collection in Chamonix... [read]
Alpiniste killed in Avalanche
On Saturday at 13:00hrs, a Norwegian mountaineer called the Mountain Rescue (PGHM) from the Argentière refuge.
An avalanche had just swept away one of his two climbing partners from the top of the glacier du Milieu... [read]
On Saturday morning, the Haute-Savoie Prefecture released an Orange Alert warning of violent gales. But the winds of Saturday night exceeded even their expectations.
From 22:00 hrs on Saturday, the wind strengthened & swept the Chamonix valley in increasingly... [read]
The Book Fair will be held on Sunday, April 29th, on the Place du Triangle d'Amitié, between 10am and 5pm.
These are the activities taking place:
- A workshop about the discovery of the printing with Esope atelier.
- Discovery of the Chinese... [read]

