Hike & Study in the alps

Anna Noren - 22 Apr 2010 - 0 Comments

Tagged: French Course France | Chamonix | Summer 2010 | Hiing

Chamonix’s clean air, beautiful mountain ranges, shining glaciers, 350km of superbly maintained hiking trails, 160 different hiking itineraries, makes Chamonix a hikers dream. Combine this with an undertaking of French language at Insted’s language school in France and you have an adventure holiday of a lifetime dripping with the immersions of French living.

Choose from the lower valley trails for the wonderful forest scents or gain altitude and taste the blueberries, admire the fantastic panoramas and test your stamina.

The Grand Balcon Sud facing the Mont-Blanc offers a magnificant hike along a natural terrace.  Take the Flegere or Brevent cable cars and take in the scenery in a 2hr hike.  Or ride the Aiguille du Midi the cable car to an altitude of 3842m (12,680ft) and descend by cable car back to the mid-station at the Plan d’Aiguille and then walk the steep, zig-zag, wooded track back down to Chamonix (3hrs ) along the Grand Balcon North or cross over from the Plan d'Aiguille to the Montenvers train station (3 hrs) to take the tourist train back down to Chamonix.

Tempted by a sea of ice, the Lac Blanc (2352m) hike is a great place to enjoy the view of the Mont Blanc.  From the Flegere / Index lift, the hike is a bit under 2 hours.  Take a packed lunch and enjoy a picnic in this stunning setting.  For the more adventurous hiker the Tour of Mont Blanc is a famous circumnavigation of the Mont Blanc massif: hiking through Italy, Switzerland and France - 3 different countries, cultures and food! - 8 to 10 days.  Or the Haute Route - Chamonix to Zermatt via mountain huts and valley hotels follows a historical path. 

Now is the time to take this summer by the horns and book yourself in to a week or a semester long French course in Chamonix France.  Select from 1 week to up to 13.  Insted can help sort your accommodation too – shared or private and can offer great local advice on hiring gear if you’re not planning to bring your own. 

Getting to Chamonix is easy with Flights from Easyjet flies from London to Geneva from just £29.95 one-way. (www.easyjet.com).

Hike & Study this Summer in Chamonix, France.  Book Summer 2010 now.  Courses start June 21.  www.insted.com

About Insted
Insted is an accredited Language Learning Centre, established in 1997, offering language courses in French, English and Italian at their Chamonix Headquarters, France and via their partner schools in Biarritz, France, San Sebastian & Tenerife, Spain.  The Insted Concept promotes language learning with a lifestyle incorporating active sports such as skiing, mountain biking, climbing, hiking or surfing, successfully allowing hundreds of students to improve their language skills and their active sport of interest. Insted has expanded to include the teaching of Spanish courses and surfing on the dramatic volcanic island of Tenerife off the coast of Africa, and in the beautiful seaside town of San Sebastián located in the lush Basque region in northern Spain.

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