Synopsis

From the vibrant town of Annecy, we embark on a rail journey eastward, toward the majestic Mont Blanc massif. The train carries us onward, then transfers to the Tramway du Mont-Blanc in St.-Gervais-les-Bains, where a small cog railway ascends to the station of Bellevue. We traverse a snow-dusted mountain landscape, winding through dense forests of conifers, drawn ever closer to Europe’s highest peak. For centuries, Mont Blanc was known as the *Montagne Maudite*, the cursed mountain; a realm of s