Chamonix, Aosta and Valais
Nine days around Mont Blanc: Geneva to Chamonix, the tunnel to Courmayeur, Roman Aosta, then the Great St Bernard Pass into Valais. You finish with Sion’s two castles, Chillon on the water, and the lakeshore home to Geneva. One mountain, three countries, short days.
Season: The Great St Bernard summit road is typically June–September; the tunnel runs year-round. The Mont Blanc Tunnel is a toll.
Nine days around Mont Blanc: Geneva to Chamonix, the tunnel to Courmayeur, Roman Aosta, then the Great St Bernard Pass into Valais. You finish with Sion’s two castles, Chillon on the water, and the lakeshore home to Geneva. One mountain, three countries, short days.
Day by day
Geneva
Lakefront start. Tomorrow the road turns toward the needle of Mont Blanc; tonight the Jet d’Eau is enough.
Why stop hereCharge nearby: Tesla Supercharger (Tesla Supercharger Geneva) — typical arrival 30%, about 18 min to 80%. Short driving day: charge in the overnight town and keep the climbs honest.
Chamonix
Aiguille du Midi if the weather holds; next day the Mont Blanc Tunnel to Italy. Sleep under the icefall, not on the motorway.
Why stop hereCharge nearby: Tesla Supercharger (Tesla Supercharger Chamonix) — typical arrival 22%, about 26 min to 85%. Short driving day: charge in the overnight town and keep the climbs honest.
Courmayeur
The Italian balcony on Mont Blanc. Same mountain, other light, a slower plate of polenta.
Aosta
Roman theatre and a rest day in the valley. The pass can wait; the stones have already waited two thousand years.
Why stop hereCharge nearby: Enel X (Enel X Aosta) — typical arrival 17%, about 28 min to 80%. Pass day: check seasonal closure that morning; a tunnel is a backup, not a ruined holiday.
Martigny
After the Great St Bernard hospice and the lake at 2469 m the valley is suddenly vines. Martigny is the landing.
Sion
Two castles above the Rhone vineyards. Climb one in the evening; the other can wait for the light.
Why stop hereCharge nearby: Ionity (Ionity Sion) — typical arrival 21%, about 25 min to 80%. Short driving day: charge in the overnight town and keep the climbs honest.
Montreux
Chillon Castle on the water. Walk the ramparts, then the lakeshore promenade until the light goes pink.
Why stop hereAccess: walk, train or ferry from the overnight — leave the car.
Geneva
Lavaux terraces on the way home. The vines step down to the lake; Geneva is waiting at the end of the last row.
Why stop hereCharge nearby: Tesla Supercharger (Tesla Supercharger Geneva) — typical arrival 30%, about 18 min to 80%. Short driving day: charge in the overnight town and keep the climbs honest.
Quiet charging pauses
- Ionity in Sion — a calm stop on this leg, about 25 min.
- Tesla Supercharger in Geneva — a calm stop on this leg, about 18 min.
- Tesla Supercharger in Chamonix — a calm stop on this leg, about 26 min.
- Enel X in Aosta — a calm stop on this leg, about 28 min.