You want to 'do' Mont Blanc this summer but not sure where to start?

From relaxed guided family treks to longer itineraries, mountain biking and even a full-on climbing ascent, World Expeditions and its two European specialist divisions, UTracks and Sherpa Expeditions, offer a dozen of options to choose from, depending on your experience – and what you want to get out of your trip!

1. The family option >>> Mont Blanc Family Walk - France to Italy
Starting in the Chamonix Valley, this relaxed walk ensures that all members of the family experience the spectacular trails and wonderful alpine spirit of the French and Italian Alps. Carrying only a day pack and guided along mountain trails, it provides spectacular views with overnight stays in charming alpine villages and mountain huts. Suitable for active children from age 7 and up.
www.utracks.com/index.php?section=trips&id=229259
• Mont Blanc Family Walk - France to Italy with UTracks (7 days) departs June-August, from £595 per person

2. The relaxed option >>> Mont Blanc Rambler
A relaxed pace walk around Mont Blanc through Italy, Switzerland and France, specially devised for walkers who like to 'smell the roses' en route to the next comfortable gîte. In the company of a small group, a bilingual guide and a mule to carry your gear, the walk traverses high passes, meadows brimming in alpine flowers and typical alpine villages.
www.utracks.com/index.php?section=trips&id=449542
• Mont Blanc Rambler with UTracks (7 days) departs June-September, from £675 per person

3. The classic option >>> Mont Blanc Classic
The classic Mont Blanc route. A historic trek around the highest peak in the European Alps that takes you across passes, around enormous glaciers and via stunning lakes to take in some of the best viewpoints in the Alps. Meadows crossed by clear melt water streams lead you downwards to green pastures where shepherds will sell their fresh Beaufort cheese to you!
www.utracks.com/index.php?section=trips&id=29906
• Mont Blanc Classic with UTracks (8 days) departs June-September, from £650 per person

4. The extended option >>> Tour of Mont Blanc
This self-guided, extended itinerary circumnavigates Mont Blanc and explores the surrounding alpine region. Faced with picture postcard vistas from every vantage point, this two-week trek affords unsurpassed views of the different faces of the Mont Blanc massif, as well as the highest point on the Tour of Mont Blanc, the Grand Col Ferret at 2,537m.
www.sherpaexpeditions.com/Self-Guided-Walking/France/Tour-du-Mont-Blanc
• Tour of Mont Blanc with Sherpa Expeditions (14 days) departs June-August, from £1,160 per person

5. The cycling option >>> Mont Blanc by Bike
Calling all experienced mountain bikers not afraid of long climbs, this classic ride around Mont Blanc begins in Chamonix and continues in clockwise direction on a mix of terrains. From easy to technical single tracks and two path trails, enjoying along the way flowering alpine pastures, glacial lakes, deep valleys and high altitude passes, all under the backdrop of the European Alps' snowy peaks.
www.worldexpeditions.com/uk/index.php?section=trips&id=497433
• Mont Blanc by Bike with World Expeditions (8 days) departs June-September, from £895 per person

6. The mountaineering option >>> Mont Blanc Ascent
Clearly visible above Chamonix, Mont Blanc is a beautiful yet challenging climb which requires determination and an excellent level of fitness. Acclimatisation and basic technical training are part of the itinerary, which is designed to allow fit and experienced walkers to appreciate the exhilaration of summiting an alpine peak, even though they may have little or no experience in alpine skills.
www.worldexpeditions.com/uk/index.php?section=trips&id=185
• Mont Blanc Ascent with World Expeditions (8 days) departs June-September, from £1,690 per person

For more information please contact:

• World Expeditions: 0800 0744 135, www.worldexpeditions.co.uk
• UTracks: 0845 241 7599, www.UTracks.com
• Sherpa Expeditions: 0800 008 7741, www.sherpaexpeditions.com  

Prices do not include international flights, however these can be arranged on request.

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Notes for editors:
• One of the very first operators in what is now becoming a very popular area in travel, since its inception in 1975 World Expeditions has earned itself an outstanding reputation as a world leader in small group adventure holidays and cultural journeys.
• The two factors that distinguish World Expeditions from its competitors, the number of inclusions and the exceptional value of its trips, can be found today in more than 500 stand-alone itineraries, escorted by expert leaders and meticulously designed for those travellers who want to take the 'paths less travelled'.
• Always innovative, it was, among others, the first operator to offer cycling holidays in India (1977) and China (1978) and trekking trips in Mongolia (1980) and Tibet (1981). In 2013 it launched a dedicated 'World Cycle Journeys' programme, while as of 2011 it is the only company to offer the newly mapped Great Himalaya Trail.
• World Expeditions is independently owned and a truly global company, with nine offices around the world, including London, Sydney and Montreal.
    
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