Courmayeur
This is the town on the Italian side of the Monte Bianco. How different a place from Chamonix which is on the French side, which this place is more like a country club than a gym (Chamonix being the gym). There was not a big presence of outdoor activities, although it is for certian they are there. The people were dressed in slacks, polo shirts and a sweater around their neck. In Chamonix people were wearing lightweight technical gear, quick dry clothes and hiking boots. Nevertheless, Courmayeur is a very cute mountain town situated just below the mountains and is a place for great skiing and has a wonderful gondola that can pick you up and over the town to the top of the mountains and over to Chamonix.
Looking over the town and across the river to another littlw town called Dolonne.
Dolonne from the same point as above, I just zoomed in...
Looking towards the mountains were Monte Bianco lives.
Multiuse log cabin.
Dolonne
Located just on the otherside of the river from Courmayeur is Dolonne. A tiny little town on a grassy hill that borders a river. It is a peaceful town, and is very quiet mostly because not many people live there full time and there were several abandoned old structures. This place has interesting buildings made from boulders and lumber. Like in the photo below, there are passageways to get into a center covered courtyard where there are several different passageways to enter into the different homes with hidden doors and windows. This place really felt like a fairy tail.
There are also these newer but classic chalet style homes...
Amazing to see every balconey with flowers!
This is at the top of the village were there is a little fun park, and the grassy hill, which in winter is where the kids learn to ski and snowboard. You can see the lines and 2 gondolas going by the the photo below.
Portofino
From the mountains to the sea... As we left Dolonne in the early morning we decided to swing by Portofino for lunch as a finale to our "road trip". It was a nice ending.
We took the little walk to a nice view point, were you can see the bay the other side of the bay and far beyond to a city in the distance.
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