The History of the Very First Chalet Breaks
Thursday, August 13th, 2009It was 1770 when the first tourist accommodation was opened in Chamonix Haute Savoie.
Prior to this Chamonix village constituted a uncivilized and tough rural hamlet where the locals caught animals and farmed their cereals.
Farmhouses then were used to breed dairy herds during the spring and summer.
Their milk was kept by changing it into [...]