Megève

A farming village raised intoelegant, international mountains

A resort built by patience, not decree

A century of arrival, still under way.

Megève was a working farming village long before it became a resort, and it grew into one at its own pace, without losing its church, its farms or its chapels. Domaine du Mont d'Arbois opened here in 1921, and a century on, the Évasion Mont-Blanc ski area links Megève to five neighbouring villages across 445 kilometres of marked runs. Above the rooftops, fifteen chapels still climb the old Calvary walk, and in the village, Michelin tables sit beside farmhouse inns. See what patience built.

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A village measured in centuries, not seasons

Facts behind the postcard.

Megève was a farming village before it was a resort, and it kept its church, its farms and its chapels when the hotels arrived. The ski area now reaches five valleys; the village square has not moved.

1921: The year Baroness de Rothschild opened Mont d'Arbois.
445 km: Marked runs across the Évasion Mont-Blanc ski area.
15 chapels: Line the Calvary walk built between 1840 and 1878.
5 Michelin stars: across 3 Megève restaurants
1,113–2,485 m: The ski area's full altitude range.
116 lifts: Serve 227 runs across the Évasion Mont-Blanc.
5 villages: Share lift access across the connected ski domain.
1 village square: Still the centre of daily life, as it always was.

Above the rooftops

The Calvary, at dusk.

Fifteen chapels climb the hillside above the village, built between 1840 and 1878 along the old Way of the Cross. Few visitors make the full walk to the Calvary plateau, but those who do are rewarded with the same view that has looked over Megève for nearly two centuries.