The coolest and most original gift of this Christmas 2015? A ticket for Skyway Monte Bianco, the futuristic cable car considered the eighth wonder of the world, at its first winter opening. I do. Skyway Christmas Gift, the gift box that includes the cable car trip for two people, is just one of the many exclusive ideas-rules that you can buy in Courmayeur during Shopping Gourmet, the event that transforms the more glamorous locations in the Alps in a small shopping capital.
For a week, from 19 to 25 December, let yourself be tempted by the boutiques of Via Roma, the central pedestrian street that combines the charm of the mountain village to the vivacity of an alpine Montenapoleone street. Saturday 19 December prestigious signatures of Made in Italy, trendy clubs, clothing shops, crafts, design and jewellery will be open until 22, with special proposals combined with tastings of Valdostan wines. An excellent pretext to discover the local wine production, among award-winning DOC wines. Exclusive for visitors, various gifts, promotion articles, training tests, free treatments with cosmetic products and much more.
24 December, Santa Claus, which is called Rhémy de Noël, He will go down to the village to meet his little friends. The appointment is in Abbé Henry Square, under the big tree, where Rhémy helped by children, will light the great lantern symbolizing Christmas. For the older ones go back instead "Santa Claus skiing for free", organized by the Monte Bianco Ski School. 25 December all skiers who will present themselves to the ski lifts dressed as the most traditional Santa Claus, with white beard and red cap, will receive "in gift" Free ski lessons.
This year Ski School Monte Bianco, among the oldest in Europe, will celebrate 80 years since its birth. The anniversary will be celebrated on December 30 in Abbé Henry Square, in the heart of Courmayeur through films and stories of masters and testimonials that narrate the evolution of this discipline that laid the foundations of winter tourism and projected Courmayeur in the Olympus of international ski resorts.
On the occasion of the celebration the classic torch of ski instructors that closes the year, will be held exceptionally at Punta Helbronner (3.466 meters), last station of the new cable car Skyway Monte Bianco. For the school it is an important return to the origins, since the first lessons were held on the Hill of the Giant, at the height of Punta Helbronner. One hundred and sixty masters will descend along the Toula glacier, armed with torch, accompanied by the alpine guides of Courmayeur.
