Auberge-Refuge de la Nova
Auberge de la Nova
- Rooms
- Meals
- Camping
- Seasonal — call ahead
Inn-refuge at 1554 m in Les Chapieux; camping permitted nearby; open June to end of September.
5 places · 5 with rooms, 1 camping, 5 with meals on the Les Contamines → Les Chapieux section of the Tour du Mont Blanc, in Les Chapieux, Les Contamines-Montjoie. Phone and WhatsApp numbers are listed so you can book ahead.
Auberge de la Nova
Inn-refuge at 1554 m in Les Chapieux; camping permitted nearby; open June to end of September.
Family-run hotel-restaurant at 1550 m with 3–4 bed dormitories and private rooms; no WiFi or mobile signal.
Family-run refuge at 1706 m below the Col du Bonhomme; a bivouac area (not run by the refuge) is 200 m away.
Private refuge in a 19th-century chalet at 1459 m with 6–9 bed dormitories and hot showers.
Refuge at 1935 m in the Contamines-Montjoie nature reserve, rebuilt in 2021, 30 guests.
Checked online in October 2026. Places marked "listed by the tourist office" are on an official tourism or TMB listing but could not be confirmed on their own website. Refuges on the Tour du Mont Blanc are usually open from mid-June to mid-September; book ahead for July and August.
The Tour du Mont Blanc route works offline in Outest, with these places on the map and a trail guide you can ask about water, weather and the next village.