Livigno is a city in a specially managed area in the province of Sondrio, located in the Italian Alps, near the Swiss border. Until the 1970s, Livigno was a peasant village. However, everything has changed in recent decades, and today Livigno has a better economic situation and a larger population. Livigno's economy is based on both winter and summer tourism and its duty-free status, where goods are sold at good prices.
Bad Gastein is a spa and ski town in the High Tauern Mountains south of Salzburg. It is a well-known Austrian resort with beautiful historic hotels and villas built on steep forest slopes. The city center is located at Gastein Waterfall, about 1000 meters above sea level. The southern part of Bad Gastein belongs to the Hohe Tauern National Park.
Chamonix (Mont-Blanc) is a resort area near the junction of France, Switzerland and Italy. At the base of Mont Blanc, the highest summit in the Alps, it's renowned for its skiing. Year-round, cable cars take visitors up to several nearby peaks with panoramic views, including Aiguille du Midi above town, and Pointe Helbronner, across vast glacier fields on the Italian border.