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How much does the Tour du Mont Blanc cost in 2027?

The short answer: save €1,250 per person for eleven walking days and ten nights in refuges with half board. The priced lines add up to €728.70–995; the €1,250 is the top of that plus a quarter, because some real costs have no published price. Not included: the nights before and after the walk, lunches, the lifts, insurance and getting to Geneva.

The costs, line by line, per person

Line	Price	Times	Total
Refuge dormitory, half board	€55–75 a night	10 nights	€550–750
Shower, where it is not included	€3–5 a night	10 nights	€30–50
Sleeping-bag liner hire	€4 a night	10 nights	€40
Geneva airport and back, shared shuttle	€90–100	there and back	€90–100
Chamonix valley bus	€1.70–5 a day	11 days	€18.70–55
Total			€728.70–995

Each line from Treksup’s TMB budget, with its source below. The refuge price is an estimate from published tariffs; what binds is the price at booking. That is €66–91 a day over eleven days. Tour du Mont Blanc Hike, refuges guide (read 17 September 2026) Refuge du Lac Blanc

Why save €1,250, not €995

A budget built only from prices someone published is low by construction: it leaves out what nobody publishes, like lunch and the lifts. So Treksup takes the top of the range, adds a quarter and rounds up to the next €50. The quarter is a margin, not a price. A margin you do not spend is a cheaper mistake than a trek you cannot finish.

What half board buys, and what a room costs

Half board is dinner, a bed and breakfast, and on most of the route it is the only formula worth having: the refuges are hours from a shop. Rifugio Bonatti lists €74 for a dormitory bed with half board, plus €1 tourist tax.

Prices are per person, so walking alone costs the same per night as walking in a group. If you want a room rather than a dormitory, €94 per person was quoted for 2026 for a two-to-four-bed room. That is instead of the dormitory line, not on top of it. A room to yourself is not something the sources price: ask the refuge.

Rifugio Bonatti, tariffs (read 30 September 2026) Tour du Mont Blanc Hike, refuges guide (read 17 September 2026)

Deposits: money that leaves in January

Each refuge takes a deposit of €30 to €50 per person when you book, deducted from the bill on the night. It is not an extra cost, but ten refuges booked in winter is several hundred euros gone months before you walk. On the refuge platform, cancelling more than 30 days ahead returns 80% of the deposit; after that, nothing.

Tour du Mont Blanc Hike, refuges guide (read 17 September 2026) Le Tour du Mont Blanc, refuge booking platform

Getting there and around

A shared shuttle seat from Geneva airport to the valley costs €45 with Mountain Drop-offs, each way, so €90 there and back. Book it before you fly: summer seats fill.

Line 1 of the Chamonix valley bus costs €1.70 in the app, €2.20 by card on the bus and €2.70 in cash, and a day ticket is €5. The guest card your accommodation gives you is not a bus ticket, only a discount on passes of two days or more. The bus is also how you get back from a stage you abandon.

Mountain Drop-offs, Geneva transfers (read 30 September 2026) Chamonix tourist office, bus fares and guest card (read 30 September 2026)

Not in the total

The lifts. Bellevue, La Flégère and Planpraz all charge; none published a 2026 single fare where Treksup could read it.
Lunch. Most stages have a buvette or a refuge kitchen, but no published price.
The nights before and after, in Chamonix or Les Houches.
Italy and Switzerland cost more than France on the same trek, and one range does not separate them.
Insurance and the journey to Geneva, which depend on where you live.

The first three items and the note on Italy and Switzerland are the gaps listed in Treksup’s TMB budget.

Where you can save

Bring your own sleeping-bag liner: it weighs about 220 g and saves the €40 of hire. Showers are optional where they are not included. The refuge nights are not where to save: on most of the route there is no cheaper bed within walking distance.

The budget in the app

Treksup’s budget screen shows these lines with the sum written out and the amount to save, for every route it has priced. The Tour du Mont Blanc is a paid route in the app; seven routes are open in full, free on iPhone.

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Book before you budget

Most TMB refuges open for summer 2027 on 15 October 2026. The TMB 2027 booking plan puts every date, the order to book in, a fallback per valley and a reminder calendar in one PDF, in English, Dutch and French, for €29. Its buy button goes live soon.

See the TMB 2027 booking plan

Questions

How much does the Tour du Mont Blanc cost?

For eleven days in refuges with half board, the priced costs are €728.70 to €995 per person. Treksup advises saving €1,250, because lunches, lifts and the nights before and after are not in that figure.

How much is a TMB refuge with half board?

About €55 to €75 per person a night in a dormitory. Rifugio Bonatti lists €74 plus €1 tourist tax. A bed in a two-to-four-bed room was quoted at €94 per person for 2026.

Is the Tour du Mont Blanc cheaper in France or in Italy?

The sources say Italy and Switzerland cost more than France on the same trek. The range above does not separate them, which is one reason for the margin.

Do I pay the refuges in advance?

A deposit of €30 to €50 per person per refuge at booking, deducted from the bill on the night. On the refuge platform, cancelling more than 30 days ahead returns 80% of it.

What is not included in the TMB budget?

The lifts, lunches, the nights before and after the walk, insurance and the journey to Geneva.

Sources

Prices and gaps from the TMB budget in the Treksup route library, each with the source and the day it was read. Page updated 30 September 2026.