glières

Glières

The Glières Plateau is a limestone plateau in the Bornes Massif. Distant from La Roche-sur-Foron and Thorens-Glières by 29 km and 15 km respectively, it is located around the communes of Le Petit-Bornand-les-Glières and Thorens-Glières. In the Francoprovençal language, glière means a rocky and sandy plateau without rivers. In the local speech, the word is […]

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Cheeses of Savoie

Learn more about the different delicious Cheeses of Savoie. Here are the most important local cheeses: * Abondance A 10 kg round of cheese from a Haute-Savoie valley of the same name, also with some local breed of cows. A little taste of hazelnut and pineapple. * Beaufort A 40 kg round of cheese made

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diots savoie

Diots de Savoie

Diots de Savoie   The diots are some sausages from Savoie. They can be plain sausages, smoked or with some cabbage. It also has nutmeg in it. It is pronounced diau. Before they were made during the autumn, when the farmers were killing the pigs and stocking food for the winter.      You can

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