Cascade du Pissieu is a beautiful waterfall near Lescheraines and Le Châtelard in les Bauges in Savoie. It is approximately one hour drive from Annecy. You have to walk 30 min to reach it but it is a flat easy hike. You have road signs to show you the way. Next to the parking, there […]
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Glacier des Alpes is probably making the best ice creams in Annecy! With the summer nothing better than a really nice ice cream! It is in the top 10 in France! Number 9 according to Trip advisor! The only problem is that sometimes, the queue there is very long so sometimes I treat myself with
If you are staying in Annecy without a car, you can use Semnoz and Forclaz Summer Bus for some fresh mountain air. https://www.taxi-massingy.com/en/semnoz/ 9 buses can take you from Annecy to Semnoz mountain: * every week ends or bank holiday in June * every day from July 1st until August 31st The bus is running
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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
Discover Hautecombe Abbey on Lake du Bourget in front of Aix-les-Bains. Hautecombe Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery, later a Benedictine monastery, in Saint-Pierre-de-Curtille near Aix-les-Bains in Savoy, France. For centuries it was the burial place of the members of the House of Savoy. It is visited by 150,000 tourists yearly. The origins of Hautecombe
