Ideas of trips to do around Annecy: Yvoire, Chamonix, Aix-les Bains, Chanaz, Conflans, Chambéry, Lyon, Grenoble, Megève, La Clusaz, Grand Bornand, Genève, Vevey, Montreux, Gruyère, Lauterbrunnen, Zermatt, Grindewald, Interlaken, Como, Milan…
Col de la Forclaz How to reach Col de la Forclaz? When arriving from Annecy, turn left before Talloires and follow D42 which will take you to the top of the col at 1150m. It is also called Forclaz-de-Montmin, Forclaz meaning “a way in the mountain”, as it can be used to go […]
Alby-sur-Chéran Alby-sur-Chéran (Chéran being the name of the river) is located 10 min away from Annecy and 20 min from Aix-les-Bains and it is also where I live. It is a medieval borough who used to live from shoe making industry until XIX century, it has now 2000 inhabitants. You can now visit the Museum
The Lake of Annecy, surrounded by mountains is amazing at all seasons, you can enjoy it by boat, bike or car. For a full Annecy Lake Tour with a car, I will recommend you to start from Sévrier (as the traffic Sévrier/Annecy can be quite bad sometimes) there you could visit the bell museum https://musee-paccard.com/,
Aosta in Italy During the 2019 Christmas holiday, we went to Aosta, Italy to discover the Italian side of Mont Blanc. From Annecy, it takes approximately 2 hours drive, the fastest is to use the Mont Blanc tunnel, the crossing is very expensive, check the rates on the website, it is cheaper to buy
Cinque Terre In September 2019, some customers asked me to drive them from Annecy to Cinque Terre with my taxi. The trip was lovely but quite long so I booked a room in Vernazza in order to get some sleep and enjoy Italian food before coming back home to Annecy. I really enjoyed those
Gorges du Fier. Gorges du Fier is in Lovagny, near Annecy. The Fier is one of the main river in Haute-Savoie. It is coming down from Mont Charvin then going through Thônes, Annecy and ending in the Rhône next to Seyssel. In Lovagny (10 km away from Annecy), you can visit the Gorges where
Le Col des Aravis is a mountain pass between La Clusaz in Haute-Savoie and La Giettaz in Savoie. You can reach le col des Aravis by using the road D 909 and is 1 486 m high. Often used during the Tour de France and loved by the cyclists and bikers. Col des Aravis and
Grenoble is approximately 1h15 from Annecy, you can take a cable car up to the Bastille Fort and enjoy a lovely view on the city and the Alps mountains. In Grenoble, we took the cable car up then walk down the stairs which was fun, easy and you can take your time to look
