Annecy and its surroundings
2024
Highlights of the trip
During your stay you can enjoy the following highlights: Culture / Heritage, Faune and flora.
Best times to go
The best time(s) to go is/are : Printemps, Eté, Automne, Hiver.
Petit Futé
Where to stay - Annecy ?
The map of your stay "Annecy and its surroundings"
Detail of the stay : Annecy and its surroundings
How to get there - Annecy
The must-haves
Steps: Annecy
Arrival in Annecy. Visit of the old town, the Jardins de l'Europe, crossing the Pont des Amours, museums (castle, palais de l'isle or animation film museum), stroll on the lake shore and swimming in the almost transparent water, one of the purest in Europe
Walk around the lake
Steps: Duingt
Tour of the lake by bike (simplest option: return trip to Duingt by bike), relaxation breaks on beaches and at the level of natural reserves (Roc de Chère and Bout du Lac). Return to Annecy, shower, dinner, night in Annecy.
Hiking in the mountains
Steps: Saint-Jean-De-Sixt
Mountain walk, direction Grand-Bornand. Hiking on site on various itineraries between mountain pastures and high mountains. Take your binoculars to observe chamois, ibexes, marmots and the lammergeier, the biggest bird of prey in Europe! Choose the hikes according to your level and the walking time indicated. Visit of the mysterious waterfall. Night in Grand-Bornand, Saint-Jean-de-Sixt or La Clusaz
