Lake Annecy is the third largest lake in France and is known as "Europe's cleanest lake" because of strict environmental regulations introduced in the 1960s. The lake was formed about 18,000 years ago, at the time the large alpine glaciers melted.
Surface area: 27.59 km2
Max length 14.6 km
Max width 3.2 km
Average depth 41m
Max depth 82m
According to your time and wishes, you will find different ways to cruise the amazing Lake Annecy:
La Compagnie du Lac (the office is at the entrance of the old town) has 5 boats: http://www.annecy-croisieres.com/
* You can choose to do a one hour cruise without stop (approximately 15€)
* a 2 hours trip with a minute stop in 7 ports around the lake (approximately 18€)
* Cruising + Lunch in Sévrier which will take most of the day (approximately 30€ July and August only)
* 2h30 cruise on the Libellule (approximately 16€), it is the biggest boat on the lake, the good thing is that you can have lunch or dinner dance onboard (from 30€)
You can also try a Catamaran Cruise http://www.annecy-croisieres-voile.com/ from 35€ per person, you can also choose to do a sunset cruise!
Or cruise onboard a traditional small wooden boat (from 10 to 12 people onboard) : toegregory@yahoo.fr
You can also have a private boat http://www.water-taxi.fr/ from 40€ for a 2 hours cruise (minimum 6 persons)
You can also find a lot of Pedalos at the Pâquier, that way you can discover the lake on your own and go for a swim, but unless you are really sporty, you will not go very far!
