Rumilly's pond
Rumilly is a city approximately 20km away from Annecy. It has some big companies as Tefal (Seb), Nestlé or Vulli (Sophie the giraf). In...
Abbaye Hautecombe
Hautecombe Abbey (Latin: Altæcumbæum) is a former Cistercian monastery, later a Benedictine monastery, in Saint-Pierre-de-Curtille near...
Ponts Allonzier-la-Caille
Charles Albert Bridge, more known as the Pont de la Caille, in Allonzier, 142 meters above Usses river. The former (11 July 1839) and the...
Aiguille du Midi/Mont Blanc
Chamonix Mont-Blanc, the internationally famous Capital of Skiing and Mountaineering, is also, and above all, a multi-faceted ski resort....
Roc de chère
This natural reserve is located between Menthon st Bernard and Talloires and it is overlooking Annecy. It is at the limit of the big and...
Ostrich Farm in Hauteville-sur-Fier
Hauteville-sur-Fier is a little village 14 km from Annecy and 7km from Rumilly. The farm is in a peaceful place in the country side next...
Yvoire
This medieval bourg, ideally situated on the expanse separating the "little lake" from the "great lake", still possesses some of the...
Beaches in Annecy
During the summer it is lovely to go for a swim! You have a few options and a few places... It is nice to try a few of them as the view...
Semnoz
The Semnoz is Anneciens's big garden and playground only 30 min away. I learned nordic skiing there, went on summer camp, picked up...
Menthon St Bernard Castle
This castle has been watching over one of the most beautiful alpine landscape for some 1000 years. It is rising like a fortress, defying...