"AU BONHEUR DES MÔMES" FESTIVAL - Grand Bornand

The International Children’s Festival promises a whole host of events, of more than 90 performing groups, 300 different events and the whole spectrum of live entertainment: puppets, theatre, circus, clowns, acrobats, jugglers, dance, street entertainers, music, storyteller...
The children’s laughter will float up the valley all day long.

FULL MOON - La Clusaz

Ski at night-time during the Full Moon evenings

PALAIS GOURMANT - Thônes

There are products from the best food-producing areas, live demonstrations of recipes by well-known regional chefs, conferences, and a gastronomic meal to finish, all this presented over three days on nearly 2 000 m² of completely covered exhibition space.

LA GRAND PIA Le Grand Bornand

FETE DU LAC - Annecy

The most event of Annecy city the frist saturday of August.

FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DU CINEMA D'ANIMATION

LA CLUSAZ

Chef lieu 74220 LA CLUSAZ

Tél: 04.50.32.65.00 Fax: 04.50.32.65.01

LE GRAND BORNNAND

Place de l'église 74450 LE GRAND BORNAND

Tél: 04.50.02.78.00 Fax: 04.50.02.78.01

THONES

Place Avet 74230 THONES

Tél: 04.50.02.00.26 Fax: 04.50.02.11.87

ANNECY

1, rue Jean Jaurès 74000 ANNECY

Tél: 04.50.45.00.33 Fax: 04.50.51.87.20

SALOMON CONTEMPORARY ART FOUNDATION - Alex

In a 16th century castle completely restored in 2001, the Claudine and Jean-Marc Salomon contemporary art foundation presents temporary exhibitions of art to the public. Between the Parmelan and the Dents de Lanfon, the gardens which surround the castle contain a collection of contemporary sculptures.

ECOMUSEE - Thônes

An important representation of our region's forestry activity, you can see how the force of the water enables the saw to function. The museum offers you a unique step backwards into the past in order to discover the history of mountain forestry as well as the richness of forest life.

REBLOCHON

This authentic cheese, which ranks 3rd in national cheese production, is a symbol of the traditional agriculture which has always existed in the valley.

SHOWROOM MOBALPA - Thones

Unique in France mobalpa has a 2000m² showroom with 100 display kitchens, bathrooms and storage areas. Free entry all year

LES JARDINS SECRETS - Vaulx

a special place full of trees, flowers and water.

CHATEAU DE MENTON

Still inhabited by the same family who have owned it since the 11th century, the castle with its architecture from the middle ages overlooks lake Annecy

CHATEAU DE RIPAILLE - Thonon les bains

A castle near the lake of Geneva.

GORGES DU FIER - Lovagny

A natural site.

MUSEE COSTUME SAVOYARD - Sevrier

Savoyard costume museum- Lake pewter

ROUTE DES GRANDES ALPES.

Thônes

A small town in the Northern Alps, with a population of 5500, tucked away next to its 17th century church tower and dominated by the well known peaks of la Tournette (2351 m) and Lachat (2024 m).


The town of Thônes invites you to discover its countryside , heritage, way of life, history and spirit and wishes you a pleasant stay in the heart of the valley.

Built on the confluence of the Fier and the Nom, the town of Thônes (650 m altitude) has for a long time been the administrative, cultural, and economic center of the valley of Thônes-Val Sulens. Agriculture plays a dynamic role because of the production and marketing of Reblochon, the famous cheese whose production is based around Thônes, it is also renowned for other cheeses such as Chevrotin des Aravis and Tomme and smoked mountain hams.

La Clusaz

Has a variety of skiing opportunities at 1100 m to 2600 m, with a range of slopes and levels of difficulty, a warm welcome from the locals and the charm of a traditional village which is hundreds of years old. It is also the birth place of world champion skiers.

Le Grand Bornand

Nestled at the foot of the Aravis mountain chain, it is a mountain village in harmony with its environment and a ski station which offers all forms of slide sports in a natural beauty spot. The alpine ski resorts are accessible from the village of Le Grand-Bornand (altitude 1000 m) or Le Grand-Bornand Chinaillon (altitude 1300 m), and are linked at Mont Lachat (altitude 2100 m). The Bouchet valley is a favourite place for cross country skiing with a slope which joins up with Les Confins. Meanwhile a more athletic circuit is situated next to the characteristically old village of Chinaillon.

Manigod

An exceptional community where tradition enriches the open air and emotions and passions grow like the mountains. Wooden chalets covered with shingles, chapels and oratories all reflect the history of the village. Ideal for family skiing with access from Merdassier or la Croix Fry and everything is at hand: down hill slopes which are linked to those at La Clusaz, cross country skiing, walking on snow shoes... The village with its traditional valley which is both beautiful and calm is well worth visiting.

Saint Jean de Sixt

This little corner of the Aravis mountains which is nestled at the heart of the chain, 3km from La Clusaz or Le Grand Bornand, invites you to make the most of mountain life. An ideal place to get together with family or friends, it is also a great place of discovery. Its ski slopes for beginners offer a low cost introduction to skiing. Snow shoe walking and cross country skiing enable you to experience the area's natural beauty.

Le Reblochon - A.O.C Cheese

Reblochon fermier is made in Thônes and in the valleys of the Aravis mountain chain from local farmers' alpine milk. A green label is placed on each cheese to guaranty that it isan authentic farm produced cheese.

Each farm has handed down its recipe from generation to generation making each farm produced cheese a little different. Reblochon with a red label is made industrially from non locally sourced milk. Milk for reblochon only comes from 3 races of cows l'Abondance, la Tarine and la Montbéliarde, but mainly from l'Abondance as they have the highest quality mountain milk.

The cows feed only on grass and hay and never silage. In June the cows are let out into the Alpine pastures and return to the farm in the autumn for the winter and the agricultural fairs.

In Aravis valley

- Thônes : church Saint Maurice, Thônes museum, Ecomusée of wood and the forest, Cooperative of Reblochon, National Necropole of Glières Régional Museum of the Résistance Régional of Déportation in Morette... ,
- The passes : Aravis, Colombière, Les Annes, Croix Fry,
- The plateaus : Beauregard, Confins, L es Glières,
- The villages : Le Chinaillon (Le grand Bornand), Le Villard Dessous (Manigod), and their old chalets,
- Ski resorts of Clusaz and Grand-Bornand,

- And of course, Villards sur Thônes : church with its organ, oratories, baker's ovens...

Around the lake of Annecy :
- Annecy : Annecy castle museum and regional alpine lake observatory, basilica of the Visitation, cathedral of the XVI° century, lake with its beaches...,
- Bell museum, Savoyard costume museum in Sevrier,
- Castles of Menthon, Montrottier, Thorens and Clermont,
- The Secret gardens in Vaulx,
- Col de la Forclaz : panorama over lake Annecy (paragliding),

On the shores of lake Geneva
The medieval village of d'Yvoire, the spa towns of Evian, Thonon, Geneva with its international institutions and museums...

Chamonix
Vernicular railways ande ice cave, l’Aiguille du Midi, resorts of Chamonix, Megève