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Guided Walking Weekends

€545.00

  • 3 days walking in the Bauges and Aravis mountain ranges.
  • Comfortable 3 star hotel close to the shore of Lake Annecy.
  • Pick up from Geneva Airport on Friday evening and benefit from an unforgettable long weekend break.
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Categories: Autumn, Centre Based, Level 4, Spring, Summer Tags: Alps, Annecy, Aravis, France, Guided Walking
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Join me on a guided walking weekend holiday in the French Alps. This walking tour is based close to the shores of the beautiful Lake Annecy in the Haute Savoie in the heart of the French Alps.

Annecy Old Town, Alps, France
Annecy in the French Alps

Our Base

Our base is normally the Hotel Les Grillons*** close to the village of Talloires. The family run hotel boasts an outdoor swimming pool. You are just a few minutes walk to the lake and the chance to swim in the clear waters of the lake Annecy. A great way to relax after a great days walking in the mountains!

The Walking

There is a great range of hiking available to us for the guided walking weekend in the Alps in the surrounding Aravis and Bauges mountain ranges. Both mountain ranges are part of the limestone pre-Alpes. The Bauges mountains have been recognised as a Geopark by UNESCO.

The Bauges Mountains

On the West side of the Lake Annecy rising from the outskirts of Annecy is the whale-back shaped mountain of le Semnoz. It’s wooded covered flanks give way to alpine pastures on the broad summit summit ridge. You will have superb panaromic views over lac d’Annecy past La Tournette and beyond to the imposing bulk of Mont Blanc.

La Tournette from above the Chalets des Nantets
La Tournette from the Roc Lancrenaz in Sprin

In the spring, summer and autumn the alpages of the Semnoz are home to herds of cows, bells tinkling. Alpine flowers carpet the hillside. The milk from the cows is used to produce one of the famous local cheeses, Reblochon.

The Aravis and the Plateau des Gli?res

To the East is the mountain range of the Aravis and the resorts of Le Grand Bornand and La Clusaz.?

This side of the lake is dominated by La Tournette (2351m) and the Dents de Lanfon (1824m). It is possible we may climb to the summit of La Tournette during the holiday. Other options include passing by the Col des Nantets to reach the Roc Lancrenaz (1667m) and maybe the Pointe de Talamarche (1852m).

Our guided walking weekend follows in the footsteps of the French Resistance on the the Plateau des Gli?res. The plateau’s alpine pastures are as you would expect home to farmers grazing their flocks. A walk here can explore the plateau and the Montagne des Auges that borders one flank.

It was the scene of intense fighting at the end of World War II. The Germans were determined to defeat the French Resistance who used the area as a base to launch attacks. The British parachuted over 45 tons of weaponry to the resistance. The National Monument to the Resistance stands sentinel in memory to those who gave their lives to free France.

Annecy and the Lake

Annecy is sometimes called “The Venice of the Alps”. The old medieval section of Annecy is traversed by the river Thiou and the canal du Vasse, St Dominique. Overlooking the town in the Chateau d’Annecy once the home to the Counts of Geneva.

You can enjoy strolling through the old pedestrian streets with archways dating back to the 17th and 18th centuries.

Built in the middle of the canal du Thiou is the Palais de l’Isle. Built in the 12th century it is currently the Architectural Interpretation and Heritage Centre for Annecy. In previous times it was an administrative centre, law courts and even a prison.

The park of Le Paquier and it’s vast open lawns gives you breathtaking, unimpeded views across the lake. Every year there is the Fete du Lac which takes place on the first Saturday of August. It’s an incredible display of fireworks, fountains, lights and music. It attracts around 200,000 spectators.

Annecy is home to the Prefecture for Haute Savoie, the administrative centre for the department.

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