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INTRODUCTION AND MAPS …………….. 2

ACCOMMODATION …………………………… 4

RESTAURANTS BY THE LAKES

AND AT ALTITUDE ...…………………………… 8

ADRENALINE ADDICTS ……………………… 13

RELAX AND GET FIT ……………..…………… 16

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Easy access ˃ By plane

In the summer, several airlines fly to Lyon and

Geneva direct from the Netherlands.

Lyon: www.lyonaeroports.com

Geneva: www.gva.ch

˃ By train

Savoie Mont Blanc’s two main cities, Chambé-

ry and Annecy, are easily accessible by train.

TGV . Paris > Chambéry: 3 hours

. Paris > Annecy 4 hours

˃ By car

The Savoie and Haute Savoie’s towns,

villages, valleys and ski resorts are easy to

get to, whatever the time of year.

• Amsterdam- Chambéry: 1 050 km

• Amsterdam - Annecy: 1 010 km

SAVOIE MONT BLANC

IN THE SUMMER

• 4 large lakes: Lake Geneva (Lake

Léman), Lake Bourget,

Lake Annecy and Lake Aiguebe-

lette.

• 2 natural regional parks: Bauges

and Chartreuse

• 1 national park: Vanoise

national Park

• 14 national and regional natural

reserves

• 2 geoparks: Bauges and

Chablais

Activities

˃ 14,190km of marked hiking tracks

˃ 6,323kms of marked cycling itineraries

˃ 2,797km of mountain bike marked tracks

˃ 107 parapenting sites

˃ 284 equipped rock climbing sites

˃ 48 Via Ferrata routes

˃ 120 canyoning sites

˃ 63 ‘parcours aventures’ (Go Ape)

˃ 13 golf courses

˃ 75 swimming pools

˃ 81 beaches

Savoie Mont Blanc regions

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˃ Terminal Neige-Refuge du Montenvers,

Chamonix Valley

The Hotel du Montenvers was built in 1880 to

accommodate mountaineers and travellers

who came to see the Mer de Glace.

After several months of work, this legendary

hotel, renamed Terminal Neige-Refuge du

Montenvers, will reopen on 15 June 2017. The

Maisons & Hotels Sibuet group has moder-

nised the hotel, while keeping its identity and

soul. It can sleep up to 66 people in single

rooms, family rooms and 10-bed dormitories.

After a day of skiing or hiking, relax in the sau-

na or try the milk bath in the wellness centre

before going to the ice cave.

Guests and visitors can eat at the Restaurant

du Montenvers, either in its cosy dining room

or on its beautiful terrace facing the impres-

sive ‘Drus’ peaks.

Prices start from €50 per night.

http://refuge.terminal-neige.com

˃ Le Pré du Lac, Lake Annecy

Residence Le Pré du Lac, located in the pictu-

resque village of Saint-Jorioz, by Lake Annecy,

has been refurbished with a new restaurant, a

bar and a spa. This family-friendly residence

also has a kids’ club and offers special wee-

kend packages from €172 per double room

with breakfast.

www.ternelia.com/en/mountain/ternelia-le-pre-du-lac

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˃ Petit Hotel Confidentiel, Chambéry

This charming five-star hotel has seven new

rooms and suites, including a 70m2 suite with

a rooftop terrace. Each suite is decorated in a

contemporary style with great attention to

detail. There is a lobby and breakfast room

where people can meet, and this year the

hotel is also opening a fitness room, as well as

a spa with a pool and treatment room.

Petit Hotel Confidentiel is a real gem in the

centre of the capital of Savoie.

Prices start from €294 per double room with

breakfast.

www.petithotelconfidentiel.com ˃ Boutik Hotel, Annecy

Located at the entrance of the old part of An-

necy, the Boutik Hotel is a new concept in

Savoie Mont Blanc: all the decorative objects

in the hotel are for sale. This designer hotel

has 12 rooms, each with a different style:

Green Forest, Nostalgic Colours, etc. The Bou-

tik Hotel has a very friendly atmosphere and

organises afternoon teas, Sunday brunches,

pétanque tournaments, and aperitifs. Guests

can also order organic packed lunches to enjoy

by the lake or in the mountains.

A night at Boutik hotel costs €120 per double

room with breakfast.

www.leboutikhotel.com

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˃ Le Royal, Evian-les-Bains

The five-star Hotel Le Royal in Evian-les-Bains

is a grand historical building by Lake Geneva,

nestled among 47 acres of parkland. The hotel

reopened in July 2015 after a full renovation.

Le Royal has received the ‘Palace’ label, and is

now part of both the Leading Hotels of the

World group as well as Virtuoso, a luxury tra-

vel agency club, which has 2,000 exclusive

addresses around the world.

Prices start from €400 per double room with

breakfast.

www.evianresort.com

˃ Hotel du Soleil, Aussois

Hotel du Soleil is a family-friendly hotel in the

resort of Aussois, in the Maurienne Valley. The

rooms and communal areas have been com-

pletely renovated in an alpine-chic style. Fami-

lies will enjoy relaxing at the hotel after hiking

in the Vanoise National Park nearby.

Prices starts from €93 per double room with

breakfast.

www.hotel-du-soleil.com

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˃ La Tasse à Moustache, Lake Geneva

La Tasse à Moustache in the village of Vongy,

close to Thonon-les-Bains, has opened three

bedrooms, including a family room.

With prices starting at €79 for the family

room, it is an excellent place to stay to enjoy

the beautiful Lake Geneva area.

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Stay in a château

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in Savoie. After four years of renovation, Le

Château de Bourdeau has become a luxury

hotel by Lake Bourget. Its seven rooms and

suites have been decorated in an original way,

each with a different theme: the Siesta Suite is

designed as a fisherman’s cabin, and in the

Princes’ and Princesses’ Room, the children’s

beds are inside a castle!

Le Château de Bourdeau has a gastronomic

restaurant called Le Chat qui Nage, where

Welsh chef Siôn Evans cooks local produce.

It costs from €130 per night to stay at Le Châ-

teau de Bourdeau.

http://chateau-bourdeau.fr ˃ Château de la Tour du Puits is a four-star

hotel located close to Chambéry. This beautiful

castle, rebuilt in the 18th century, offers

special packages for cyclists.

www.chateaudelatourdupuits.com ˃ Le Château des Allues, in Saint-Pierre d’Albi-

gny, is more like a grand house than a castle.

Surrounded by vineyards, the Château des

Allues is a charming guest house with five

bedrooms. Breakfasts and dinners are made

mainly from organic vegetables and herbs

from the Château’s garden.

This is a very special place to stay to discover

the vineyards and explore the region, as well

as a good base or stopover for cyclists.

It costs €155 per double room with breakfast.

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˃ The Hotel Le Château des Comtes de

Challes, built in the 15th century, became a

hotel in 1860, the year that the Duché de Sa-

voie became part of France. Located in Challes

-les-Eaux, close to Chambéry, the capital of

Savoie, the château has a gastronomic restau-

rant and a beautiful four-hectare park.

It costs €152 per double room with breakfast.

www.chateaudescomtesdechalles.com ˃ Le Château de Candie, built in the 14th cen-

tury, is renowned for its gastronomic restau-

rant, The Orangerie. The rooms have been

recently refurbished, and a 700m2 wellness

area will open soon.

Prices starts from €195 per double room with

breakfast.

www.chateaudecandie.com

˃ Domaine des Saints Pères is a beautiful

grand house dating from the 19th century.

Situated close to Chambéry, it has 14 be-

drooms and suites, a park, a swimming pool

and a heliport. This year, a new 25m2 room

has been created in a mazot, which is a type of

barn particular to the Savoie region. Guests

can enjoy a relaxing atmosphere in this new

room, decorated with old wood, and with

beautiful views of the garden.

It costs €164 per double room with breakfast.

www.domainedessaintsperes.com ˃ Le Château de Bourdeau was built in the 11th century, and is one of the oldest castles

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Restaurants by the lakes and at altitude

Savoie Mont Blanc has four big lakes (Lake Annecy, Lake Bourget, Lake Aigue-

belette and part of Lake Geneva), as well as many smaller lakes in the valleys

and in the mountains.

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˃ Chef Jean Sulpice, who has two Michelin stars for his restaurant in Val Thorens, takes over the Auberge du Père Bise in Talloire, by Lake Annecy. After some important renovation work, the restaurant will open in May. ˃ At two-Michelin-star restaurant Le Clos des

Sens in Annecy-le-Vieux, chef Laurent Petit

cooks local fish and crayfish, as well as locally-

grown vegetables. There is no meat on the

menu. The dining room and kitchen have been

redone to stage the chef’s creations.

˃ Also in Annecy-le-Vieux, an old townhouse

has been transformed into an art gallery and a

gastronomic restaurant. Julien Valéro, who

worked with the famous French starred chef

Marc Veyrat, serves organic vegetarian cuisine

at La Cour de l’Abbaye.

˃ Yoann Conte, who has two Michelin stars

for his restaurant La Maison Bleue, by Lake

Annecy, is opening a pop-up restaurant in his

garden this summer. Yoann Côté Jardin will

open for lunch only, serving a light menu of

tartars, salads, club sandwiches and delicious

desserts. This is a great opportunity to enjoy

delicious food in a relaxing and beautiful

setting.

Eating by the lakes

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˃ Carouge is a new restaurant on the shore of

small Lake Carouge, in Saint-Pierre d’Albigny.

Chef Thierry Veronese cooks only local pro-

duce including local vegetables, and fish from

Lake Bourget. His creative cuisine can be en-

joyed with some Savoie wine.

˃ Bourdeau, a beautiful village by Lake Bour-

get, boasts a new restaurant called R du Lac.

The chef and his partner, who is the daughter

of the famous local Michelin-starred chef Jean-

Pierre Jacob, have created a simple but deli-

cious menu based on local produce.

˃ The picturesque town of Thonon-les-Bains

by Lake Geneva has a new restaurant and wine

bar called Le Bistrô des Arts. It offers a seaso-

nal menu with fresh local produce.

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˃ The Maisons & Hotels Sibuet group took

over the legendary Hotel du Montenvers in

Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, now renamed Terminal

Neige-Refuge du Montenvers. The Restaurant

du Montenvers will re-open in June 2017, at

the same time as the hotel, after some major

work. Guests will be able to enjoy traditional

local cuisine in the cosy dining room or on the

beautiful terrace. The Bar des Glaciers, located

at the Montenvers train station, has also been

refurbished with natural materials such as

granite and wood. It will re-open in spring and

will serve snacks all day made from fresh

ingredients.

˃ The restaurant of the Résidence Prestige

Odalys Edenarc in Arc 1800 will open this sum-

mer. Amid the contemporary décor, Voga

Goga offers a wide range of fondues: traditio-

nal, Reblochon, morels, vegetarian and Beau-

fort, as well as other traditional French cuisine.

New in the resorts

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˃ The charming Chalets-Hotel de la Croix de

Fry in Manigod, Lake Annecy, has been

owned and managed by the Veyrat family for

four generations. To celebrate its 80th anni-

versary, a special menu has been created with

traditional dishes from the old days: matafans

(a kind of pancake), potato fritters and a Géné-

py ice soufflé (Génépy is a local liqueur made

from mountain herbs).

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11th BALADES

GOURMANDES

On 23 July, Apremont in Coeur de

Savoie will host the 11th Balades

Gourmandes. It is an eight-

kilometre walk in the heart of the

Savoie Vineyard, with several

stops to taste some local produce

and wines.

This walk takes place every sum-

mer in a different vineyard in

Savoie. Last summer, 2,000

people walked around the

Chignin Vineyard.

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2017 Michelin Guide

The 2017 Michelin guide has awarded new stars in Savoie Mont Blanc: Le 1947 (Courchevel) has

earned a 3rd star, Le Kintessence (Courchevel) and Le Montgomerie (Courchevel) have received a

second star, ) La Maison des Bois (Manigod) got 2 stars and Les Explorateurs in Val Thorens has

been awarded its first star.

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˃ Flocons de Sel (Megève)

Chef Emmanuel Renaut

˃ La Bouitte (Saint-Martin-de-Belleville)

Chef René and Maxime Meilleur

˃ Le 1947—Hôtel Cheval Blanc (Courchevel)

Chef Yannick Alléno

˃ Le 1920 (Megève)

Chef Julien Gatillon

˃ Le Clos des Sens (Annecy-le-Vieux)

Chef Laurent Petit

˃ Yoann Conte (Annecy/Veyrier-du-Lac)

Chef Yoann Conte

˃ Le Bateau Ivre (Le Bourget-du-Lac)

Chef Jean-Pierre Jacob

˃ Albert 1er (Chamonix-Mont-Blanc)

Chef Pierre Maillet

˃ Le Kintessence—Hôtel K2 (Courchevel)

Chef Jean-Rémy Caillon

˃ Le Chabichou (Courchevel)

Chef Michel Rochedy

˃ Le Montgomerie—Hôtel K2 Altitude

(Courchevel)

Chef Gatien Demczyna

˃ Pierre Gagnaire for Les Airelles

(Courchevel)

Chef Pierre Gagnaire

˃ Auberge Les Morainières (Jongieux)

Chef Mickaël Arnoult

˃ La Maison des Bois (Manigod)

Chef Marc Veyrat

˃ Jean Sulpice (Val Thorens)

Chef Jean Sulpice

˃ L’Atelier d’Edmond (Val d’Isère)

Chef Benoît Vidal

˃ Les Explorateurs (Val Thorens)

Chef Josselin Jeanblanc

˃ Raphaël Vionnet (Thonon-les-Bains)

Chef Raphaël Vionnet

˃ Le Refuge des Gourmets (Machilly)

Chef Jean-Marie and Hubert Chanôve

˃ Le Clocher des Pères (Saint-Martin-

sur-la-Chambre)

Chef Pierre Troccaz

˃ L’Esquisse (Annecy)

Chef Stéphane Dattrino

˃ La Ciboulette (Annecy)

Chef Georges Paccard

˃ Auberge Lamartine (Le Bourget-du-Lac)

Chef Pierre Marin

˃ Atmosphères (Le Bourget-du-Lac)

Chef lain Perrillat-Mercerot

˃ Azimut (Courchevel)

Chef rançois Moureaux

˃ Ô Flaveurs (Douvaine)

Chef Jérôme Mamet

˃ La Ferme de l’Hospital (Saint-Julien-

en-Genevois/Bossey)

Chef Jean-Jacques Noguier

˃ Le Farçon (La Tania)

Chef Julien Machet

˃ La Table de l’Alpaga (Megève)

Chef hristophe Schuffenecker

˃ Le Sérac (Saint-Gervais-les-Bains)

Chef Raphaël Le Mancq

˃ L’Ekrin (Méribel)

Chef Laurent Azoulay

˃ Le Baumanière 1850 - Hôtel Strato

(Courchevel)

Chef Jean-André Charial

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Two stars

One star

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Savoie Mont Blanc now has 32

restaurants and starred chef, with

a total of 51 stars!

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˃ In Les Gets, at La Ferme de Caroline, hosts

Caroline and Noël share with theirs guests

L’Assiette des Reines (the queens’ plate),

made of charcuteries and cheeses from their

farm.

˃ In Morzine, Véronique shares her passion

for cooking using mountain plants. She invites

guests to a meal eaten outdoors, and then

takes them to her authentic mountain chalet

to play the guitar and sing.

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˃ In Châtel, Corinne takes her guests for a

walk up to Chalet Barbossine where they enjoy

a delicious meal made from produce from her

farm.

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BERTHOUD

is prepared with Abondance

cheese, garlic, white wine and

Madère wine. It is the speciality

of the Refuge des Tindérêts, lo-

cated in the heart of the Chablais

Geopark in Abondance.

BOUGNETTES

are delicious potato fritters

served in several refuges in the

Mont-Blanc valley. Try them at

the Refuge du Châtelet d’Ayères,

situated on the Tour des Fiz,

above Sallanches at Refuge du

Tornieux, and at Sous les Freddy’s

in the mountain pastures of Saint

Gervais Mont-Blanc.

FARÇON

also called farcement, is another

traditional local dish. It is prepa-

red with bacon, potatoes, prunes

and raisins, and is served with a

sausage made from pork and

green vegetables, called pormo-

nier. Refuge de l’Orgère at the

edge of the Vanoise National Park

makes an excellent farçon, as well

as Refuge du Mont Jovet in Bozel

and Refuge du Mont Jolly in Sa-

moëns.

Come dine with me

Proud of the quality of their produce, mountain people like to welcome visitors into their home

to taste their delicious specialities.

Tasty meals in mountain refuges

Proud Hiking in the mountain is even more pleasurable when a good meal awaits you! Here are

our insider tips on what and where to eat at altitude.

˃ Refuge de la Vogeole in Samoëns serves a

delicious soupe châtrée. This soup is made

from old bread, local cheese and onions.

˃ Refuge du Semnoz, above Lake Bourget,

makes an excellent baugiflette, which is a

Tome des Bauges cheese gratin.

˃ Chalet-refuge de Chatovent in Aussois is

known for its excellent matouille, a dish made

of potatoes, apples and melted Tomme de

Savoie cheese.

˃ In Val d’Isère, the Refuge du Prariond’s

keeper has created his own version of a polen-

ta and crozets (a type of pasta) gratin.

˃ The speciality of the Refuge du Bois in

Champagny-en-Vanoise is the brick du Bois. It

is a feuilleté stuffed with Reblochon cheese,

diot and pormonier sausages, covered in a

warm pepper caramel sauce.

˃ Refuge du Ruitor in Sainte Foy Tarentaise

serves smoked diot sausages and melted

Beaufort cheese with a homemade onion pre-

serve.

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Adrenaline addicts

Whether in the water, in the air or on the ground, every adrenaline seeker

will find an activity to get their rush.

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˃ In Annecy, diving company Profil Plongée

offers an exclusive free diving camp with the

world’s vice champion, in Europe’s purest

natural lake. A native from Savoie, Stéphane

Tourreau is the perfect coach to teach

breathing, relaxation and posture techniques.

˃ Walking on water is now possible – or al-

most possible! The aqualine is an aquatic ver-

sion of the slackline. This fun and challenging

activity is organised by Sensations Vanoise in

Val Cenis. They have two 12-metre long lines

stretched between two points at water level.

FAT SCOOTER

After the fat bike, you can

now try the fat scooter. A fat

scooter has big wheels, low

suspension and a low centre

of gravity, and can travel on

all types of terrain. Easy to

ride, the fat scooter gives the

feeling of skiing and mountain

biking at the same time.

Fat scooters can be hired in

Saint Gervais Mont-Blanc, Val

d’Arly and the Albanais.

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˃ In Passy, just below the Chamonix Valley,

the guiding company Latitude Canyon orga-

nises canyoning by night. Only the abseils un-

der waterfalls, the basins and natural tobog-

gans are illuminated by the guide, thanks to

multicoloured diving lights. The other parts of

the canyoning circuit are in complete dark-

ness, so participants learn how to orientate

themselves at night.

˃ And why not dive in a mountain lake? In La

Plagne, it is possible to dive all summer in the

man-made lake Centron.

Vertiginous activities

˃ Get a rush of adrenaline in Bourg-Saint-

Maurice, Les Arcs, with the Bungee Ejection.

This attraction is a cross between a catapult

and a bungee jump. Equipped with a harness

attached to long elastic ropes, participants get

propelled to a height of 20 metres in two

seconds!

˃ Coeur de Savoie will host part of the para-

gliding World Cup from 20 to 27 May. The 150

best paragliders in the world will compete in

this spectacular show, sponsored by Savoie

Mont Blanc. Spectators will have the opportu-

nity to try tandem flights, get in a hot air bal-

loon, and learn how to make a kite.

˃ Chamonix Mont Blanc, the world’s capital

of alpinism, is opening its first via ferrata.

Beginning next to the top of the Flégère cable

car, the via ferrata Via des Evettes has two

parts: first, a via ferrata (with a steel cable),

followed by a via cordata. A via cordata is a

mixture of hiking, rock climbing and mountai-

neering, and is the perfect initiation for

people who want to get into climbing.

˃ In Aussois, Les Jardins d’Eden circuit com-

bines zip wires, via cordata, and abseiling in

the canyon and gorges of the Arc river, just

under the spectacular Fort Victor-Emmanuel.

This activity is available for people aged 12

and over.

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˃ In Courchevel, you can slide at high speed

on the reception area of the ski jump. Safely

seated in a rubber ring, the bravest can try the

90-metre ski jump where the slope is at almost

30%. And you can get back up for another run

with the ski lift or funicular..

˃ Châtel organises a special sliding day on 12

August. There will be several activities, inclu-

ding a 250-metre long toboggan on the Linga

road .

Summer sliding

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˃ There are 27 giant toboggans in Savoie

Mont Blanc. The latest one to open is in Savoie

Grand Revard, just above Aix-les-Bains. The

run is 184 metres long, with a 20% slope and

three tight turns. Slide down on a big rubber

ring and go back up easily, thanks to a lift.

Summer skiing

˃ La Grande Motte Glacier in Tignes opens for

summer skiing every day from 7.15 a.m. The

glacier has 20 kilometres of slopes and 12 lifts.

Learn to ski or improve your technique with

the ESF, who teach all summer.

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˃ New for this summer, cryotherapy

treatments are available at the Evian Spa and

at the Cryopole in Challes-les-Eaux, near

Chambéry.

Cryotherapy is a treatment that uses extre-

mely cold temperatures (minus 60 degrees,

and then minus 110) for a duration of two to

three minutes. Cryotherapy is a natural anti-

inflammatory treatment, and it is said to re-

duce pain, increase cell rejuvenation, reduce

signs of aging and help fight stress and depres-

sion.

A session at the Evian Spa costs €48.

http://en.evian-tourisme.com

˃ The Aquamotion Centre in Courchevel, Eu-

rope’s largest mountain aqua centre, offers

aquatic osteopathy sessions. This technique,

still quite new, adapts the therapeutic prin-

ciples of osteopathy to a setting where both

the patient and the practitioner are in the

warm water of a heated pool. The patient is

maintained in a semi-floating position with the

help of small floats. The feeling of weightless-

ness, along with the soothing warmth of the

water, releases muscle tension and contri-

butes to overall relaxation.

Sessions start from €70.

www.courchevel.com

˃ In Val Thorens, every Wednesday morning

Anita teaches France’s highest yoga class. At

3,200 metres, at the top of the Cime de Caron

mountain, yogis can enjoy a stunning view

over 1,000-metre Alpine peaks.

www.valthorens.com

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˃ In Manigod, Cathy and Cathy organise walks

combined with yoga. One Cathy is a guide and

the other a yoga teacher and a naturopath.

Hike in the mountain, stop to do some yoga

poses facing Mont Blanc, and collect plants to

make a lip balm.

The yoga walk costs €30 per person.

http://en.manigod.com

˃ Manalaya offers yoga classes, meditation,

sophrology and massage in Méribel and Cour-

chevel all summer.

www.manalaya.fr

˃ Disconnect to reconnect! Avoriaz organises

three-day camps without wifi and smart-

phones. The programme includes hiking, aqua-

running, Nordic walking, yoga, spa treatments

and evenings out and about in nature.

Prices are from €219 per person, including

accommodation.

www.avoriaz.com

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Be Fit Festival in Aix-les-Bains

13–14 May

Aix-les-Bains, called the Riviera of

the Alps, will organise a new

healthy and sporty weekend with

yoga classes, fitness and running

sessions, as well as water sports.

The Be Fit Festival will also in-

clude talks and experts demons-

trating the activities.

Sound and Yoga Festival in

Thonon-les-Bains

21–24 June

This festival includes world music

concerts, yoga and dance classes,

meditation sessions, talks and

workshops. Participants can en-

joy vegan and raw food on site.

Well-being Festival in

La Rosière

20 July

Learn how to let go, and take part

in sophrology and meditation

sessions.

Festival Les 100 Ciels in Les Gets

19–23 July

This new event will be dedicated

to well-being. Participants can do

yoga, meditation, wu tao dance,

pilates, fit ballet, auto-hypnosis

and reflexology.

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SAVOIE MONT BLANC TOURISME Contacts

NL

Check-in PR Eline Heeres elineheeres@checkinpr.nl 06 14 51 82 35

France

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