by Olivier C. | Apr 30, 2020 | France, France-Lac Léman
Lac Léman is the largest of the French lakes, but it's not entirely in France. Its southern shore is largely French, at the foot of the Alps, while its northern shore is in Switzerland. It's a lake that really looks like a sea. When you're on the shore...
by Olivier C. | Apr 25, 2020 | France, France-Lac du Bourget
Lac du Bourget, in the French Alps, is France's largest lake, and while it is fortunate that its shores have taken on a Mediterranean feel through their designation as the Riviera of the Alps, it has also remained strongly associated with Romanticism thanks to frequent stays...
by Olivier C. | Apr 22, 2020 | France, France-Lac d'Annecy
There's nothing more poetic than a lakeside town. Annecy is best discovered in the mists of late autumn, when the grey hues of the lake waters and morning mists are brightened by the yellow or russet tones of the trees in their autumn jackets, but also in...
by Olivier C. | Apr 12, 2020 | France, France-Alentours de Gap, France-Alentours de Megève, France-Alpes Maritimes, France-Aravis, France-Beaufortain, France-Belledonne, France-Briançonnais, France-Chablais, France-Chartreuse, France-Haute Tarentaise, France-Haute Vallée du Giffre, France-Lac d'Annecy, France-Lac du Bourget, France-Lac Léman, France-Maurienne, France-Oisans, France-Paladru Aiguebelette, France-Pays du Mont Blanc, France-Queyras Embrunais, France-Sainte Croix Verdon, France-Serre Ponçon, France-Trois Vallées Vanoise, France-Ubaye, France-Vercors
Synonymous with outdoor, nature or adventure vacations for the most part, mountain vacations are most often organized in the Alps for the French, and more precisely in the French Alps. Subject to very different climatic conditions,...
