Historic sites

An old Alpine chalet is home to this museum, created by the Survivors of Les Glières and devoted to life in the Haute-Savoie during the Second World War. The focus upstairs is the Resistance movement in Les Glières and the liberation of the ...

You'll be taken aback by the somewhat unknown medieval heritage of Duingt, set in a natural environment that seems to come straight out of a Cézanne painting. The narrow streets will lead you to two viewpoints, one at Notre Dame du Lac cave and the other...

Roofless ruin from the Middle Ages, this building towers over lake Annecy (with recent stairs). It probably was the centre of a fortified lordly residence with an economic role rather than a watchtower as tradition would have it.

Alby-sur-Chéran is a village between Annecy and Aix-les-Bains. Nestled at the foot of the Semnoz mountain and at the entrance to the Bauges Mountains.