Savoie Mont Blanc Tour
10 days to discover and enjoy the Northern French Alps
Annecy, Chamonix, le Mont-Blanc, la Vallée d’Aulps, Evian, Yvoire, le massif des Bauges, Aix-les-bains et Chambéry.
Days 1 & 2 Chablais & Léman lake
On the lake side, Visit Evian & Thonon cities : discover a Savoy castle & taste a wine selection in its cellar. Yvoire, labeled “one of France most beautiful village” and its art galleries and aromatic garden.
For your first night in Savoy, a gastronomic diner & a glass of champagne is waiting for you.
Day 3 Aulps valley
Guided tour of Pont du diable gorges, Aulps abbey & its herbs garden, walk at Montriond lake & stop at the goat village before going to Avoriaz, winter sports resort. Road will lead you to a magnificent point of view upon Chamonix Valley & the top of the Mont-Blanc. After this long day, a gastronomic diner will be served in your hotel.
Days 4 & 5 Chamonix & Mont-Blanc
The place is much more accessible in the summer months than you might imagine. Get on the “tramway du Mont Blanc” to Bionnassay glacier. From Chamonix, a 20 minutes ride in the Aiguille du Midi cable car takes you to the gateway to the high Alps at a height of 3,842 m.
Go easily to Mer de Glace glacier with a pinion railway. Take time to visit baroque religious architecture & treasure art museum with our local guide.
Days 6 & 7 Annecy & Aravis Mountains
Enjoy nnecy, the Venice of the Alps : marketplace, back alley canals, churches & castles. Relax on a lake cruise before having a local produce meal buffet & visiting the famous French bell foundry & a nearby cheese house to know more about reblochon & tome de Savoie. Go hiking in Aravis Mountains & meet alpine cow farmers before enjoying in their restaurant a homemade reblochonnade. Stop to La Clusaz, famous & charming winter sports resort.
Days 8 à 9 Aix les bains, Bouget lake & Chambéry
You can choose between a guided hiking with several view spot on Bourget lake & French Alps or stay in Aix les Bains visit Hautecombe abbey & enjoy a relaxing time in Aix les Bains thermal baths with 3 body treatments & acces to spa, saunas, hammams & pools.
Spent one day in Chambéry who was at a time the city of Savoy Duke. Visit Jean-Jacques Rousseau house & garden. You will have an appointment at the city dairy to have a glimpse to the cheese cellar before tasting some of them.
Day 10 Return to Annecy or Geneva
A cab will drive you to Annecy or Geneva to enjoy your last day in SAvoie Mont Blanc region before your flight or train.
Available from May to September
10 days/ 9 nights
Including :
- 9 nights in 3 stars accomodation with breakfast &3 stars appart’hotel
- 9 days rental car fees with GPS
- Cab at arrival & departure
- Fees to quoted activities
- All tasting quoted
- 2 gastronomic diner
- 1 homemade reblochonnade
- 1 local produce meal buffet