Le bourget-du-lac, Savoie, Rhône-Alpes

The Mont du Chat is France's steepest 10 km (9.9%) and a must for cyclogrimpists! The reward at the summit is a breathtaking view of Lac du Bourget and Mont Blanc. After this relentless ascent, it's possible to continue a loop on the west side before returning to Lac du Bourget via the short Col du Chat or the tunnel gallery. This ascent totals 1230 points on a squared grading scale.

Family hike to discover hamlets and old bread ovens, with beautiful views of the Lac du Bourget.

Hike to the Pierre Nioule Rock for a nice view over the village of Bourdeau and the Lac du Bourget.

Take the time to discover Bourget-du-Lac ... Aymon invites you to accompany him in his adventure: follow the mysterious symbol of the Time Travellers to meet fantastic characters, witnesses of the rich history of the city.

A contemplative walk, suitable for all-comers, that takes you on a discovery of the wetlands, the fauna and flora of the marshes as well as Château Thomas II, a former 13th century hunting lodge. From the Croix Verte parking lot or from the Bourget du Lac beach, take the footbridge over the Leysse to reach the protected site. This site is one of the natural and historic areas of France's largest natural lake: Lac du Bourget. The walk ends with a magnificent view of the Aigrettes and its residents from the observatory. You'll be able to discover the environment and its remarkable wildlife species, living or passing through, on these shores of the lake. Since spring 2016, part of the prize-winning exhibition from Terre Sauvage magazine's 2012 international photography and reporting competition, on the theme of the relationship between man and nature, has been on display along the promenade. To avoid disturbing this exceptional ecosystem, please note that two-wheelers and dogs are not welcome.

This short stage will take you to Aix-les-Bains via the shores of the lake and the Tresserve hill. Savoie Rando Lac à pieds" hikes take you around France's largest natural lake. The 4 stages of the tour can be done separately.

A challenging full-day hike to discover hamlets and old bread ovens. At the summit, a superb panoramic view of the Lac du Bourget and the Alps.

Fun trail for children and their parents, to discover the forests of Bourget-du-Lac. Help Fileas to rescue Melusine from the fate of the fairy Carabosse by discovering the name of the plant poison that will save her!

A great network of easy footpaths over the whole of Les Mottets Leisure Centre, located to the South of the Lac du Bourget. Base de loisirs des Mottets offers the whole family landscaped areas with vast lawns for picnics, areas reserved for barbecues, and an observation area dedicated to our local turtle species: the cistude. The site also offers two beaches with exceptional views over the 18 km of Lac du Bourget. From here, you can also reach the hamlet of Terre Nue, with its restaurants, for another lakeside walk close to the lake. The Les Mottets beach has a fee and is supervised during the summer season.

A very easy hike linking two magnificent lookouts: the Relais du Mont du Chat and Molard Noir. This hike is also the easiest way to approach the Dent du Chat!

Ideally located opposite the lake and close to the Grand Port with its restaurants and beaches, bordered by a river from which it takes its name, this campsite offers pleasant, shady grounds.

Throughout the year, the Compagnie des Bateaux offers restaurant cruises or excursions on the largest natural lake in France, the Canal de Savières Canal and the Upper Rhône River.

Throughout the year, the company offers you restaurant cruises on the largest natural lake in France, the Savières Canal, and the Upper Rhône on 100% electric motorized boats.

Organise your events, training courses or workshops in an exceptional setting... The Cocoon Gîte and Cocoon Dôme offer a place of resources and well-being for small groups. Le Cocoon A 120m2 gîte for 15 people, with a kitchen and living room on the first floor, 7 bedrooms upstairs and independent sanitary facilities on the first floor. Le Cocoon Dôme, an independent 28m2 room, ideal for your practices and meetings (geodesic dome), nestled in the middle of the undergrowth and accessible via a footpath. It all started from there... We dreamed of creating a resource site, a wellness area in the heart of our undergrowth in the Savoyard foreland. Anaïs trained at the Lyon School of Naturopathy in 2014, and very quickly wanted a training site nestled in nature. Guillaume took charge of the project, and we did everything ourselves, from floor to ceiling :) We have two children, Théo and Jade, who are accompanying us on this wonderful adventure. Both trained in yoga, we studied, designed and built the Cocoon space to meet the demands of wellness practices.

This unique railway roundhouse, built between 1906 and 1910, features an articulated metal structure similar to the Eiffel Tower. Mandatory guided tours. The exceptional railway situation of Chambéry has led to build the engine shed, to make easier the manoeuvre and the maintenance of the locomotives. This is one of the last big building of a metal articulated structure of longue range in France, this technique having then disappeared with the coming of the reinforced concrete. It is composed of two parts : a ring of 27m of width and a dome of 55m of diameter. The building is 34m high, 110m of diameter and is weighting 900 ton. While the railway installation were the Allies target, the engine shed has been miraculously spared by the bombing of 1944.When its destruction has been evoked in 1980, some railway workers passioned will succeed in convincing the SNCF direction to preserve this precious industrial testimony of the early XXth century. It has been classified historical monument in 1984. Maintained and restored progressivly by the SNCF, it is still used for the maintenance of about fifty locomotives, including a machine from the 1900's.

Enjoy biking round the lake or mountain biking in the surrounding countryside and mountains… Equipment rental on the main place of Vertes Sensations. We possess a large range of bicycles: hybrid bikes, road bikes, mountain bikes, electric hybrid and mountain bikes, trailers for kids, baby seats, children bikes... A mountain bike map of Pays du Lac d'Aiguebelette is available for 2 euros at the tourist and associated partners.

La Féclaz-Massif des Bauges mountain bike school rent DH bikes only for lessons.

L'Herminette welcomes you to a guest room in the owner's chalet. 1 bedroom on the ground floor with its own entrance (1 to 3 people) with bathroom (shower and toilet in the room). Room adjoining a gite.

This Cluniac Priory founded in the 11th century consists of a Gothic church, a Romanesque crypt and monastic buildings and gardens arranged around a long avenue. Guided tours only. The Priory was built in 1030, following the premonition of Odilon, the 5th abbot of the Grande Abbaye de Cluny. Legend has it that Odilon stopped in Bourget-du-lac due to a high fever. One night, in his delirium, he saw the Comte de Savoie and Saint Maurice plant a cross. The saint went to touch the cross, and the next day, Odilon was healed. Interpreting this as a heavenly sign, he decided to build a priory dedicated to Saint Maurice as a gesture of gratitude. The rooms are arranged around a cloister, the main living area. On one side are the domestic rooms, such as the kitchen, dining room and cellar, whilst on the other side are the spiritual rooms, such as the chapter house and the chapel. Seven monks lived permanently in the priory. You will enter first into the refectory, an enormous room where the monks used to eat their meals and welcome the poor and pilgrims. You will also see two neo-Gothic dressers. The kitchen is in the next room, and contains a magnificent 15th-century fireplace made of local molasse stone. In the centre of this fireplace is the family crest of the Luyrieux family, two of whom were priors and contributed to the priory’s success during the 15th century. The library is a delight to behold, with its Cordoue leather ceiling. It was converted into a library at the beginning of the 20th century by the Duchesse de Choiseul, so we do not know how the monks would have used this room. It may have been used as a scriptorium – the place where manuscripts were copied. The Chapelle Saint Claude, located under the cloister gallery, seems somewhat bare today. However, when the monks lived in the priory, the altar would have been placed with its back to the gardens with a 15th-century wooden painting. A spiral staircase took the Savoie family to their private gallery, which had an opening overlooking the choir stalls. The Savoie family lived in the priory until 1248, when the Château de Thomas II was built on the edge of the lake. The next room is known as the chapter house. This is where the monks would meet daily to discuss monastic life. In this room, you can admire the bronze sculpture of the Duchesse of Choiseul, who bought the priory in 1912 and lived there until 1939. The council bought the buildings in 1952. Before this, Monsieur Barut, a lover of Chambéry art, had part of these buildings classified as a Historic Monument. The Cluny monks left the priory in 1582, before being replaced by the Jesuits until 1773. The Franciscans de Chambéry lived in the priory until the French Revolution in 1789, when the building was sold as national property. The priory was then occupied by a notary and some farmers, before being bought by Jean Barut. The cloister, around which the rooms and monastic life were arranged, has a few unusual features. Firstly, it is incomplete, since only one side has a gallery. It seems that it was never finished. The current Gothic-style gallery was commissioned by the prior Oddon de Luyrieux during the 15th century. Another interesting feature is that the upper gallery is in the Roman style whilst the lower gallery is in the Gothic style: normally, the older parts of a building are underneath the newer parts. The upper gallery was built in the 13th century, and formed part of the old cloister. Go down an alleyway to see the French formal gardens, with their long avenue. Previously vegetable gardens used to feed the monastery, this space was turned into pleasure gardens at the beginning of the 20th century by the Duchesse de Choiseul. The garden contains sculpted yew trees and some rare species, as well as two sculptures by Jacques Coquillay along the paths. The commune of Bourget-du-Lac is part of the network of Cluny sites, linking the priory to the large cultural itinerary of the Conseil de l’Europe. It is the only one currently in the Savoie region.

Magnificent English-style and French-style gardens. This French-style garden was originally a vegetable garden and orchard that supplied the needs of the monastery. At the beginning of the 20th century, the Duchesse de Choiseul turned it into a French-style pleasure garden, with pruned yew trees and rare species. Along the avenue are two sculptures by Jacques Coqillay: the bronze statue named 'Vagabondage' and 'Corinne' in the lovers' bedroom.

Beach with lawns, fine sand and water games for children. The beach is supervised and during the summer there is an admission fee. A snackbar and a restaurant are close by.

On the banks of the Lac du Bourget, towards the South, a nature reserve shelters numerous plants and animals of the wetlands. Two observatories enable you to explore this unusual environment. Access to the Egret Pond Observatory is free.

Lookout over the Lac du Bourget, accessible via a hiking trail of the same name.

Beach located at the end of a large nature reserve between the Lac du Bourget and Aix-les-Bains

A breathtaking panoramic view of Lac du Bourget from this lookout and its orientation table. Warning: the road to access the belvedere is closed from November to March. A hiking trail departing from the centre of Le Bourget village will lead you to the belvedere: from Le Bourget city Hall, follow the “Route du Relais” direction.

On this hour-long walk from the Mont-du-Chat lookout, enjoy stunning views over the Dent du Chat and the Lac du Bourget, and admire the countryside with the orientation table.

Equipped and supervised beach, with sand and turf.

A stunning lookout over the Lac du Bourget and the Plaine de Yenne, accessible on foot only.

For those who appreciate good taste: homemade, regional cuisine, in an authentic and attractive lakeside setting. Fish specialties from the lake with the added charm of a shaded terrace overlooking the lake.

Restaurant, bar, rooftop lounge 'La Plage'. An exceptional setting by day and by night.

All our products are local, fresh and quality products. We are lucky enough to live in an exceptional environment with an unmatched agricultural richness. We will be delighted to make you discover our local cooking with specialties from Savoie but also the USA. We offer an unbelievable culinary experience with specialties from Savoie and the USA. Taste our delicious dishes and enjoy a large range of fresh drinks. You can try some dessert whenever you want, from crepes to homemade ice creams. Come over our place for some breakfast or an incredible dinner! You won't have any issue to log on our free Wifi.

Restaurant, bar Calf's head every Thursdays from October to April.

Gourjux restaurant is a resting place on the top of a small village up above Rhone. Since 1935, this restaurant has been well-known for its generous cuisine combining flavors of Savoy with local specialties. You will savour culinary specialities such as frog's legs, mignon of veal forestiere and so on. In winter, we serve savoyard specialities such as fondue, raclette and tartiflette.

Jennifer welcomes you in a warm setting and offers you carefully prepared local cuisine, Rhône-Alpes and Corsican specialities, fresh frogs, homemade foie gras as well as a fine wine list from Bugey and elsewhere. Large shaded terrace and wooded park of 1000 m², with games for children. Soup kitchen and chicken coop on site. A bar area with outdoor garden furniture. The Auberge is located next to the church, on the ground floor of the Town Hall building, 500 m from the Memorial to the Children of Izieu.

This restaurant is located in a former stable in the middle of the vineyards. Its dining room was built with the stones of the Mont Granier, which you can see from the terrace. Our chef David Albanese is in charge of the cooking, and puts the emphasis on seasonal products. Come to enjoy a gourmet stroll...

The Auberge Campagnard Ailloud is a country inn composed of two rooms with a bread oven and a fireplace. Will you prefer having today's menu or pleasure menu?! Specialty : beef tongue, frogs, seasonal vegetables gratins, crozets, fondues, raclettes and other specialties from Savoie.

Culinary specialty from South America - Homemade. Nice setting with a warm atmosphere.

You are welcomed in a cosy atmosphere, in the heart of the vineyard of Savoy, next to lake Saint André. Tasty food from the markets: fried foie gras, rib roast and marrow bone, frogs... Wide variety of wines.

This 3-star international campsite on the lakefront with a private beach and harbour. Option of online booking via Résanet. Lots of sports and leisure activities nearby (watersports, tennis, beach, cycling paths, etc.). Rated 3*, Le Bourget campsite is the perfect place for foreign visitors – a waterfront site with private beach and harbour, with lifeguard surveillance in July and August. Campers will benefit from large camping spaces and enjoy some shadow from the local trees. Many sports or leisure activities, restaurants and ports are nearby. Bus stop Line 2“Plage–Le Bourget” www.bus-stac.fr German & English spoken

Ideally located opposite the lake and close to the Grand Port with its restaurants and beaches, bordered by a river from which it takes its name, this campsite offers pleasant, shady grounds.

Our hotel is located in the heart of the pedestrian area, between the old thermal baths, the casino and the conference centre. Municipal underground parking nearby (50 m). Close to the shops and public transport. Authentic 18th century hotel.

On the shores of the impressive Lac du Bourget, the largest natural lake in France, at the foot of Mont Revard and opposite the Dent du Chat, the Adelphia Hotel and its integrated balneotherapy centre enjoy an exceptional location.

A character hotel located in the city-centre, with a garden and private parking.

Organise your events, training courses or workshops in an exceptional setting... The Cocoon Gîte and Cocoon Dôme offer a place of resources and well-being for small groups. Le Cocoon A 120m2 gîte for 15 people, with a kitchen and living room on the first floor, 7 bedrooms upstairs and independent sanitary facilities on the first floor. Le Cocoon Dôme, an independent 28m2 room, ideal for your practices and meetings (geodesic dome), nestled in the middle of the undergrowth and accessible via a footpath. It all started from there... We dreamed of creating a resource site, a wellness area in the heart of our undergrowth in the Savoyard foreland. Anaïs trained at the Lyon School of Naturopathy in 2014, and very quickly wanted a training site nestled in nature. Guillaume took charge of the project, and we did everything ourselves, from floor to ceiling :) We have two children, Théo and Jade, who are accompanying us on this wonderful adventure. Both trained in yoga, we studied, designed and built the Cocoon space to meet the demands of wellness practices.

The hotel Central in la Féclaz welcomes you between mountains, lakes, mountain pastures, clearings and forests. You will appreciate the tranquility of the place, the beauty of the landscapes and take a breath of fresh air.

Charming house with heated pool and spa. Quiet house in the heart of the old medieval town of Yenne. Shops are a 400-meter walk away. The house is large and bright, with its outdoor grounds, heated pool (May-October) and spa. A private relaxation area with table soccer, table tennis, darts and board games.

L'Herminette welcomes you to a guest room in the owner's chalet. 1 bedroom on the ground floor with its own entrance (1 to 3 people) with bathroom (shower and toilet in the room). Room adjoining a gite.

Guesthouse for individuals or group close to the forest and the crosscountry tracks. The area is great to discover crosscountry or simple walks. The start of snowshoe tracks and sleighdogs are close the chalet.