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Lake Annecy



In the middle of Europe, surrounding by Italy and Switzerland is a French region with an amazing environment and famous worldwide: the Alps region. The city Annecy and its lake reside at the bottom of those impressive mountains. In this nature box, its clear and emerald green waters are an invitation for dreaming and well-being. In the middle of a basin with almost one thousand inhabitants, Annecy’s region offers a unique life quality combining sport and relaxation, dynamism and calm, tradition and modernism. So, why not you?

Extremely charming city, Annecy is referred to as “the little Venice of the Alps”. Relaxed rhythm of life and dynamic economical environment, are the main features. On the ground, in the air or in water, the sport lovers are the king. With its 32-kilometer shores, water purity unequalled in Europe, Lake Annecy is the board sport lovers’ favorite playground: wakeboard, wakesurf, windsurfing… See also the region and its sceneries of a rare beauty by walking, riding a bike, skiing, climbing, and going down the watercourse by doing canyoneering…

In addition to its so famous surroundings, Annecy is also a university city with a national influence, a national stage, many sports teams and all administrative services from a “big city”. Culturally lively all the year, many events takes place in summer and in particular the International Animation Film Festival and the fête du Lac which gather almost 100 000 spectators each year.

At 20 minutes by car, the international airport of Geneva offers you the world gates. Straight linked to Paris thanks to scheduled flights and TGV, Annecy will be an ideal place not only for your personal but also professional life development.

It will be a delight for nature lovers, offering a straight access to amazing places, its political aspect promoting the sustainable development and the environment respect makes Annecy the envy of the national and international scene today.