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Easy Walking Tour: Les Mottets
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Description
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.
Technical Information
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Starting point
Points of interest
Additional information
Open period
All year round daily.
Subject to favorable weather.
Tips
Viviers du Lac:
- Lakeside trail from the Mottets leisure center via Tresserve (Plage du Lido) to Aix les Bains along the lake.
Le Bourget du Lac:
- Comfortable walk around Château Thomas II, the marshes,
- The Priory and its gardens.
Chapelle du Mont du Chat:
- Notre Dame de l'Etoile comfort walk.
Aix les Bains:
- Comfort walk along the water,
- Departures for lake cruises and a visit to Hautecombe Abbey.
Contact
Phone : 04 79 88 68 00
Email : accueil@aixlesbains-rivieradesalpes.com
Website : https://www.aixlesbains-rivieradesalpes.com
Location complements
Departure from one of the Mottets leisure park parking lots.
Topo guides and map references
Map references :
Grand Lac hiking map on sale for €3 at tourist information offices.
Map IGN TOP 25 - 3332OT - CHAMBERY AIX-LES-BAINS LAC DU BOURGET on sale in shops.
Type of land
Suitable for city strollers
Updated by
Agence alpine des territoires - 07/10/2025
www.agate-territoires.fr
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Guidebook with maps/step-by-step
From one of the two parking areas, enter the site and complete the site walk loop in complete peace and quiet. Take the time to observe the cistude turtles and birds on the central pond.
Animals
No
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