Comfort walk : Doron's shores

Come to have a good time in the picnic area. Some table are here for you close to the lake.

You can swim in the lake of Bozel with swimming patrolled by lifeguards in July and August. Everybody can swim with a small area for children and a big one for adults. You have got a bar / restaurant and a leisure place.Throughout “les rives du Doron” leisure park, animals must be kept on a leash. Access to the beach area is prohibited for animals, even if kept on a leash. Access to bathing for animals is prohibited throughout the lac.

Bozel is located in the heart of the Savoie, in Tarentaise. Just after Moutiers, the Bozel’s valley is famous with its proximity of the Vanoise National Park. Bozel it’s at 860 m of altitude, and it goes to 2594 m height with the Roc du Becoin and with the Mont Jovet (2589 m height) and the Dent du Villard (2284 m height).The centre of the village is located in the border of the stream of the Bonrieu which gave before the energy of the mill and other sawmill. The village has got different services, schools, shops, leisure area and handcraft area really active. The way of how the different hamlets are located show the ancestral way of life, which was based on the cultivation and on the farm. The most part of the people are leaving in the south mountainside. Then, we can find the hamlet of Villemartin, les Mollinets, le Ratelard, Lachenal and Tincave, they are lively all the year long. Upper 1300 m height, the hamlet of les Champs, les Monts, le Pré, le Cour and Mirabozon are lively only during the summer. The north mountainside has got less people. Only les Moulins is lively all the year long. Upper we can find l’Epine, le Reposoir and Montcharvet, relic of old farms that are now recover by the forest. In summer, Bozel is close to the Vanoise massif which is really attractive for hiking. In the winter, the village is really close to big ski areas, 3 Vallées and Paradiski, which is really attractive for snow sports. History... Bozel has got different name before: Bosellis (1170), Bossel (1691), Boselles (1759) and Bozeil (1764). Its name comes from the latin word “Buxellus” which mean the “wood”. The people of Bozel are named “Bozelains” and “Bozelaines”. Bozel has still got a proof of a human being in Savoie, and particularly in Bozel, 2500 years ago BC. Bozel had an important vineyard and its most important economy was the production of cheese (Beaufort) which was exported in Italy (Piemont) through the “Col de la Vanoise”. It’s the reason why the architecture of our villages and hamlets are like this: Houses (or chalets) was used for living and for the cultivation. The first floors was often half-buried and build with rocks, it was used for human living and for stable for cattle, which was used to reheat the room. The upper floors were built with wood and were used as hayloft. At the end of the 19th century, Bozel has seen a new era with the ore-mining from 1880, a new factory in le Villard du Planay in 1898 and a power station in les Moulins in 1910. 200 employees were working in this factory in 1920 which closed in 1984. The valley has been then developed with the tourism, with the hydrotherapy industry first and the mountaineering and with the winter sports. The ski resorts have been developed in 45-60’s with Courchevel.

In the forest, among the Doron river of Bozel, come to discover the new adventure course and come to challenge yourself with the many playgame within the trees.This adventure course is the biggest in the Tarentaise valley. - 9 courses - 140 sessions - Security system 100 % sure - Jumping down - Big zip-line - Children courses

In the forest, among the Doron river of Bozel, come to discover the new adventure course et come to challenge yourself with the many playgame within the trees.This adventure course is the biggest in the Tarentaise valley. - 9 courses - 140 sessions - Security system 100 % sure - Jumping down - Big zip-line - Children courses

In the heart of the Alps, Huttopia Bozel campsite welcomes you in chalets, Toile & Bois tents, or on pitches with your tent, van, or campervan — surrounded by lakes, hiking trails, and the breathtaking panoramas of the Vanoise.

Come to try kayak at Bozel's lake.

In the Bonrieu River in Bozel, in the Doron of Champagny and surround, you will find “fario” trout and brook trout. You can buy fishing license at the tourist office, all the year long.