Hike : Around The Castle

This family farm offers delicious cow and goat cheeses (tommes...) and other products from the farm. You can meet them at the farm and on the markets of the Sources du lac d'Annecy. Mini-farm during the Christmas holiday period.Meet the Délices Savoyards: - on Wednesday mornings and Friday afternoons at the regular market and farmers' market in Faverges, - on Monday afternoons at the Jardins du Taillefer in Lathuile to buy cheese, fruits and veggies, - on Monday mornings in the summer at Doussard's summer market. Still in the summer, you can also find go to the Freu alpine pasture in Bouchet-Mont-Charvin from June 15th to September 15th. Snack bar, cheese to purchase. Opening period can be altered in case of late snowfalls.

Learn about the lime industry of yore in an educational tour of the recently restored lime kilns of Cons-Sainte-Colombe, located between Annecy and Ugine. This industry provided construction materials for the entire area until the late 19th Century.The museographical space is delicately embedded in the restored vestiges. The layout with mountain materials is consciously humble and contemporary. The project won the award for Patrimoine rhônalpin in 2006.