Discover Cruseilles, Haute-Savoie, Rhône-Alpes and its gems

An easy cycle trail for enjoying local nature and culture. You will discover the old market town of Cruseilles, the Dronières and the Coudrets. Leaving from: Post office car park or wildlife park car park Tourist area: Cruseilles region Maximum altitude: 850 metres

A long climb through forest to the summit of the Salève. During the descent, take the time to stop at the Plan du Salève and savour the breathtaking panorama from the viewpoint indicator. Gradient: 5%

Family-friendly tour of Lac des Dronières, accessible with baby carriages. Start: Cruseilles tennis courts parking lot Tourist area: Pays de Cruseilles

A short, quiet, gentle family walk through the forest, discovering the magnificent, isolated Iselet mountain pasture and a panoramic view over Annecy. Take advantage of the Dronières leisure center at the start or finish of your hike! Go : Les Dronnières - Alpage de l'Iselet : 1h 05 min Return: Les Dronnières - Alpage de l'Iselet Alpage de l'Iselet - Les Dronières via Mare de l'Iselet : 1h10

Four interpretation panels explain the history of the site, the bridges and the old thermal baths.

Land Art is a contemporary artistic endeavour which uses the natural world and its materials as its subject matter and which is a place to question man's relationship with the environment. We invite you to enjoy an authentic experience at the Chosal farm, on our ART & NATURE trail! Today, artistic activity extends to practices and aesthetics broader than land'art. Annual artist residencies remain the DNA of the site, enriching the Art & Nature trail with new works every year. Allow an hour and a half to walk around the trail, or even longer to enjoy the more than 30 works.

Discover the "Nature & Sens" trail, a barefoot route for a unique sensory experience. The course is 900 meters long. There are over 50 suggestions and tests to do! Take the time to experience and exchange with your friends and family, and allow between 1h30 and 2h for the walk, or more if you're very curious about nature.

The Férande stream flows across meadows and through orchards on a quiet sunny hillside. In the distance are sweeping views of the Usses Valley and foothills of the Alps. On the way, you'll go through the village of Copponex with its Romanesque church, press and bread oven. Great view of the Usses Valley. In Mézier, there is a fruit cooperative (Pommes et Poires de Savoie). Near Les Usses, make a short detour to Chosal Farm to buy fresh fruit and vegetables. On the way back up, stop at the inn in Bajole for a meal or a drink. In the Férande Valley, you'll see an ecological sewage farm using sand and reeds.

The Férande stream flows across meadows and through orchards on a quiet sunny hillside. In the distance are sweeping views of the Usses Valley and foothills of the Alps. On the way, you'll go through the village of Copponex with its Romanesque church, press and bread oven. Great view of the Usses Valley. In Mézier, there is a fruit cooperative (Pommes et Poires de Savoie). Near Les Usses, make a short detour to Chosal Farm to buy fresh fruit and vegetables. On the way back up, stop at the inn in Bajole for a meal or a drink. In the Férande Valley, you'll see an ecological sewage farm using sand and reeds.

Take the whole family on a pleasant walk through a variety of environments and landscapes, around a bucolic stream and near the Grand Parc d'Andilly playground. See the church in Saint-Symphorien (carved wooden panels from the Carthusian monastery in Pomier), the vicarage in Andilly (exhibitions, carillon, gardens) and the waterfalls on the Nant Trouble. In Charly, you'll see the 15th-century chapel. Find out about the Park of Legends and the site of the Grand Mediaeval Festival.

Zip wires, walkways, toboggans, Tarzan creepers, nets to cross... you will play in complete safety on our paths equipped with a continuous safety line. A fabulous journey at the heart of the Dronières forest awaits you! More than 78 workshops in the trees and 15 zip wires including two of more than 120 m await you in the course of a discovery route and a vertigo route. Tactiq aventures also offers via ferrata, mountain biking and canyoning trips for which you will find all the information on the website. For the adventure route under 16s must be accompanied by an adult on the activities.

Come and discover or rediscover the pleasure of flying from tree to tree, and share special, unique moments with family and friends... New workshops to discover! Book online before you come (places are limited). Tyrolean traverses, footbridges, slides, Tarzan lianas, nets to cross... you can move around the course in complete safety thanks to the continuous lifeline. A fabulous journey through the heart of the Dronières forest awaits you! Tactiq aventures also offers via Ferrata, mountain biking and canyoning trips, all of which you can find out more about on the website. For the adventure course, under-16s must be accompanied by an adult of legal age. an adult of legal age.

A course for little adventurers and thrill-seekers! In the heart of the forest, between 2.50 m and 3.5 m high, 15 workshops and 2 zip lines will turn children into real Tarzans! Tyrolean traverses, footbridges, slides, Tarzan lianas, nets to cross... you can move around the course in complete safety thanks to the continuous lifeline. A fabulous journey through the heart of the Dronières forest awaits you! Tactiq aventures also offers via Ferrata, mountain biking and canyoning trips, all of which you can find out more about on the website. For the adventure course, under-16s must be accompanied by an adult of legal age. an adult of legal age.

Come and have an unforgettable time with your friends on our Vertige course reserved for "branch acrobatics"!

An ideal birthday party for young adventurers! Children can take advantage of the Parc des Dronières' discovery trail and facilities.

This time, it's not in the trees, but under the trees that we'll be taking you on a journey this summer, as the Cruseilles adventure trail has been equipped with a sort of "escape game" in the forest... Who will dare to set off in search of the riddles scattered in the heart of the Dronières forest? You'll have to use your powers of deduction, observation and orientation if you want to find your way back... Ready for the challenge? Get your sneakers on!

The M, a gourmet restaurant, offers quality cuisine, simple and refined, a personalized welcome, a breathtaking panorama and many other secrets of which Domaine des Avenières is full. After a long and very rewarding experience in haute gastronomy at the Château des Avenières restaurant, the Odin family decided to turn the page in 2017 to create a new restaurant, the M, a gourmet restaurant whose chic and elegant brasserie concept perfectly illustrates their state of mind and their conception of the business: to be as close as possible to customers, offering them a sensory experience in harmony with nature via quality, simple and refined terroir cuisine, a personalized welcome, a breathtaking panorama, and many other secrets in which the Domaine des Avenières abounds.

Built at the beginning of the 20th century, this château is dedicated to calm, harmony and the pleasures of life: princely salons, bistronomic cuisine. A 60-hectare park with panoramic views of the mountains from Mont Blanc to Lake Annecy. The Domaine des Avenières will satisfy the most demanding epicureans. Set in a 60-hectare park in Haute-Savoie, this singular place was inaugurated in 1907 by an eccentric couple. Now a Relais et Châteaux hotel since 2014, the château has preserved its original features, such as the chapel in gold mosaics, the exceptional site, the spellbindingly charming rooms, the creative and refined cuisine, and the comfort and well-being services, all of which invite you to honor the finer things in life with poetry, romance and passion.

Farm visit and discovery of food produced by Mother Nature. Horticultural and kitchen garden greenhouses. Meet donkeys and other farm animals. La Ferme de Chosal is an educational farm where children can celebrate their birthdays, take part in mini-internships, experience sensory trails, go for walks with a donkey, discover the greenhouses where flowers and vegetable seedlings are produced and sold, and the gardens, and stroll along the Art and Nature trail. Our eco-boutique also offers vegetables from the Ferme de Chosal and from natural, sustainable agriculture (you can also subscribe to our vegetable baskets), as well as local produce. Our natural and unusual cabins await you to unwind and relax in an ideal setting on the banks of the Usses river. We also have rooms available for corporate seminars.

The old town of Cruseilles revolves around the Place de la Halle. For centuries, this square was the vital center of the town. Here, the past can be read on the facades and the footsteps of history echo on the cobblestones.

Lac des Dronières is accessible all year round for family outings. Swimming is prohibited. All anglers are asked to observe the following health and safety precautions: -Wear a mask if you have to move around the lake and come across other people, or when the guards are passing by. -You must have your own hydro-alcoholic gel. -Maintain a minimum distance of 2 meters between you and other anglers. -Avoid unnecessary movement

A small animal park lets you get close to fallow deer. This park is open to the public. We remind you that it is forbidden to feed the animals.

Over a hundred meters above the old baths, this footbridge offers an incredible view of the surrounding landscape.

A bridge dating from 1839, representing the industrial engineering know-how of the period. The bridge has been listed as a Historic Monument since 1966. It is also one of the 25 emblematic tourist sites in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. The idea of building a suspension bridge was approved in 1834 by King Charles-Albert, Duke of Savoy, who gave his name to the structure. 180m long and 147m high, the bridge is now entirely pedestrianized. Historically, crossing the gorges of the river Usses was difficult and dangerus. From the 18th century, the introdution of a new era of the appeasement of a dispute between the Calvinist Republic of Geneva and the Catholic Duchy of Savoy revitalised the Annecy - Geneva route, requiring a definite need for a suspention bridge. Savoy was under the authority of the House of Savoy, but it was engineers from the French Ponts et Chaussée establishment of engeneering that were retained, M. Belin and M. Lehaitre. Work began on March 10, 1838 and would last 16 months.

Over a hundred metres above the gorge, this footbridge offers an incredible view of the bridge and the landscape.

The view from the Charles Albert bridge is breathtaking! On one side, the Usses gorges, and on the other, a breathtaking panorama of part of the Aravis mountain range.

View of the many surrounding massifs from the D341 road below the Domaine du Château des Avenières.

Over a hundred meters above the gorge, this footbridge offers an incredible view of the bridge and the landscape.

Completed in 1917, this jewel of hermeticism required three years of work and over a million tesserae made in Murano. It's a treasure trove of symbolism, blending the arcana of the Tarot with the wheel of the Zodiac. Mary Wallace Shillito was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, in 1876. Her father, a powerful businessman, made his fortune in railroads, copper mines and Chicago department stores. From an early age, Mary had a deep admiration for her younger sister Violet. As teenagers, the two sisters delightfully immersed themselves in a Paris in the grip of Orientalism. Violet died of typhoid fever in Cannes in 1901, aged 24. Mary, inconsolable, travels the world. One fine afternoon in the summer of 1904, Mary and a few friends, including her best friend Marcelle Senard (1879-1971), visited modest oat-growing clearings on the slopes of the Salève. With no passable road, it took them an hour to walk up from Cruseilles. They were overwhelmed by the exceptional beauty of the panorama. Instantly, Marie decided to build here the shrine she dreamed of dedicating to her sister Violet, who had died too soon... Her parents had just died, and she was now alone, at the head of an immense fortune. She buys the land, sold by farmers in Cruseilles.

The M, a gourmet restaurant, offers quality cuisine, simple and refined, a personalized welcome, a breathtaking panorama and many other secrets of which Domaine des Avenières is full. After a long and very rewarding experience in haute gastronomy at the Château des Avenières restaurant, the Odin family decided to turn the page in 2017 to create a new restaurant, the M, a gourmet restaurant whose chic and elegant brasserie concept perfectly illustrates their state of mind and their conception of the business: to be as close as possible to customers, offering them a sensory experience in harmony with nature via quality, simple and refined terroir cuisine, a personalized welcome, a breathtaking panorama, and many other secrets in which the Domaine des Avenières abounds.

L'Auberges des Bornes is located in an old building transformed into a restaurant in 2005. You will find traditional and Savoyard food. You can also enjoy themed evenings every month.

Offers a regional and creative cuisine including: fondues, perch fillets, tartiflette, frog legs... Dinners or parties can also be organised. Regional and creative cuisine: Filets de perches, fondues, frogs' legs, malakoffs. Organization of parties and banquets.

A former cheese farm has been divided into two sections: one is a shop to discover and buy the cheeses and meats on offer, and the other is a restaurant to taste the regional specialities. The Fromagerie is open for breakfast, lunch or dinner, offering hearty meals with a traditional added touch of the Savoyarde region. Come and visit the shop and buy some local products to make a picnic or to taste and share with friends and family when you go back home. (Cheese, deli meats, bread, pastries, groceries, local newspapers)

The Bouchon Lyonnais on the outskirts of Geneva. The staff at the Café du Rhône will welcome you every weekday lunchtime. Gégé and Guillaume work hand-in-hand with Jean-Marc who is the inspiration and chef of this well-established local restaurant. After 20 years of service in the city of Lyon, Jean-Marc has gone back to the Rhône to concoct his local specialities for you: Lyon salad bowl Warm lamb tongue with an invigorating sauce Andouillette Homemade pike quenelles with crayfish sauce Tête de veau (Head of veal) Liver gâteau and many other local specialities to discover such as The tablier de sapeur Tripe stew Gourmet cuisine with a touch of the brasserie atmosphere. The Café de Rhône has a summer terrace area in the sunny courtyard. There is another room upstairs for up to 60 people.

In the centre of town, a wide choice of pizzas, paninis, bruschettas, hamburgers, chips, lasagne, nuggets, etc.

Passionate about whisky, Jean-Pierre has spent a lot of time behind his bar creating cocktails. In the evening, the bar has a great atmosphere with its plush décor and combines mixology with bistro- and restaurant-style dishes.

Built at the beginning of the 20th century, this château is dedicated to calm, harmony and the pleasures of life: princely salons, bistronomic cuisine. A 60-hectare park with panoramic views of the mountains from Mont Blanc to Lake Annecy. The Domaine des Avenières will satisfy the most demanding epicureans. Set in a 60-hectare park in Haute-Savoie, this singular place was inaugurated in 1907 by an eccentric couple. Now a Relais et Châteaux hotel since 2014, the château has preserved its original features, such as the chapel in gold mosaics, the exceptional site, the spellbindingly charming rooms, the creative and refined cuisine, and the comfort and well-being services, all of which invite you to honor the finer things in life with poetry, romance and passion.

A beautiful building with swimming pool, you will appreciate the warm welcome at La Chenaz, just as you will enjoy your stay, as everything is provided in these two pleasant guest rooms. Elegant attic rooms in a beautiful villa with swimming pool, summer kitchen and garden between Geneva and Annecy. Pleasant setting, close to the route de Saint Jacques de Compostelle. Table d'hôtes on request. Chambre "Rose" for 2 pers. with 2 single beds, private shower room and WC. Chambre "Jaune" for 2 pers. with 1 x 160 cm double bed, private shower room and WC. Garden, pétanque court, swimming pool, private parking.

The campsite lies at the foot of Mount Salève and has pitches for motor homes, tents and rented on-site vans. Located to the south of Geneva, we also rent fully-equipped luxury chalets with one or two bedrooms and lounge. Wifi available on the campsite. Rental available by the night, weekend, week or long stay. The campsite offers an indoor pool, outdoor pools, a restaurant and an entertainment room with wifi access (throughout the campsite). Just a stone's throw from Geneva, at the foot of Mont Salève and on the route to Santiago de Compostela, it's the ideal vacation destination! Family parties available for rent. Holiday apartments for rent.

This beautiful manor dated from the 15th century is located in the heart of the village of Chaumont close to the hiking paths of Vuache. Stage of Santiago de Compostella pilgrimage between Geneva and Annecy. Possibility to enjoy your breakfast in the garden during the high season. Non-smoker accommodation. Room "Zen" : 2 single beds or a double bed. View on the yard and on the castle's ruin. Big private bathroom fitted with a shower, a hairdryer, a shampoo and a toilet. Room "Romantique" : 1 double bed (140 cm). View on the church and on the Vuache. Big private bathroom fitted with a bathtub, a hairdryer, a shampoo and a toilet. Languages spoken : French, English, German, Italian, Swedish and Danish.

Simple accommodation in the centre of a pretty little village. Gite open to all: Compostela pilgrims, hikers ‘In the footsteps of the Huguenots’, ‘Les chemins du soleil’ mountain bikers. Dormitory with 12 beds. Shower and toilet. Fully equipped kitchen. View of the medieval castle ruins.

In an old house (renovated in 2011) for 2 people. Ground floor: equipped kitchen, bathroom, double sofa bed. Upstairs, a mezzanine with 1 double bed. Balcony, bike storage, parking. WiFi internet access. In an old house (refurbished in 2011) for 2 to 4 people. On the ground floor, a fitted kitchen, a bathroom, a sofa bed (2 places). On the first floor, a mezzanin with 2 big beds. Balcony, little booth for your bikes, parking lot. WiFi.

Geneviève welcomes you all year round to her bed and breakfast. She will serve you delicious breakfasts based on homemade or farm products. The guest rooms are located on the first floor of our house. Panoramic view of Mont Blanc, Parmelan, Tournette. Close to Annecy and Geneva, come and stop off in the charming little village of Chaumont at the foot of Mont Vuache. Nearby: hiking trails, Santiago de Compostela and ‘In the footsteps of the Huguenots’ routes, waterfall, climbing, ruins of the Château de Chaumont, orientation table, educational farm, Auberge du Pralet.

Logis de France with a restaurant serving traditional home cooking. Located near the Arcadium. Rooms for 1-4 guests / adjoining rooms available. We would like to welcome you for your business trips and holidays. Full-board, half-board and B&B available. Delicious dishes made using fresh produce.