La Colonne

Holiday centerOur chalet is nestled in the heart of the village. Ideal for weekend getaways, weddings, cousins' get-togethers or seminars, we offer room and bedroom rentals, from one night with breakfast to full board. We even offer a special welcome for cyclists and hikers. With 45 years' experience of hosting vacation camps and discovery classes, it's the ideal place for mountain sports enthusiasts, summer and winter alike. The chalet has 4 levels, each with : - 3 activity rooms - 1 ski room - 1 dining room - 1 infirmary - 21 bedrooms with sanitary facilities (in the room or on the landing) and balconies (10 rooms) All the services you need are on site: shops, tourist office, restaurants, ESF, tennis courts, soccer field, basketball court, volleyball court, playground, riding school, cinema. Leisure activities: In winter, we offer school groups and holidaymakers the chance to discover the mountain environment through educational workshops led by our activity leaders: landscape reading, fauna, flora, heritage and agriculture, as well as visits to the Beaufort des Arves Cooperative and a goat farm. You can also take part in free or professionally supervised sporting activities, such as downhill skiing, biathlon, snowshoe trekking and dog sledding. In summer, we offer the same educational workshops as well as professionally supervised sports activities: archery, horseback riding, cani-rando, rock climbing, via ferrata, canyoning and hiking (with or without overnight stays in bivouacs or refuges) and swimming at the Albiez lake.

The central square in the village of Albiez-Montrond is the focal point of the village and features a sculpture inspired by the knife of the same name. It is the arrival point for the Opinel tourist route and the venue for numerous events.During redevelopment work in the heart of the village, the town council and the Boulle school (applied arts) organized a competition to pay tribute to Mr Opinel with a sculpture. The winning entry was created by Albiez-born Jean-Claude Opinel. You can admire it in the Place Opinel, just a few hundred meters from the cemetery where the first Opinel blacksmiths are buried.