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in a restaurant with excellent cheeses from the walk along the pedestrian streets on which are
Savoy, Mont Blanc region. The herbs’ quality of the pastures permits rising many shops and splendid buildings Belle
Epoche that are a testimony the prestigious past
and Annecy to the “Tarine” and the “Abondance”, the two lo- of the thermal city. After the visit we will collo-
cal races of cows, to produce an excellent milk
4 days for cheeses. cate by bus to Grand Port.
In Savoy the AOC cheese (of controlled origin) In a boat for the cruise on the Lake of Bourget.
Of glacial origin, with a surface of 44 square km,
1 Day: La Maurienne (115 km) are the “beaufort”, nicknamed the prince of the is the biggest natural lake of France. Surround-
st
Arrival in the valley of Maurienne, formed by the gruyere and the “Tome des Bauges”. In High Sa- ed of a mountain frame, the writer Alphonse de
river Arc, is one of the biggest valleys transversal voy are the “reblochon” and the “abondance”. Lamartine has made it a symbol of the French
of the Alps. Break in Aussois. The village is de- To these cheeses are added also the Emmental poetry.
veloped on highness of one altitude of 1500 and of Savoy and the “chevrotin”. The lake tour offers many belvederes to vis-
it is one stronghold of the mountain tourism. A In the afternoon, a guided visit of the historic it and take pictures of. Lunch on board. Out of
visit of the church Notre Dame de l’Assomption, center, characterized by a maze of small streets the board for the visit of Abbey of Hautecombe
in baroque style that has signed the XVII century and palaces of Piedmont inspiration. The mili-
in the Savoy mountains. Proceeding to the visit tary quart includes the Carre Curial, an antique Business Proposals in France
of some historic fortifications; in the region there Les Bains
are 5 that get the name from the royal family of infantry barrack from the Napoleon era edificat-
ed on the model of Leslnvalides of Paris, and the
Piedmont-Sardinia that reigned until the 1860. handling of the cavalry. The construction of the
A visit of the Fort de Saint Gobain, situated on contemporary buildings of the project of Mario
the famous Linea Maginot: from the name of Botta and the school of Architecture of Ticino,
the French minister of the war, was a complex of is transforming this era into one of the cultural
fortifications, army masterpieces, antitank obsta- poles of the city. A visit of the Savoy Museum,
cles, machine gun positions, systems of defensive
induction, barracks and ammunition depots rea- collocated In the antique convent of the Francis-
cans, presents Savoy through its archeology, his-
lized from the 1928 till 1940 year by the French tory, its ethnography and its art.
Govern to protect the margins.
Arrival in Chambery, accommodation in hotel, To surround our trip in High Savoy, the majesty
dinner and overnight. of the Mont Blanc that, with its 4808.72 meters
of altitude is the highest mountain of the Alps,
2 Day: Chambery from where is the nickname King of Alps.predo-
nd
After the breakfast, guided visit of the Savoy minantly of granitic nature, with many glaciers,
Dukes’ Castle, which was the antique residence. Is a mountain of a big recall for the international
Reunites a together of buildings built in the Mid- alpinism, the birth of the same alpinism coinci-
dle Age, a seat of the Prefecture and Provincia. des with the date of its first ascension: the 8 of
th
The Sacred Sindone, now in Turin, has conser- August 1786.
ved this city for 125 years. A visit of the Museo
des Charmettes, in the period the village house 3 Day: Aix-Les-Bains (90 km)
rd
where the philosopher, writer and musician Jean Breakfast and departure to Aix-les-Bains, known where are buried the Princes of the Savoy House,
Jacques Rousseau stayed with the baroness Ma- for its hot waters of the recognized virtues, is the the king Umberto II and the queen Maria Jose.
dame de Warens. The garden, concepted accord- second thermal French station. Entirely dedicat- Return by buss to Aixles Bains and degustation in
ing the taste of the XVIII century, remembers the ed to the good health, the station sources in a a cellar of the local wines. Return to Chambery,
passion of the artist for the botanic. Typical lunch privileged position between the lake and the dinner and overnight.
mountains. A visit of the Roman vestiges and a
Typical plate: the Raclette is a famous local spe-
Annecy cialty. It consists in making melt the cheese of
Savoy, using a raclette set to pour it over the hot
potatoes. It’s delicious! The dish goes well with
Savoyard cired meats and pickled gherkins.
4 Day:Annecy (50 km) - Return
th
After the breakfast, departure to the antique
capital of Savoy, Annecy and a guided visit of the
city, called “the little Venice from the Alpls”, with
the purest lake of Europe.

Curiosity: its canals, have origins of the shortest 253
river in France, long only 3.5 km. in the heart of
the old city, the palace of the isle, antique prison
and justice palace, today hosts the History Mu-
seum. Proximately in this edifice symbol of the
XII century, also rue St. Clair, rich of picturesque
houses and arcades, is a place that needs to be
visited. After have discovered the charm of the
historic center with its canals, its churches and
the beauty of the surrounding landscape, a jour-
ney to the return home.

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