Eastern France

And by comparison here’s a campsite near Chamonix. Take your pick.

Hi Elvet, After a planned trip in 2021 was cancelled we visited Annecy this year, in June. After the enforced break, on top of other reasons, we had not been to Italy for several years so Annecy was an enroute 4 day stop.

We sailed to Roscoff and then headed SE using toll free roads till in the Macon area, the last stretch being a bit too “wiggly waggly”  for towing.

We stayed as the Southern end of the lake at Camping L’Ideal, which was an ACSI site, and had a great time-so good that we are to return in 2023 with friends-it will longer be ACSI but we feel worth the extra €3 a night!

On the first day, a Friday, we decided it best to book a table in the restaurant  for the evening-a good decision as it was very busy, predominately with what we took to be locals bringing in Le Weekend, but, more importantly, the food & drink was superb and very good value. The staff were very friendly and there was a real buzz about the place that was a great start to our stay.

In fact, we enjoyed it so much that we returned three days later for my Birthday!

Its position is excellent with view across to the site to the Eastern side of the lake and the Momtmin/Forclaz area one of the paragliding launch sites. Also behind the site is an esacarpment used, it seemed, to maintain height before landing alongside the site. 
It was quite a surprise to see one guy pick up his canopy and walk to a MH just yards away!

The area is quite stunning, but with just 4 days we saw but a fraction and didn’t make the mountainside restaurant recommended by eurortraveller, so that’s on the list for next year.

We did mange a trip up to Forclaz and pulling over to check the views fro the road we were passed by a line of very exotic, and loud “supercars” Maseratis, Lamborghinis etc.

We managed to park and had a short stroll to a view point, where we spoke to a group of Brits on a cycling tour of the area, and watched countless paragliders pass overhead.
Jean jokingly asked if I would try it, and seemed surprised when I said “yes, course I would”-so, when my thoughts changed from “no way” to “why not”, I booked a “flight” for my birthday and now have pictures and my certificate to prove it!

Next year we will explore further afield, and a trip up Mont Blanc is on the list, but also spend more time looking around Annecy itself and enjoying the many cycling options.

Have a great trip!

 

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 Eurortraveller - that Annecy site looks like La Ravoire to me. Cramped and crowded.

Haha! Thanks for the compliment-You can tell I had a bit of time in my hands-didn’t realise how much I had  typed, especially as it’s on the iPad.

Tried to dictate a blog on that trip after seeing a mates Wordpress efforts but just couldn’t get the thing to work but the memories are still quite fresh.

I have always been impressed with the efforts that people make to record their travels and kept a journal, of sorts, this year so at some point could do something but only ever wanted it so we would look back on things.

Anyway, fingers crossed I have managed to post some pics.

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Thank you all very much. Useful information to work with.

For information we will be travelling from South Wales.