LES GETS (altitude 1172m), in the Savoie Mont-Blanc region, is an excellent family resort located between the French side of Lake Geneva and the Mont Blanc. In the summer, the village hosts a number of events (of which the World Mountain Biking Championships are the most famous), the museum of mechanical music including an exhibition of mechanical puppets wellknown throughout Europe, the traditional market where you can taste local mountain produce. The village bears the "P'tits Montagnards" label which ensures the best facilities for your children.
The resort has all the required facilities for you to spend a great holiday: * Shuttle bus service operating from the station in Cluses (22km). * Doctors and Pharmacies. * Children's creches from 18mths. * Restaurants specialising in local cuisine...
** For further information, please contact the Tourist Office on 0033.4.50.79.76.90 or log on to www.lesgets.com.
Wherever you go in Haute Savoie, you are never far from somewhere exceptional or unusual. Thereis a wealth of quaint little churches and historic monuments, flower-decked villages (snow covered in winter) to explore and delicious local and traditional specialities to taste and take home with you ...
Land of gourmets and culinary arts, with 340 sorts of cheese and 450 quality wines...Be a guest to France's finest table. From the North to the South, the country takes pride in its writers & poets, its world famous castles, churches, cathedrals and museums, all of which worked their magic, attracting holiday-makers from all around the globe. France boasts some of the most magnificent and diverse landscapes which influenced and became models for paintings by impressionist and surrealist masters, arousing the curiosity of people who came to see with their own eyes what it was all about...
Whether you enjoy sports, both on land or at sea, or you have a liking for remains of the Past, or if you are simply a nature lover, France will welcome you with open arms. People from all regions, towns and villages are expecting you and may even tempt you to take up residence in a country where the living is easy.
A word of advice from Lagrange : French roads are excellent, but not free, so keep money handy.