80km from Geneva, before reaching Avoriaz, MORZINE (altitude 1000m), in the Savoie Mont-Blanc region, is an old and authentic village of Savoie. You'll have to drive up winding mountain roads to access the resort offering chalets and farms built in the traditional Alpine style and weathered by time. Relax by the water of its small lakes and the tranquility of its fir tree forests...
IN and AROUND MORZINE: The many valleys around Morzine can be explored by foot (Vallee de la Manche, Vallee de l'Ardoisiere...). Arts and crafts workshops flower in the regions through wood sculpting, earthenware or even cheese making... Come and visit the mediaeval city of Yvoire, Avoriaz chapel,'Le Pont du Diable' Gorges, lake Geneva...
SPORT and LEISURE:
* Rambling (explore the fauna and flora of the Alps, geology, history tour...) * Cheese tasting (jam, honey etc...) * Mountain biking, alpine climbing with professional guides between Mont Blanc and thbe Swiss Alps... * Horse-riding, * Archery * Tennis * Swimming pool, golf and crazy-golf * Whitewater sports * Hang-gliding... Restaurants, cinemas, nightclubs...
USEFUL INFORMATION:
The resort has all the required facilities for you to spend a great holiday: * Shuttle bus service operating from the train station. * Doctors and Pharmacies. * Nurseries for children between 2mths and 3yrs, children's club from 4 to 12yrs, with activities like poney riding, swimming, climbing, picnics... * Swimming pool, horse riding centre. * Restaurants specialising in local cuisine... ** For further information, please contact the Tourist Office on 0033.4.50.74.72.72 or log on to www.morzine-avoriaz.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.