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Discover Rhone-Alps and its nice tourist stations

 

Rhône-Alpes

The area the Rhone-Alps, one of widest of France offers the most varied tourism:

The gastronomy always held an essential place in the Lyonese from where result good number of famous chief cooks and the Savoy is known for its cheeses and its Savoyard fondue.

The ski stations of the Alps offer a lot of ski slopes, snow-board, toboggan for practitioners of any level. The rivers, affluents of the Rhone are appreciated by the amateurs of canoe and rafting. Natural spaces are idéals places for rambles, in bicycle or horses.

On the cultural plan, the holiday makers can go in July to the festival of Avignon, meeting place of all the theatrical troops. In August, Crest Vocal Jazz becomes an appointment for the sure values of the French jazz and celebrates its 30e edition in 2008. International Jazz is held in July, in the ancient theatre of Vienna equipped with an accoustic without equal.

Stay in Rhone-Alps.

camp-sites Rhone-Alps.

Where to stay in Rhône-Alpes

  • Loriol: Pretty small town of Drome, Loriol is relatively close to Avignon or the winter sports resorts of Isere. In summer, the tourists traverse the marked out paths of the gorges of the Verdon or practise the canoe-kayak in the rivers of the surroundings. To find place where to stay in Loriol, the tourist office informs about the possibility of seasonal residences.
  • Pralognan Vannoise: Ski station in winter, one practises there the ski at any levels from the courses for beginners to the competition. The station is equipped with a track of curling. In summer, the tourists can visit the parks with topic of which the park of Vanoise open for the children and their parents. For a hiring for holidays in Pralognan, the tourists have the choice between hotel, country cottage or residence of holidays.
  • Vals du dauphine: On holiday in the Vals du dauphine, the tourists will visit the villages around (Romagnieu which has a base of leisures or Abrets on the Way of Saint-Jacob de Compostelle).
  • Famous thermal spa, Evian has a water considered for the treatment of the problems of kidneys, liver or rhumatology. The curists have their treatment in the Thermal baths of Evian.
  • Saint-Gervais les Bains: Considered thermal spa, but also winter sports resort. In seasonal rental Saint-Gervais les Bainss, the holiday makers will appreciate a stay in a very healthy environment.
  • Uriage-les-bains: thermal spa known from the Roman epoch, Uriage owes its success to its thermal springs, advised in the treatment of dermatological affections or ones in relation with the rhumatology.
  • Divonne-les-Bains: Spa for the problems of nervous breal dawn, stress or overwork, Divonne is also a pleasant city where the holiday maker can devote to many activities in any season.
  • Alpe d'Huez: Ski station of high-altitude, holder of the label "Famille Vacance Plus", with an important rental offer, Alpe d'Huez is very appreciated by the sportsmen and the families.
  • Megeve: The station has the label "Family Plus Mountain". The night life is very animated. It is thus preferable to book a country cottage rental for the New year in Megeve.
  • Courchevel: Many offers of stay in luxury hotel in Courchevel, middle-class ski station in Savoy.
  • Meribel: This ski station in Savoy is located on the field of the 3 valleys, skiable field of more than 600 kilometers of tracks for skiers of all levels.
  • Avoriaz: The station is adapted to all the requests. Reception of the children, ski slopes of various levels for beginners or experienced skiers. Lessons of ski and snowboard, individual or collective, given by the station ski schools instructors. Animated night life for the party animals. The local real estate agencies propose a broad choice of country cottages for rent in the vicinity of Avoriaz or at the bottom of tracks of the station.

To exactly choose its season in Rhône-Alpes

August and July is traditionally the months of crowd in the stations of mountain, but also the period at the end of December at the beginning of January and holidays of February.

September and June constitute the mid season.

Lastly, retired people will appreciate to leave on holiday in March, April, May, October or November in the south of France to be given a soft climate and better tariffs from seasonal hiring.

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