Annecy

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Annecy's old town from the Thiou

Annecy
"Venice of Alps"
Country: France

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Annecy is a city in France- région Rhônes-Alpes- département Haute-Savoie.
Close to Geneva, Lyon and Grenoble, the town is located between its lake and mountains.
Annecy has a preserved medieval old town often known as the Venice of Alps. It's a quiet and peacefull city with 52000 inhabitants during most of the year (140 000 inhabitants in the metropolitan area). However, in summer and winter, population is growing a lot because of the tourism.

Annecy's interactive map for couchsurfers (Open it in a new window)

Old town

Annecy's lake

by night

1 History of Annecy
2 How to come
3 Best places to have a drink or a meal
4 Entertainment, sports and activities
5 Cultural places to go
6 Tips
7 CouchSurfers
8 In Case of Emergency
9 Media Mentions
10 Liens externes

History of Annecy

More informations about the History of Annecy on the wikipedia:Annecy !

How to come

Hitch Hiking

Hitch Hiking is pretty easy on every main ways. Just don't forget that the weather could be bad during the autumn and winter.

By car

Road Network is quite important in the region. You can use the Motorway A41 but it's quite ewpensive. Check it on Viamichelin.com

By plane

There is a little airport in Annecy (Meythet). The only available route is Annecy/Paris-Orly with Air France.
Geneva's airoport is the closest international airport (40 km)

By bus

Sibra is the city bus company
Voyages Frossard and Voyages Crolard have routes from/to Geneva and main cities around Annecy

By train

Annecy's station could be the easiest way to come (especially from Lyon, Grenoble and Geneva). You can book on www.voyages-sncf.com

By monkey

Never seen it yet. But why not ???

Over the Thiou

Best places to have a drink or a meal

Of course it is very subjective. But here are places we like... and why

Pubs
- Le Comptoir de la Folie Ordinaire is a small pub with casual atmosphere, art exhibitions and sometimes free concerts. It opens everyday from 6pm to 2:30am
- Le Munich is one of the biggest pub in Annecy.
Restaurants
Fast foods
- Quick is the only burger restaurant in the city center
- There are a lot of kebabs restaurants in town. Best are Ali Baba and Istambul Doner Kebab
- You can buy sandwiches in most of bakeries and many sandwich shops are open during the summer in the old town