Annecy is a town in the Haute-Savoie department of the Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region in the north of France. Nestled at the base of Semnoz mountain, ‘the pearl of the French Alps’ is located 100 km from Lyon and 35 km south of Geneva on the northern shores of Lake Annecy. How to get thereDirect trains run to Annecy from Paris and Lyon. Plenty of tourists visit on a daily basis and famous fans include Cézanne, Mark Twain and actors Jean Reno and Bruce Willis. If you think there is a place we should include in our "One place to visit in France this weekend" series email evie.burrows-taylor@thelocal.com following the same Q&A format as above.

Source: The Local October 05, 2018 10:30 UTC