Annecy

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Annecy's old town from the Thiou

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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)

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  Old town

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  Annecy's lake

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  by night

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 ???

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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

Entertainment, sports and activities

• Cinemas
• Concerts
• Ski resorts
• Mountain biking
• Kite surfing and kite skiing (Check out the Semnoz ski resort website)

Cultural places to go

• Theatres
• Libraries

More informations about the places to visit in Annecy on the wikivoyage:Annecy !

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place ot the cathedral

CouchSurfers

Annecy's Castle

There are about 30 active couchsurfers in the City.

Here is a list couchsurfers who are and/or want to get involved.
Baptiste

In Case of Emergency

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• Police Station: 04 50 52 32 00
• Gendarmerie (another kind of police, better): 04 50 09 47 47
• Hospital: 04 50 63 63 63
• Fireman Station: 18 or 112
• Emergency Doctor: 0 800 21 17 76
• Youth hostel 1 (nearby the city center): 04 50 45 34 81
• Youth hostel 2 (in the mountain over the old town): 04 50 45 33 19

Liens externes

Annecy on Wikipedia
Annecy's city official website
Website of Annecy's lake tourism office
Official website of International Animation Film Festival
Weather forecast www.annecy-meteo.com