About & sources

A guide to enjoying your stay.

A starting point for Annecy, lakeside villages and nearby mountains. This independent guide is open to all travellers.

Canals and houses in Annecy old town

How places are selected

We prioritise proximity to Annecy, relevance to a visit and information on official websites. This initial selection may change. Inclusion does not imply a partnership, personal visit or ranking based on customer reviews.

Check before you go

Prices, opening times, conditions and seasonal access may change. Journey times are indicative. Check with the provider before booking or travelling.

Personal data and privacy

This guide has no accounts, payment service or analytics tool, and installs no advertising trackers. The “Add my business” form emails your information to the guide’s operator to review and reply to your suggestion; nothing is published automatically. Correspondence is kept in the operator’s mailbox. An essential technical session cookie is created when you use the form. Anti-abuse counters use a hashed IP address, without storing the raw IP; entries older than one hour are removed on the next request. Provider and directions links open third-party sites with their own policies. OpenStreetMap provides the basemap. The hosting provider may retain technical connection logs.

Our sources

Photo credits

Aerial view of the castle, Annecy old town and the lake

Adobe Stock · 270049012 · Aerial photograph supplied for this project.

Aerial view of the castle, Annecy old town and the lake

Aerial photograph supplied for this project.

A breakfast selection from Bonjour Annecy

Bonjour Annecy images, used with the permission indicated by the guide’s owner.

Bonjour Annecy

Activity section photographs

Photographs supplied for this guide: old town (Adobe Stock 552305093), lake panorama, historic interior and beach.

Rental section images

Rentals: supplied photograph of Le Libellule. Boats and cruises: a separate supplied photograph. Bikes: Joël Frédouard — Est Photographie, signature preserved in the file. Paddleboarding: © Savoie Mont Blanc — Chabance, source France.fr.

Savoie Mont Blanc — Chabance / France.fr

Restaurant photographs

Photographs come from venue websites and Google Maps listings. Each image links to its source; identified authors are credited.

Restaurant photographs

Rental photos

Photo source

Activity and venue photographs

Each listing has a photograph of the place or activity, with its source and the credit shown by the original website. Images are stored locally, resized and compressed as WebP; display cropping may vary.

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