RHONES-ALPS

ANNECY
Hotels
●Hotel des Alpes – 12 Rue de la Poste; 011-33-04-5045-0456; hotelannecy.com; clean, friendly, mom-&-pop hotel with affordable doubles.

Restaurants
●Le Freti – 12 Rue Ste.-Claire; 011-33-04-5051-2952; lefreti.com; notable fondue.
●Nature et Saveur – Place des Cordeliers; 011-33-04-5045-8229; nature-saveur.com; intimate, lunch-only venue serving organic dishes.

Sights & Sites
●Musee-Chateau d’Annecy – Place du Chateau; 011-33-04-5033-8730; musees-agglo-annecy.fr; castle that contains artifacts & contemporary art.
●Rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau – among city’s most beautiful streets; Rousseau lived at #13.
●Rue Ste.-Claire “Open-Air Market” – Rue Ste.-Claire (old city); dates back to 12^th Century; from regional cheese stalls, ask for Beaufort, sometimes called “prince of cheese.”
●St.-Pierre Cathedral – Rue Jean Jacques Rousseau; 011-33-04-5033-8888.



BONNEVAL-SUR-ARC (includes Le Grand-Bornand & Lanslebourg)
Hotels
●Chalet-Hotel Les Fermes de Pierre & Anna – Les Plans (Le Grand-Bornand); 011-33-04-5051-5499; fermes-pierre-anna.com.

Restaurants
●Auberge d’Oul – Vieux Village; 011-33-04-7905-8799; auberge-oul.com; basement, hole-in-wall destination restaurant; fondue.
●Le Criou – Vallonet; 011-33-04-7905-9711; restaurant-lecriou.com; open year round; seasonal menus; notable for tartiflette (casserole made with reblochon).
●Le Ferme de Lormay – Le Grand-Bornand; 011-33-04-5002-2429; lafermedelormay.com; homey 20-seat restaurant; tartiflette.

Shopping
●Cooperative Laitiere Haute-Maurienne Vanoise – 36 Rue de l’Arc (Lanslebourg); 011-33-04-7905-9279; coophautemaurienne.fr; village cheese cooperative; offers daily cheese-making tours.



CHAMONIX
Hotels
●Clubhouse – 74 Promenade des Sonnailles; 011-33-04-5090-9656; clubhouse.fr; feels like art deco tree-house; exterior has black forest cuckoo clock charm; just 6 guestrooms; book for at least week; 1^st class bar; meticulous chef.



LA CLUSAZ
Restaurants
●Le Chalet du Lac – Les Confins, “Laythet” (La Clusaz); 011-33-04-5002-5326; restaurant-la-clusaz.fr; wooden chalet lost in mountains.



COURCHEVEL
Bars & Nightclubs
●Le White – Jardin Alpin (at Cheval Blanc Hotel); 011-33-04-7900-5050; chevalblanc.com; gorgeously-designed spot with great hot chocolate.

Hotels
●Cheval Blanc – Jardin Alpin; 011-33-04-7900-5050; chevalblanc.com; 5-star hotel.
●Le Paddock – Rue des Verdons; 011-33-04-7904-1635; paddock-hotel.com; 1 of few 2-star hotels in city; affordable yet stylish; small rooms.

Restaurants
●Il Vino – Porte de Courcheval; 011-33-04-7908-2962; ilvinobyenricobernardo.com; French-Italian; 1 Michelin star; affordable with extensive wine list.
●La Mangeoire – Rue Park City; 011-33-06-5066-8042; mangeoirecourcheval.com; traditional French food; expensive; reputedly, hottest “party spot” in Alps; book well in advance; farmhouse-chic dining room.

Shopping
●Galeries Bartoux – Espace Diamant; 011-33-04-7901-0010; galeries-bartoux.com; art gallery with New York branch; deals in Dali, Foujita, Robert Indiana, and Picasso.

Sights & Sites
●La Saulire – resort’s highest point.



GRENOBLE (includes La Grave & Vizelle)
Bars & Nightclubs
●La Bois des Fees – Route Nationale 91 (La Grave); 011-33-04-7679-8103; lagrave-lameije.com/en/fiche/restauration/pub_brasserie_le_bois_des_fees-357464-537; among more popular bars in La Grave; wide selection beers on-tap & more bottles than any fan could ever get down; house speciality is potent rum drink that will do you no favors on slopes.
●La Soupe aux Choux – 7 Route Lyon; 011-33-04-7687-0567; jazzalasoupe.free.fr.

Hotels
●Hotel Castillan – Route Nationale 91 (La Grave); 011-33-04-7679-9004; le-castillan.com.

Restaurants
●La Bois des Fees – Route Nationale 91 (La Grave); 011-33-04-7679-8103; lagrave-lameije.com/en/fiche/restauration/pub_brasserie_le_bois_des_fees-357464-537; best pizza.
●Café de la Table Ronde – 1 Ter Rue d’Agier; 011-33-04-7644-5141; restaurant-tableronde-grenoble.com; Art Nouveau-style; said to be France’s 2^nd oldest café; try café crème in morning.
●Hotel Castillan – RN 91 (La Grave); 011-33-04-7679-9004; le-castillan.com; cozy, French brasserie.

Sights & Sites
●Le Magasin – 155 Cours Berriat; 011-33-04-7621-9584; magasin-cnac.org; contemporary art space in 1900 industrial building made by Gustave Eiffel’s workshop.
●MC2 – 4 Rue Paul Claudel; 011-33-04-7600-7954; mc2grenoble.fr; public concert and theater space.
●Musee Dauphinois – 30 Rue Maurice Gignoux; 011-33-04-5758-8901; musee-dauphinois.fr.
●Musee de Grenoble – 5 Place de Lavalette; 011-33-04-7663-4444; museedegrenoble.fr; France’s 1^st modern art museum; artists represented include Bonnard, Braque, Chagall, Dufy, Klee, Leger, Magritte, Matisse (Interieur aux Aubergines), Picasso (Femme Lisant), and Signac.
●102 – 102 Rue d’Alembert; 011-33-04-7670-1200; le102.net; alternative performance space in former industrial building.
●Parliament – Place St.-Andre; Gothic and Renaissance style.
●St.-Andre Church – 6 Rue Hector Berlioz; 011-33-04-7642-3654; collegiale-saint-andre-grenoble.fr; 13^th Century red-brick church.
●Stendahl Museum – 1 Rue Hector Berlioz; 011-33-04-7654-4414; bm-grenoble.fr.
●Theatre Ste.-Marie-d’en-Bas – 38 Rue Tres-Cloires; 011-33-04-7642-0150; church-turned-performance venue.



MEGEVE
Hotels
●Le Chalet – 367 Route du Cret; 011-33-04-5021-0101; lechaletzannier.com; décor reduced to essentials; lovely.
●Les Chalets des Fermes de Marie – 144 Chemin du Petit Darbon; 011-33-04-5090-6320; chalets.fermesdemarie.com.
●A Coin du Feu – 252 Route du Telepherique de Rochebrune; 011-33-04-5090-6320; coindufeu.com.
●Les Fermes de Marie – 163 Chemin de la Riante Colline; 011-33-04-5093-0310; fermesdemarie.com/uk; lovely.
●Flocons de Sel – 1775 Route du Leutaz; 011-33-04-5021-4999; floconsdesel.com; 2 private chalets and 6 modern rooms.

Restaurants
●La Ferme de Mon Pere – 367 Route du Cret; 011-33-04-5021-0101; marcveyrat.fr; excellent.
●Flocons de Sel – 1775 Route du Leutaz; 011-33-04-5021-4999; floconsdesel.com; 3 Michelin stars.
●Le Lodge Park – 100 Rue d’Arly; 011-33-04-5093-0503; lodgepark.com.
●Hotel Mont Blanc – 29 Rue Ambroise Martin; 011-33-04-5021-2002; hotelmontblanc.com.



MOUTIERS-SALINS-BRIDES-LES-BAINS
Shopping
●La Croix – ski shop.



SAINT-FOY-TARENTAISE
Hotels
●Chalet Pelerin – Le Miroir; 970-349-7761; elevenexperience.com; freestanding mountain hut; stone & wood walls without, hides & soft pelts within; indoor sea-salt water pool, Finnish sauna, Turkish bath, outdoor jacuzzi, massage area, airport transfers, personal guide, staff for treatments, ski equipment, heli-skiing.



ST. JEAN DE LA PORTE
Hotels
●Chateau St. Philippe – 14 miles from Chambery; 310-295-1175 or 800-920-1032; chateausp.com; $2K per night; sleeps 20; built as priory in 1032.



VALLON-PONT-D’ARC
Sights & Sites
●Chauvet Cave – on limestone cliff above former Ardèche River bed (in Gorges de l’Ardèche); culture.gouv.fr/fr/arcnat/chauvet/en; UNESCO World Heritage Site; facsimile open to public.