A series of 31 waterfalls on the Hérisson river in the Jura mountains, among them the Éventail, which fans out over 65 metres of rock, and the Grand Saut. A path climbs alongside them through the woods, about 7 km there and back.
The falls are most impressive after rain in spring and autumn. Nearby are the lakes of the Jura's Plateau des 7 Lacs.
A village and its old abbey at the bottom of a deep limestone valley, a 'reculée' typical of the Jura, closed off by cliffs over 200 metres high.
The country house where Voltaire spent his last 20 years, a short way from the Swiss border so that he could flee if he got into trouble.
A Flamboyant Gothic church and monastery built in the early 1500s by Margaret of Austria in memory of her husband, the Duke of Savoy.
An extraordinary clock built between 1858 and 1860, in the cathedral of Saint-Jean, with over 30,000 parts and 57 dials showing the time around the w…
Annecy's old town has canals, flower-lined bridges and pastel houses, earning it the name 'Venice of the Alps'.
A charity hospital founded in 1443, with a dazzling roof of coloured glazed tiles in geometric patterns over its courtyard.
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