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For Skiing click on the map below on Haute-Savoie or use the above search facility for property in this Region. Nearest airports to the slopes are Geneve and Chambery.
This is a large region of surprising diversity forming the junction between the North and the Mediterranean - Ain, Ardeche, Drome, Isere, Loire, Rhone, Savoie & Haute-Savoie all go to make up this region.
The region is varied and covers part of the Jura with its mountain tops and lakes, the rich pasturelands of Bresse, the Beajolais vineyard, the beginning of the Monts du Forez and the Massif Central, the Velais and Vivarais areas, the highlands of the Lyon area and the southern Alpes.
It is also home of the highest mountains in Europe, its wide alpine pasturelands and magnificent scenery have long attracted visitors both in winter and summer, as it is an ideal area for those who enjoy the outdoor life - skiing, rambling, mountain-climbing, fishing or sailing are all readily available. Over 60% of all France's winter holidaying takes place in this region with 40 big resorts and 780 miles of skiing. (See website links below for many of the resorts which also give up to date visual access via webcams.) There are also the nature conservation parks of La Vanoise, Les Ecrins and the Vercors.
Five Day Weather Forecast for: Chambery
Chamonix
Grenoble
Lyon
Lyon
Roanne
St Etienne
Click on the area within the map to display Holiday Homes in area.
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For more information go to www.rhonealpes-tourisme.com
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Temperature Guide |
Over 14 C (i.e. 58 F)
May (15.7) Jun (22.4) Jul (26.8) Aug (25.7) Sept (22.7) Oct (15.9)
Under 8C
Dec (6.3) Jan (3.1) Feb (3.7) Mar (7.9)
(www.skiclub.co.uk for up to date reports on ski conditions.)
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Food & Wine in Region |
Beaufort, Reblochon & Emmental cheese. Trout, char, burbot, eel, carp, crayfish (laveret and fera unique to province). Game, especially pates. Vegetables, especially cardoons. Chocolate. Gateaux de Savoie. Wine and liqueurs: Kirsch, Eau-de-vie and Vermouth
Red Wine in Rhône
Hermitage - Syrah (grape variety)
Cote-Rotie - Asyrah, Viognier (grape variety)
Cotes du Rhone - Grenache, Mourvedre, Syrah, Carignan, (many others) (grape variety)
White Wine in Rhône
Chateauneuf-du-Pape - Grenache, Mourvedre, Syrah, (many others) (grape variety)
Condrieu - Viognier (grape variety)
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