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Heritage and Mountain
Chapel of Vernettes in Peisey
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Possibilities
for walks and hikes ... unlimited, from small routes with litle
elevation to the longest hikes of a few days. The village is crossed by
the GR5 hiking trail and the house is located on the "path-balcony of
Tarentaise", which connects Vulmix to Naves (45 km). You will find at the "Haut Balcon" a abundant documentation describing access to many sites in Tarentaise, Vanoise and Beaufortain : passes and summits, mountain lakes, chapels, hamlets, remarkables points of view, mountain farms producing cheese,... If you want to be under the guidance of a mountain guide, you will find all the necessary information from guide companies and tourist offices : |
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| Guides companies :
www.guidesdesarcs.com/fr/activites/ete/randonnee www.guidemontagne.com/vanoise www.arcsenciel.fr/activites-montagne www.guide-montagne-tarentaise.com www.peisey-vallandry.com |
Tourism offices : www.savoie-mont-blanc.com/offre/recherche/offices-de-tourisme |
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SKI
AND SNOWSHOE HIKING
Many possibilities for
ski and snowshoe hiking in the neighbour mountains.
Start with the
climb - safely - to the
Dôme de Vaugellaz, straight
behind the house (1000 m elevation) !?
NORDIC SKI
Tracks from the car park at the top of the village.
Beautiful circuits at the end of the Peisey-Nancroix valley.
Tracks also in all ski resorts.
SKIING ON TRACKS
Access to ski stations needs a
car : Les
Arcs (funicular at Bourg Saint-Maurice - 8 km), Peisey-Vallandry
(22 km), La Plagne Centre (25 km), La Plagne Montchavin (16 km), La
Plagne Montalbert (17 km), La Rosière (30 km), Sainte-Foy (29 km),
Tignes (40 km), Val d'Isère (42 km).
PARAPENTE,
CLIMBING,
ALPINISM, VIA FERRATA,
CANYONING,
RAFTING, KAYAK, ...
For all mountain sports, you
will find instructors and guides to the sports clubs, ski schools and
mountain guides companies.
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Sports
BATHING
AND SWIMMING
Nice swimming pool (outside ans inside) in Bourg Saint-Maurice
Pond and nice grassed beach at the "Base
de Loisirs" à Macot
(along the RN90 road between Aime and
Bourg Saint-Maurice)
CYCLING
Many passes in the
neightborhood, some of them being "mythical", like :
cormet de Roselend, Iseran pass, Petit Saint-Bernard pass, Madeleine
pass, and many other ascending roads, among which the road from
the bottom of the valley to Valezan ...
Many ski lifts open in summer to give access at the top of mountain
bike tracks
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Green avenue of Tarentaise : quiet cycling walk
along the river Isère, away from any road, connecting Bourg
Saint-Maurice and Aime
(15 km)
TENNIS, GOLF,
HORSE- AND PONEY-RIDING, ...
Clubs and schools in Bourg
Saint-Maurice, Les Arcs, La Plagne, ...
Horse centers in Peisey,
Bourg Saint-Maurice,
Séez, ...
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| Here are some examples of interesting spots, among the closest ones. To learn more about the natural, historical, cultural and gastronomic wealth of the country, please refer to "Interesting links" hereunder. |
OUTSTANDING NATURAL SITES
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| Rosuel, at the end of the Peisey valley, gate to the Vanoise National Park | Chapieux and the "Ville des Glaciers" | Monal, a quiet hamlet facing the
Mont-Pourri |
the pass and the hospice of Petit Saint-Bernard |
ARCHITECTURE
AND HERITAGE
- "The ways of Baroque" :
more than 80 churches and chapels included in this circuit in
Tarentaise, Maurienne and Beaufortain.
One of the most remarkable, by its wealth and its location in the
mountains, is the Vernettes chapel
in
Peisey. It is reached by a easy walk from Plan-Peisey (on foot in
summer, snowshoeing or skiing in winter)
- Historical centers in
Moûtiers, Conflans (Albertville), Chambéry, Annecy, ...
- Tamié, abbey and fort
CRAFTS AND COUNTRY 
Production of cheeses
(beaufort, tomme, reblochon, ...) in La Côte d'Aime, Plan Pichu, Chalet
du Rosset,
...
Wines of Savoie : Chignin,
Apremont, Mondeuse, ...
MUSEUMS AND EXHIBITIONS
Basilica of the 13th century in
Aime
Montmayeur tower, in Aime
Palace
of the Mine, in
Peisey-Nancroix
SHOWS,
CONCERTS
- Cinema "Coeur d'Or" in Bourg Saint-Maurice
- Musical Festival of
Savoie (July-August)
- Musical Festival of Les Arcs (2d
half of July)
- Baroque Music Festival of Tarentaise
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