Mont Salève

1.5km/1mi from the Monnetier lookout a road branches off on the right to the Treize-Arbres inn (1,184 m/3,885ft). Above the inn (1,212 m/3,977ft; orientation table) there is a magnificent view of the Mont Blanc chain, Lake Geneva and the Jura. A footpath leads up (30minutes) to the Crêt de Grange-Tournier (1,308 m/4,292ft), the highest point on the Grand Salève.

The road along the slopes of the Grand Salève runs in 5km/3mi to Col de la Croisette (1,176 m/3,858ft; restaurant), with roads running down to Collonges on the right and La Muraz on the left. Then past the Grand Piton (1,380 m/4,528ft), the highest point in the Salève range, and then downhill, with many bends. 16km/10mi: Cruseilles (781 m/2,562ft), on the road from Annecy to Geneva (N 201); then north on this road over the little pass of Mont Sion (785 m/2,576ft) and through Le Châble and Saint-Julien to the Swiss frontier, 26km/16mi to Geneva.

The road through the beautiful valley of the Viaison leads to 3km/2mi: Monnetier (696 m/2,284ft), a health resort on a cleft between the Petit and Grand Salève, from which it is a half-hour climb to the summit of the Petit-Salève (900 m/2,953ft: beautiful views).

4.5km/3mi above Monnetier, to the right, is the upper station of the cableway (1,143 m/3,750ft; restaurant), with a magnificent panorama of Geneva, the lake and the Jura.