Savoy Attractions
The French Alps, the most westerly and the highest part of the great arc of the Alps, occupy the old provinces of Savoy and Dauphiné and extend also into Provence.
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Grand Goulets
(Vercors)
The Grands Goulets feature dramatic cliff walls rising high above the river. The narrow road runs precariously close to the edge, under overhangs, and through tunnels.
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Bourne Gorges
(Vercors)
A road runs through the dramatic scenery of the Bourne Gorges, through tunnels, below overhanging rock cliffs, and along bridges.
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Val d'Isère
The name Val d'Isère is closely associated with the ski hills for which this area is so well known.
St Gervais les Bains
St Gervais (alt. 900 m/2,950ft; pop. 4,800) has been for more than a century one of the best known spas in Savoy. It is a good base for the ascent of Mont Blanc, either on foot or by cableway, and is also a popular winter sports resort, connected by a network of cableways with the skiing areas of Megève and Chamonix.
Tignes, France
Tignes (alt. 1,810 m/5,940ft; pop. 2,220) is notable both for the Lac de Tignes (alt. 2,100 m/6,890ft), a popular summer and winter resort and one of the highest and most modern skiing centers in France, and for the huge dam built to supply a hydroelectric power station, the largest on the upper Isère, producing over a billion kilowatts.
From the Lac de Tignes there are cableways to a height of more than 3,000 m/9,840ft, e.g. to the Grande Motte (3,459 m/11,349ft), so that skiing is possible even in summer.
From the Lac de Tignes there are cableways to a height of more than 3,000 m/9,840ft, e.g. to the Grande Motte (3,459 m/11,349ft), so that skiing is possible even in summer.
Valloire, France
Valloire (alt. 1,430 m/4,690ft; pop. 1,252) is a popular resort both in summer and in winter. It has a richly decorated 17th C. church.