Weekends in Summer 2024 & 2025
Available for private groups with a minimum of 6 pax
Duration: 1 or 2 days
(Fri pm – Sun pm)
Graded: Easy / Moderate (suitable for beginners)
Airport: Geneva
Includes all breakfasts, fresh lunches and evening meals
Family run hotel in the French Alps
Outdoor hotel swimming pool and tennis court
Optional extras include: massage, and airport transfers
Day 1
Day 2
The Alps are known for its incredible local cheeses and today we hike to a local farm producer to taste some cheese and discover this age old process. Haute-Savoie cheeses include:
Abondance / Reblochon / Tomme de Savoie / Chevrotin / Compte
The breeds of cows for producing the milk in these local cheeses are the Abondance, Tarentaise and Montbeliarde.
The tartiflette is probably the most famous Savoyard dish. Along with potatoes, onions and lardons the main ingredient is Reblochon cheese.
Appellation d’Origine Controlee (AOC) is the French certification granted to some French geographical indications for wines, cheese, butter and various other agricultural products. When a product carries the AOC title it is subject to rigorous set of clearly defined standards. Around 40 cheeses have been awarded the AOC label.
In the evening we will enjoy a traditional mountain dish prepared by our local family run hotel.
Day 3
Following breakfast we enjoy an easy two hour hike alongside beautiful lac Vallon taking us directly to beekeeper Nadine Noël’s chalet. Nadine introduces with passion the interaction with humans and bees and takes us through an informative and educational experience set in the rural surroundings of her small farm. We have the pleasure of sharing a wonderful lunch all sourced from local artisans. Our hike back to the hotel passes a beautiful cascade that flows directly into the river Brevon – approximately one hour. We say our farewells bringing and end to the weekend.
Need To Know
Accommodation
Hôtel-Restaurant Les Moineaux
Le Borgel – 74470 Bellevaux (HAUTE-SAVOIE)
Tél : 33 (0)4.50.73.71.11
Fax : 33 (0)4.50.73.75.79
Email : info@hotel-les-moineaux.com
http://www.hotel-les-moineaux.com/fr
What’s included
- Two nights in a family run 2* Hotel
- All meals, 2 dinners, 2 breakfasts, 2 fresh lunches including an artisan lunch, mountain snacks
- Two guided hikes
- International Mountain Leader
Guides
Booking and Price
Cost:
Twin Room / Double €470 pp
Single room €495 pp
Sunday only – Easy hiking and visiting a local Bee Farm with Artisan lunch €75 LINK for booking
We manage every booking independently to ensure attention to detail and provide a personalised service.