La Clusaz village

La Clusaz is an alpine village which cherishes its charm, maintains its traditions and takes pride in extending a warm welcome to all of its visitors. With such a wide variety of things to see and do, holidaymakers will find more than enough to make them happy here.

It is an authentic savoyard village which offers a wide variety of summer activities in a friendly atmosphere.It is also a well kept secret amongst the Swiss and French, who spend their summers in the village year after year! La Clusaz is very pro-active and arranges events throughout the summer such as torch lit processions, country fairs, custom car shows, and lots of sporting events, which provide unusual and unmissable experiences.

Summers in La Clusaz are usually hotter than the UK with temperatures rising from the mid twenties in May to the high thirties in July and August. The town itself really comes alive as soon as the ski lifts open for walkers and mountain bikers in mid June. The shops all swap their stock to Mountain bikes, road bikes and via ferratta equipment and summer walking and climbing clothing.

La Clusaz oozes savoyard charm, and in the height of summer it buzzes with a multitude of shops, restaurants and bars. The most popular of the summer activities are mountain biking and walking, but there are plenty more activities on offer for children and adults.Plus if you want to explore outside of the La Clusaz area, Lake Annecy superb in the summer months for all water sports. The water is always warm enough to swim, with a selection of beaches with life guards all around it's shores. It's a favourite french holiday spot in August. 

There are a special area dedicated to activities for young children in the town centre with bouncy castles, water boat rides, mini-quads, trampolines and of course the summer luge. The créches re-open in June with children's clubs and weekly activities for older children such as climbing, MTB riding, canoeing etc., run by the towns' club des sport.The swimming pool with outdoor flumes and ice-skating rink also re-open for the summer with the forest adventure parks opening in spring.

For the adults and teenagers, there are downhill and xcountry Mountain bike trails, high mountain hiking, via ferrata climbing, mountaineering, glacier trekking, aqua hiking, quad bike riding, archery, tennis, canoeing, kayaking, canyoning, paragliding. 

Set in a preserved natural setting, with chalets that are hundreds of years old, this village boasts all of the appeal of a large ski resort with the facilities to match; childrens creches, ski clubs, an indoor and outdoor swimming pool, saunas, hamanns, spa centres, ice skating rink, kids clubs, horse drawn carriage rides and a cinema.

There are loads of shops of all kinds (supermarkets, ski hire, clothing, souvenir, arts and crafts) in the extended town centre, providing hours of shopping opportunities. You are sure to find gifts to take home to your family and friends, back a few local specialities, such as the famous reblochon cheese or smoked charcuterie, for which the Aravis region is renowned.

After the slopes close, the town really gets going with a lively apres ski atmosphere that extends into the early hours of the morning at the many restaurants, bars and nightclubs. 

Geneva is the most convenient airport for La Clusaz, located just over an hour away from our chalets. A wide range of airlines (BA and swissair), including many of the budget airlines (jet2, easyjet, bmi, flybe) fly into Geneva or Chambery (flyglobespan, flybe and jet2), providing plenty of choice for wherever you're based in the UK.

Annecy, is roughly 30 minutes from La Clusaz is the closest train station, to which TGV services arrive. There is a direct coach link to la Clusaz from Annecy. There is also the Snow Train service which stops in Chambery. We can pick you up from either station, if it is arranged in advance and does not coincide with any pre-arranged transfers.

Driving is a flexible option and it's nearly all motorway from Calais to La Clusaz until Bonneville, which makes your journey a lot easier. It takes roughly 8/9 hours with a few stops from Calais, and the motorways are pretty empty but do be prepared to pay the tolls.