Annecy travel guide
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Visit Annecy: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Annecy is situated in the Haute-Savoie department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the east of France - it is the prefecture (capital) of the Haute-Savoie department. (General information: Annecy is 434 km from Paris and 643 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Annecy (page also includes a photo gallery for Annecy)
Popular places to visit near Annecy: these include Lake Annecy at 1 km and Veyrier du Lac at 5 km.
Gorges du Fier is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 7km and Roc de Chere is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 9km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Annecy: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 4*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Annecy, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Annecy
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Annecy.
Note that all distances from Annecy shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Annecy holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Annecy (from booking.com and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).
For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in Rhone-Alpes and Haute-Savoie gites and villas
Tourist attractions nearby
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Annecy and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins du Prieuré (35km) :
- National Monuments: Voltaire Chateau (39km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Aix-les-Bains (29km) : Megeve (38km) : Nances (43km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Albertville (33km) : Chambery (40km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: La Roche-sur-Foron (23km) : Sallanches (39km) :
Map of places to visit near Annecy & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Annecy
Canton: Annecy
Arrondissement: Annecy
Department: Haute-Savoie
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 74000
Distance to Annecy
from Annecy: 0 km
from Paris: 434 km
from Calais: 643 km
from Nice: 261 km
from Bordeaux: 537 km
from Strasbourg: 322 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 16 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Annecy): Annecy-le-Vieux, Argonay, Cran-Gevrier, Epagny, Lake Annecy, Menthon-Saint-Bernard, Metz-Tessy, Meythet, Montagny-les-Lanches, Naves-Parmelan, Poisy, Pringy, Sevrier, Seynod, Veyrier-du-Lac and Villaz.
Getting here
For driving distances to Annecy from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Annecy