Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval travel guide
Visit Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval: Highlights and Tourist Information
IMPORTANT: this is a summary of local highlights. For detailed visitor information see Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval travel guide
Location: Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval is situated in the Haute-Savoie department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the east of France at 52 km from Annecy, the department capital. (General information: Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval is 456 km from Paris and 654 km from the port at Calais).
Tourist classifications for Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval: One of the most beautiful villages in France (see also beautiful French villages);
Popular places to visit near Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval: these include Avoriaz at 15 km and Chamonix at 17 km. Jardin botanique alpin La Jaÿsinia is a listed remarkable garden at 5 km and Cirque de Sixt Fer a Cheval is a listed grand site of france at 6 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
Selected places to visit and attractions near Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval
See France This Way travel guides for Haute-Savoie and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval.
Note that all distances from Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval holidays and travel
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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
Markets near Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval
- Samoens: market every Wednesday (4km)
- Les Gets: market every Thursday (14km)
- Morzine: market every Wednesday (15km)
- Cluses: market every Monday (15km)
- Chamonix: market every Saturday & Saturday (17km)
- Sallanches: market every Saturday (17km)
- Saint-Gervais-les-Bains: market every Thursday (19km)
- Megeve: market every Friday (25km)
- Abondance: market every Sunday (25km)
- Bonneville: market every Tuesday & Friday (29km)
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 Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval map below.
Grand Site Of France Cirque de Sixt Fer a Cheval (6km)
Most Beautiful Village Yvoire (49km)
Recommended Detour Sallanches (17km); La Roche-sur-Foron (36km)
Remarkable Garden Jardin botanique alpin La Jaÿsinia (5km); Jardin d'eau de pré curieux (39km); Le Labyrinthe - Jardin des Cinq Sens (49km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Lac d'Anterne (7km); Lac Cornu (12km); Le Brévent (14km); Roc d'Enfer (20km); Glacier des Bossons (21km); Mer de Glace (21km); Aiguille du Midi (21km); Mole (25km); Cascade de la Diomaz (27km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Megeve (25km); Evian-les-Bains (40km); Yvoire (49km)
Map of places to visit near Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval
Canton: Samoens
Arrondissement: Bonneville
Department: Haute-Savoie
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 74740
Distance to Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval
from Annecy (local prefecture): 52 km
from Paris: 456 km
from Calais: 654 km
from Nice: 264 km
from Bordeaux: 589 km
from Strasbourg: 291 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 1 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval): Samoens.
Getting here
For driving distances to Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval