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Visit Abondance: highlights and tourist information

France This Way comment: It will be the mountain scenery around Abondance that dominates your visit, but be sure to also visit the Saint abbey and its cloisters in the town

Abondance is situated in the Haute-Savoie department and Auvergne Rhône-Alpes region.

Below you can see some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Abondance in Auvergne Rhône-Alpes.

Popular places to visit nearby include Morzine at 11 km and Evian at 15 km.

Abondance, France: places to visit and attractions

Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!

Avoriaz

Ski resort at 11 km (direction south-south-east)

The use of local materials for building and the stunning location make Avoriaz one...

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Morzine

Ski resort at 11 km (direction south)

Morzine is a popular ski resort within the Portes du Soleil ski region in...

See Morzine guide

Evian

at 15 km (direction north-west)

Evian is a very lovely town, also well known as a spa town and...

See Evian guide

Thonon les Bains

at 21 km (direction west-north-west)

Tourist activity here at Thonon-les-Bains on Lac Leman is based around the lakefront, views...

See Thonon les Bains guide

Sixt-Fer-a-Cheval

Most Beautiful Village at 25 km (direction south-south-east)

Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval is one of the 'most beautiful villages in France' and most visited for...

See Sixt-Fer-a-Cheval guide

Yvoire

Most Beautiful Village at 32 km (direction west-north-west)

The village of Yvoire on the banks of Lake Geneva is extraordinarily pretty and...

See Yvoire guide

Sallanches

at 39 km (direction south-south-west)

While Mont-Blanc and the mountain scenery is the main attraction, Sallanches itself is pleasant...

See Sallanches guide

Chamonix

Ski resort at 42 km (direction south-south-east)

One of the most famous Alpine ski resorts, Chamonix is very close to Mont...

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Saint Gervais Les Bains

at 43 km (direction south)

It is the views of, and access to, Mont-Blanc which is the principal attraction...

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Divonne-les-Bains

at 45 km (direction west), in the Ain department

A pleasant 19th century spa town, Divonne-les-Bains also now has a leisure lake and...

See Divonne-les-Bains guide

La Clusaz

Ski resort at 48 km (direction south-west)

La Clusaz is one of the smaller ski resorts and very popular with French...

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Megeve

Ski resort at 48 km (direction south-south-west)

Megeve is among the most prestigious of the French ski resorts and also an...

See Megeve guide

Veyrier du Lac

at 61 km (direction south-west)

The port area is among the highlights in this pretty village on the banks...

See Veyrier du Lac guide

Lake Annecy

Scenery at 62 km (direction west-south-west)

The towns, villages and scenery around Lake Annecy make it an exceptional region to...

See Lake Annecy guide

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Markets in and near Abondance

Market days in Abondance: weekly market: Sunday;

• Abondance: market Sunday (0km)
• Morzine: market Wednesday (11km)
• Les Gets: market Thursday (14km)
• Evian-les-Bains: market Friday (16km)
• Thonon-les-Bains: market Thursday & Monday (21km)
• Samoens: market Wednesday (22km)
• Boege: market Tuesday (26km)
• Cluses: market Monday (27km)
• Viuz-en-Sallaz: market Monday (28km)
• Douvaine: market Sunday (32km)

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Tourist attractions near Abondance, France

What to do at Abondance? Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Abondance.

Grand sites of France

• Cirque de Sixt Fer a Cheval (26km)

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

• Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval (25km)
• Yvoire (32km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Sallanches (39km)
• La Roche-sur-Foron (39km)

Remarkable gardens

• Jardin d'eau de pré curieux (15km)
• Jardin botanique alpin La Jaÿsinia (22km)
• Le Labyrinthe - Jardin des Cinq Sens (32km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Roc d'Enfer (13km)
• Cascade de la Diomaz (19km)
• Cascade du Rouget (25km)
• Cirque du Fer-à-Cheval (26km)
• Mole (28km)
• Col de Romme (30km)
• Lac d'Anterne (33km)
• Col de la Colombière (37km)
• Lac Cornu (37km)
• Le Brévent (40km)
• Montenvers (42km)
• Mer de Glace (45km)
• Glacier des Bossons (46km)
• Aiguille du Midi (47km)
• Mont Veyrier (59km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Evian-les-Bains (16km)

Geography and distances

Abondance is in the east of France at 61 kilometres from Annecy, the department capital (general information: Abondance is 435 kilometres from Paris).

Getting here

For driving distances to Abondance from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 4 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Bonnevaux, La Chapelle-d'Abondance, Saint-Jean-d'Aulps and Vacheresse.

This page in French: Visiter Abondance