La Roche-sur-Foron tourism and travel guide

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Visit La Roche-sur-Foron: highlights and tourist information

La Roche-sur-Foron is situated in the Haute-Savoie department and Auvergne Rhône-Alpes region.

Tourist classifications for La Roche-sur-Foron include "recommended detour".

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

Popular places to visit nearby include La Clusaz at 20 km and Lake Annecy at 23 km.

La Roche-sur-Foron, France: places to visit and attractions

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

La Clusaz

Ski resort at 20 km (direction south-south-east)

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

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Lake Annecy

Scenery at 23 km (direction south-west)

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

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Veyrier du Lac

at 23 km (direction south-west)

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

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Annecy

at 24 km (direction south-west)

Annecy is a very lovely town with a great deal to enjoy, enhanced further...

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Menthon Saint Bernard

at 25 km (direction south-south-west)

After exploring the quaint village of Menthon-Saint-Bernard you can hire a boat to explore...

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Talloires

at 26 km (direction south-south-west)

Talloires is one of the most lovely of the villages on the shores of...

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Sallanches

at 29 km (direction east-south-east)

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

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Morzine

Ski resort at 33 km (direction east-north-east)

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

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Megeve

Ski resort at 33 km (direction south-east)

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

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Yvoire

Most Beautiful Village at 34 km (direction south-east)

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

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Divonne-les-Bains

at 35 km (direction north-north-west), in the Ain department

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

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Thonon les Bains

at 35 km (direction north-north-east)

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

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Sixt-Fer-a-Cheval

Most Beautiful Village at 36 km (direction east)

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

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Saint Gervais Les Bains

at 36 km (direction east-south-east)

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

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Map of places to visit near La Roche-sur-Foron

Markets in and near La Roche-sur-Foron

Market days in La Roche-sur-Foron: weekly market: Thursday;

• La Roche-sur-Foron: market Thursday (0km)
• Bonneville: market Tuesday & Friday (7km)
• Reignier: market Saturday (8km)
• Viuz-en-Sallaz: market Monday (11km)
• Gaillard: market Saturday (15km)
• Annemasse: market Tuesday & Friday (15km)
• Ville-la-Grand: market Sunday (16km)
• Le Grand-Bornand: market Wednesday (16km)
• Boege: market Tuesday (17km)
• Saint-Julien-en-Genevois: market Friday (20km)

More information about La Roche-sur-Foron, Rhone-Alpes

Tourist attractions near La Roche-sur-Foron, France

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

Aquarium

• Aquarium du Lac du Bourget (53km)

Grand sites of France

• Cirque de Sixt Fer a Cheval (41km)

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

• Yvoire (34km)
• Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval (36km)

National Monuments

• Voltaire Chateau (26km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Sallanches (29km)

Regional Natural Parcs

• Massif des Bauges (45km)
• Haut-Jura (50km)

Remarkable gardens

• Jardin botanique alpin La Jaÿsinia (32km)
• Le Labyrinthe - Jardin des Cinq Sens (34km)
• Jardin d'eau de pré curieux (41km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Mole (12km)
• Col de la Colombière (15km)
• Col de Romme (21km)
• Cascade de la Diomaz (21km)
• Mont Veyrier (21km)
• Lac d'Annecy (26km)
• Roc de Chere (26km)
• Roc d'Enfer (27km)
• Gorges du Fier (28km)
• Cascade du Rouget (36km)
• Lac d'Anterne (38km)
• Col de la Faucille (41km)
• Cirque du Fer-à-Cheval (41km)
• Lac Cornu (43km)
• Le Brévent (43km)
• Lac de Lamoura (44km)
• Glacier des Bossons (48km)
• Cascade de la queue de cheval (48km)
• Aiguille du Midi (49km)
• Mont Blanc (50km)

Towns of Art and history

• Annecy (24km)
• Albertville (45km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Megeve (33km)
• Evian-les-Bains (43km)
• Aix-les-Bains (52km)

Geography and distances

La Roche-sur-Foron is in the east of France at 22 kilometres from Annecy, the department capital (general information: La Roche-sur-Foron is 430 kilometres from Paris).

Getting here

For driving distances to La Roche-sur-Foron from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 11 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Amancy, Arenthon, Cornier, Etaux, Faucigny, La Chapelle-Rambaud, Pers-Jussy, Saint-Laurent, Saint-Pierre-en-Faucigny, Saint-Sixt and Scientrier.

This page in French: Visiter La Roche-sur-Foron