Veyrier-Du-Lac: Hotels and accommodation
Accommodation in Veyrier-Du-Lac
Veyrier-du-Lac lies on the slopes of Mont Veyrier, which is 1,293 m high, and overlooks the lake.
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Nature
Plage de La Brune is a grassy lakeside beach with a sandbank and gently sloping access to the water. The beach has a children's playground, showers and sanitary facilities. A swimming chair is also provided free of charge to make it easier for people with reduced mobility to access the water. In July and August, swimming there is supervised by lifeguards from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Plage du Plant is an unsupervised bathing area near the sailing club.
Activities
The Veyrier-du-Lac Tennis Club is located in the immediate vicinity of Plage de la Brune. It offers five outdoor tennis courts, a practice wall and court rentals open to everyone all year round.
The Veyrier Club Nautique at Plage du Plant offers courses for all age groups, nautical equipment rental and tailor-made events during the season from May to September.
The municipality of Veyrier-du-Lac provides the “au-bord-du-leau” footpath as a downloadable route.
The difficult Boucle pédestre du Mont Veyrier is 13.6 km long, with a stated duration of 6 hours and 30 minutes, and starts in Annecy. The loop offers a viewpoint overlooking the lake and the Bauges, as well as the Aravis and Mont Blanc; there are also two orientation tables. It leads over the heights of Veyrier-du-Lac back to the marina of Annecy-le-Vieux.
Culture and history
At the Château de Fésigny in Veyrier-du-Lac, partial protection as a historical monument has been registered. It covers the façades and roofs, two painted ceilings on the first floor, and two turrets in the park, and was registered on 22 June 1993.
The present-day Église Saint-Maurice was built between 1852 and 1855 and preserves the Romanesque base of the bell tower of its predecessor church. The furnishings and history of the site also include the Vierge à l’Enfant, a carved wooden statue from the 15th century that was classified as a historical monument in 1963.
The historical and cultural tour created by Veyrier-Patrimoine is signposted with information boards and supplemented by a small flyer introducing visitors to the village.
The Fontaine de Morat reuses a monolithic limestone sarcophagus considered to be an ancient find from the Morat necropolis. This necropolis is dated to the 7th to 8th centuries.
On-site information
The Veyrier-du-Lac tourist information office sells hiking guides, hiking maps and tickets for local public transport.
The present-day pier in the port of Veyrier was funded by the state in 1862 to facilitate the transshipments that had previously been carried out using small boats from the steamships.
Other destinations in the same area: Duingt, Bonne, Lullin, La Chapelle-D'abondance, Neydens, Vallorcine, Meillerie, Montriond.
To the higher-level travel overview: Haute-Savoie.
