Orelle: Hotels and accommodation
Accommodation in Orelle
From Plan Bouchet, La Trace du Loup begins as a marked and secured ski touring route.
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Culture
Orelle is a village with 11 authentic hamlets that you can discover on walks. Traditional features of the hamlets include washhouses, communal ovens, churches, chapels and stone houses.
The Church of Saint Maurice in Orelle dates from the 15th century and is included in the “Chemins du baroque” route. Chez la Tante is a small ecomuseum recreating a room from a bygone era and open on request. La Pierre aux Pieds is a group of rocks with engravings from several periods.
Orelle Quest is a family adventure for smartphones: with the help of clues, puzzles and QR codes, visitors explore the hamlets of the village. Along the Sentiers Couleurs du Temps route from Noiray to Crêt du Vlé, there are stations for nature-sign workshops.
The Notre Dame des Anges Chapel offers views over the valley; a mass is held there once a year in August. It can be reached on foot via a forest path or in summer by car via the forest track from Arcelin.
Nature
Orelle’s network of hiking trails includes family-friendly walks around the villages, more challenging routes to ridges and high-altitude lakes, as well as excursions to the Barrage de Bissorte and along the Tour du Thabor. The Barrage de Bissorte offers views of the surrounding mountains and can be reached on foot in about one hour from the car park at Prec.
The hiking trails in Orelle pass through alpine meadows with marmots and flowering meadows and offer panoramas of the peaks. The Natura 2000 site “Alpages du mont Bréquin”, corresponding to the Vanoise Massif zone, lies within the municipality of Orelle. The Natura 2000 site “Landes, prairies et habitats rocheux du massif du mont Thabor” lies in the southern part of the municipality of Orelle.
Food and drink
At Espace Caron 3200, there is a wine bar offering a selection of fine wines and a restaurant serving local cuisine.
Other destinations: Attignat-Oncin, Grésy-Sur-Aix, Hautecour, Montvalezan, Flumet, Saint-Bon-Tarentaise, Presle, Montcel
To the overarching travel overview: Savoie.
