France - French Alps & the Jura Mountains (Chapter)
This is the French Alps & the Jura Mountains chapter from Lonely Planet's France guidebook.
Europe's Alpine heartland is a place of boundless natural beauty with colossal peaks, wondrous white glaciers and sapphire lakes. As the mountains taper north to Lake Geneva, the picture softens into Jura: a soothingly green region of rounded heights and vine-wreathed villages.
- do a Bond, swooshing down the slopes in Chamonix in the distinctive shadow of Mont Blanc
- maps
- get dizzy on the winding drive to Briançon through the dramatic Parc National des Ećrins
- transport
- delve into castles, medieval lanes and a crystal-clear lake in dreamy Annecy
- restaurants & accommodation
Coverage includes: Savoy, Chamonix, Megève & St-Gervais, Les Portes du Soleil, Thonon-les-Bains, Yvoire, Annecy & around, Chambéry & around, Les Trois Vallées, Val d'Isère, Parc National de la Vanoise, Dauphiné, Grenoble & Around, Briançon, the Jura Mountains, Besançon & around, Poligny to Région des Lacs, Belfort, Ronchamp, Métabief & around, and Parc Naturel Régional du Haut-Jura.
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