Summer holiday in the French Alps. Haute Savoie.
Castles, lakes, places to visit, things to do, summer weather, Haute Savoie, Grand Massif, French Alps, France.
Summer holiday chalet in French Alps.
Summer holiday chalet to rent in French Alps close to Geneva and Annecy. Sightseeing, things to do, tourist attractions and summer weather forecast for summer holidays in Verchaix Morillon Samoens Flaine Giffre Valley Grand Massif French Alps Haute Savoie region of France
Sleeps 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 or 10 in 4 bedrooms.
email: sally@chaletlavalentine.com
Telephone/Fax 00 44 (0)1325 378319
Some of the interesting places to see in the French Alps within a short drive of the summer chalet in the Haute Savoie, French Alps.
If you want to calculate time from the chalet and look at routes to your destination the following website is invaluable. http://www.viamichelin.com/viamichelin/int/tpl/hme/MaHomePage.htm
Use as your home address Morillon 74440 France.
CASTLES, MONASTERIES, MEDIEVAL TOWNS Annecy Castle
http://www.sav.org/e/index.html
For more on castles in the region, though some on this list are just ruins and others are now hotels see the link:
http://haute-savoie.ialpes.com/chateaux/haute-savoie.htm
For Yvoire, a medieval town on the shores of Lake Geneva see the following link. We would advise you leave early for parking though we managed to get parking even when we arrived at midday, but wished we had left earlier so we could have stayed longer.
http://www.yvoiretourism.com/chapitre1_fr_1.html
For the chateau / castle of Saint Menthon St Bernard open May, June and September weekend afternoons, and every afternoon in July and August (7€ adults, 4€ children) see www.chateau-de-menthon.com
For the famous Castle of Chillon on Lake Geneva, worth a day trip see http://www.chillon.ch/en/
See the following website for some more photographs of Bonneville and nearby monastery and castles.
http://home.comcast.net/~jpolos/photos/france/savoie.html
GORGES, MOUNTAINS, LAKES.
For the gorges de Fier www.gorgesdufier.com/present_gb.htm#
For exploring the alps, mountains, lakes, and things to do see www.savoiehautesavoie.com/index.php?Rub=1
and for photos of the region http://haute.savoie.ifrance.com
and many delightful villages, small towns, mountain chalets, castles and museums www.sav.org
For details on the Arve valley and help in locating some of the local attractions:
www.technicvallee.com/uk/arve/02.php
For the Aravis Massif between Annecy and the chalet see the following websites:
http://www.aravis08.com/?c=63464
www.sivom-borne-bargy.org/site/index.php
Lake Geneva and its many small towns and villages http://switzerland-geneva.com
The Portes du Soleil area www.portesdusoleil.com The Swiss Chablais area of the Portes du Soleil: www.chablais.info
Lac Annecy and Annecy http://france-for-visitors.com/photo-gallery/alps/annecy.html
Talloires and Annecy and webcams www.talloires-lac-annecy.com/webcam_fr.html
CHAMONIX AND MONT BLANC
The Chamonix valley and Mont Blanc www.chamonix.net
You can take the train up the alps to view the scenery and explore www.chamonix.net/english/transport/train/valley_trains.htm
For more on the Montenvers railway up to 1913m with an ice grotto at the top, see the following page
www.chamonix.net/english/sightseeing/mer_de_glace.htm
For more to do with the family in the region
www.az-loisirs.com (try page www.az-loisirs.com/pages/sortir_102.html)
Click on the following link for some of our photos: CHALET DAYS OUT
WEBCAMS AND WEATHER
To see more of Morillon and the Grand Massif and webcams, follow the links.
For your summer weather forecast for the next 10 days : Meteo maps and 10 day forecast for Morillon
For todays weather forecast in Morillon click on link.
For todays temperature at this moment in Morillon http://fr.weather.com/climate/annualClimo-Morillon-FRXX0539?month=4
For more detail on todays weather at this moment in La Rivière Enverse just up the road see http://fr.weather.com/weather/today-La-Rivière-Enverse-74440
For the sort of weather you may expect in Morillon, Samoëns, Flaine, Grand Massif and the Haute Savoie during the summer, click on the following link: Weather and then click on “Bulletins Climatiques Mensuels Dpt”. For “Départements disponibles” click “Haute Savoie” (under “S” in the list), and then the dates you want to look at month by month under “Echeance”. If you want to look at rainfall, temperatures, and hours of sunshine over a 12 month period click on the link WEATHER again and this time click on to the map of France just below “Dijon”. This is the “Rhone Alpes”. Click on “Bourg St Maurice” which is the closest weather station to Morillon and is also a similar height above sea level. Then just click on the year you want to look at.
If you want to look at animated satellite maps showing approaching weather for the next few days click on the link.
http://www.wunderground.com/modelmaps/maps.asp?model=GFS&domain=EU
In Morillon you can normally expect an average day time temperature of 25 centigrade with 10 to 11 cm of rain per month in July and August. In June and September the maximum day time temperature averages 20 degrees centigrade and this in an ideal time to go to the Alps if you want a quiet summer walking or biking holiday. Even when it is raining it is a delightful place to be. The wide Giffre valley allows the sun to reach the valley floor for the majority of the day all summer long.
In 2008, the sun shone in mostly cloudless skies from June 18th to August 8th with day time temperatures reaching 35ºC. Then the weather changed and although still warm (25ºC maximum day time temperatures) clouds built up during the day with evening thunderstorms, and a few days it rained all day. The rest of august and early September were wetter than normal. This weather pattern persisted until 12th September, when the sunny weather returned with a maximum temperatures of 18º - 20ºC and chilly nights. The weather remained good with sunny days and glorious autumn colours up until October 17th.
In 2009, the temperature for the last 2 weeks in June averaged 23ºC, July averaged 24ºC (19 - 29ºC) with 5 days when it rained, August averaged 25.5ºC (18 - 34ºC) with 4 days of rain, and September averaged 21ºC (14 - 29ºC) with 6 days when it rained.
Mountain Golf
Morillon is in the centre of a group of mountain and lakeside golf courses. Prices for a round vary from 25 - 100 euros. There is a driving range in Samoens. See next page.
