Annecy



Annecy is a city in France- région Rhônes-Alpes- département Haute-Savoie.

Close to Geneva, Lyon and Grenoble, the town is located between its lake and mountains.

Annecy has a preserved medieval old town often known as the Venice of Alps. It's a quiet and peacefull city with 52000 inhabitants during most of the year (140 000 inhabitants in the metropolitan area). However, in summer and winter, population is growing a lot because of the tourism.

Annecy's interactive map for couchsurfers (Open it in a new window)

History of Annecy
More informations about the History of Annecy on the Annecy !

How to come
Hitch Hiking is pretty easy on every main ways. Just don't forget that the weather could be bad during the autumn and winter.
 * Hitch Hiking

Road Network is quite important in the region. You can use the Motorway A41 but it's quite ewpensive. Check it on Viamichelin.com
 * By car

There is a little airport in Annecy (Meythet). The only available route is Annecy/Paris-Orly with Air France.
 * By plane

Geneva's airoport is the closest international airport (40 km)

Sibra is the city bus company
 * By bus

Voyages Frossard and Voyages Crolard have routes from/to Geneva and main cities around Annecy

Annecy's station could be the easiest way to come (especially from Lyon, Grenoble and Geneva). You can book on www.voyages-sncf.com
 * By train

Never seen it yet. But why not ???
 * By monkey



Best places to have a drink or a meal
Of course it is very subjective. But here are places we like... and why


 * Pubs
 * Le Comptoir de la Folie Ordinaire is a small pub with casual atmosphere, art exhibitions and sometimes free concerts. It opens everyday from 6pm to 2:30am
 * Le Munich is one of the biggest pub in Annecy.
 * Restaurants
 * Fast foods
 * Quick is the only burger restaurant in the city center
 * There are a lot of kebabs restaurants in town. Best are Ali Baba and Istambul Doner Kebab
 * You can buy sandwiches in most of bakeries and many sandwich shops are open during the summer in the old town

Entertainment, sports and activities

 * Cinemas
 * Concerts
 * Ski resorts
 * Mountain biking
 * Kite surfing and kite skiing (Check out the Semnoz ski resort website)

Cultural places to go

 * Theatres
 * Libraries

More informations about the places to visit in Annecy on the Annecy !



CouchSurfers
There are about 30 active couchsurfers in the City.

Here is a list couchsurfers who are and/or want to get involved.

Baptiste

In Case of Emergency



 * Police Station: 04 50 52 32 00
 * Gendarmerie (another kind of police, better): 04 50 09 47 47
 * Hospital: 04 50 63 63 63
 * Fireman Station: 18 or 112 
 * Emergency Doctor: 0 800 21 17 76
 * Youth hostel 1 (nearby the city center): 04 50 45 34 81
 * Youth hostel 2 (in the mountain over the old town): 04 50 45 33 19

Liens externes
Annecy on Wikipedia

Annecy's city official website

Website of Annecy's lake tourism office

Official website of International Animation Film Festival

Weather forecast www.annecy-meteo.com

