Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Annecy day trip

Is it feasible to take a day trip from Chamonix to Annecy. I believe that I can take the TGV train. Does anyone know exactly how this works? I believe I need to transfer to another train but not sure where. How long would the trip take? Also is it worth it to do this? Thanks!




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Not really doable by train. No you cannot take the TGV. Yes you would have to change trains. It would probably take ~2.5-3 hours each way and trains are very infrequent.





If you were to do it by car I%26#39;d want to make a two day trip out of it and explore more of the region. Chamonix-Annecy-Albertville-Moutiers-Bourg St. Maurice-Courmayeur-Chamonix would be an interesting trip...




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Rent a car and the drive takes 1hour.





I did this last week and had a good day out in Annecy. It was even raining and I don%26#39;t do rain.




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www.sncf.fr is the website you need for French railways, but it is not a great train trip - over 2.5 hours as opposed to 1 in a car. Annecy is worth the visit, though.




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Chamonix Bus do a day trip to Annecy with a guiode during the summer months (and I think also in the winter). It is 22 euros but I think this Monday may be the last oe of the season.



Annecy is an interesting town on a beatiful lakje an well worth a visit.




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I have done it by train in the opposite direction which worked pretty well. But trains are not frequent and from Chamonix you would have to make an early start - the only morning train leaves at 6.53.

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