The Village
Presentation
A gift of nature!
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That's in Haute-Savoie, in the heart of an imposing site, that the village of La Chapelle -Torgon opens all the generosity of its valley to you where the "Cornettes de Bise" and the "Mont de Grange" (2 433 m) culminate.The Valley of Abondance forms part of the alpine solid mass of Chablais. In the medium of its pastures a river, Dranse runs, which will be thrown in the lake Léman.
All the in love ones with the mountain, be like winter, will be spoiled:
In summer, by feet or Mountain Bike, follow 750 km of paths between Switzerland and France.
Discover the pleasures of running water, fishing, of a ride through the "Portes du Soleil" or simply of the nap, in calms absolute!
Starting point of the Portes du Soleil, La Chapelle -Torgon offers to you 650 km of alpine ski pistes, 35 km of Nordic ski pistes (double tracing: skating and alternate) and of the paths marked out for the unconditional ones of snow shoe trail.
Goshawks of a table of quality, taste a kitchen with marked savours
of soil which combines know-how and originality.
Then let you carry by this thousand-year-old mountain where each one among you will find the receipt subtle of all its freedoms, and especially... you level!
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At the time of the HawkersFormerly carved by the shepherds at the time long taken care of winter and regarded as amulet, "the dove" is a popular objet d'art whose origin goes up with the hawkers come from the Eastern European countries.
Carried out with 2 pieces of spruce, to form on the one hand the head, the body and the tail, on the other hand the wings, it is mainly here, in the valley, that one continues to manufacture these wood birds to the deployed plumage.
Guarantee tradition and know-how, the dove will guide you with the wire of these pages so that your stay among us is a true happiness...
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