France

Annecy

The 'Venice of the Alps' tag undersells it: Annecy pairs a canal-threaded medieval old town with a lake so clean it's routinely called Europe's purest.

Best forMountain
Approx. flying time~11h 55m from Los Angeles
Nearest airportAnnecy (NCY)

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About this place

Hire a bike and ride the flat lakeside voie verte to Talloires for lunch, swimming wherever the water looks irresistible — which is everywhere. Stay midweek if you can; Saturdays bring half of Geneva. The Tuesday and Friday old-town markets are worth planning around.

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When to go

Daytime highs run from about 6°C in January to 25°C in July. Driest January to March and August; wettest in June, with rain on about 19 days.

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August25° · rain 12 daysWarm with rain most weeks.

Monthly figures averaged from daily records for 2020–2024 at this location (ERA5 reanalysis).

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