Aix-les-Bains, The Lakes
Village Height 250m
Activities
at Mont Revard - Climbing, Via Ferrata, Mountain biking.
Wind surfboards, Sailing boats, Catamarans, Rowing
Waterskiing, Diving, Cruises
Solo or guided walking, golf (18 hole course)
Driving distance from Calais to Aix-les-Bains 829km or about 7hrs
Aix-les-Bains is the second busiest spa town in France and is also a European Capital in bloom. The town features an 18-hole golf course, spas, a casino, cruises on the lake, a racecourse and more.
Mont Revard, at a height of 1550 metres, offers panoramic views of Mont Blanc. Walkers and cyclists can take to the paths.
Because of its size it is protected from the north and west winds, the lake acts as a thermal regulator. At Brison-Saint-Innocent, you can see olive trees and mimosa. Fig, almond, wig sumac, pistachio and Judas trees, bay laurel, white jasmine and banana trees can also be found in this area.
See virtual visit of Aix les Bains
Aix les Bains is open all year round.
Halte Garderie LES MOUSSAILLONS
0033 479 88 34 60
Welcomes children from 3 months to 5 years. 4 half days maximum per week.
Monday 14hr/18hr, Tuesday 8hr/12hr15 and 13hr45/18hr or 08hr/18hr, Wednesday 08hr/12hr15 and 13hr34/18hr, Thursday 08hr/12hr15 and 13hr34/18hr and Friday 08hr/12hr.
Annual closures – 3 weeks in July.
Halte Garderie L’LLE AUX ENFANTS
0033 479 35 45 22
From 3 months to 5 years. Activities dependant on age – dance, singing, music, creative...)
Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri – whole day 08hr-17hr30.
Casino
Casino Grand Cercle: gaming-table classics, one-armed bandits, a night club, an Irish bar, piano bar, an afternoon dance hall!
Casino Grand Cercle
200 rue du Casino
Phone : 0033 4 79 35 16 16
New Casino: boule, bandits, a restaurant, five cinemas.
Nouveau Casino
36 avenue Victoria
Phone : 0033 4 79 35 10 00
Racetrack
The Aix-les-Bains Société des Courses (racing association) is more than a hundred years old. Over the summer it organises trotting races, steeple chasing and betting.
Société des Courses
Hippodrome de Marlioz
Phone : 0033 4 79 61 40 04
Bowling centre
There is a new bowling centre for 2010 with restaurant and bar opposite our featured residence, Azurea, in Aix les Bains.
Cruises
"Compagnie des Bateaux du Lac du Bourget" - 8 boats for trips and cruises. Choose your formula: evening cruise with gastronomic dinner, discovery of the natural lake environment or its historical heritage.
-Crossing to the Hautecombe Abbey
-Cruise on the Savières Canal and crossing of the lock
-Lunch and dinner cruise
Compagnie des Bateaux du Lac du Bourget et du Haut-Rhône
Savoy Line Compagnie
Les Belles Rives - Grand Port
Phone : 0033 4 79 88 92 09
Aquarium
The Maison du Lac - It is the largest freshwater aquarium in France with 42 species of fishes on show, of which 33 live in the lake: perch, pike, trout, eel, bream, tench, carp, bleak, mirandelle, catfish, pike-perch, roach and two very rare salmonidae - the powan and pollan (also called freshwater herring) and the char (also called lake trout) which lives on the gravel bottom 60 metres down.
Aquarium
Le Petit Port
Phone 0033 4 79 61 08 22
Watersports
Rental and teaching of sailing boats, catamarans or wind surfboards, rowing courses, introduction to water skiing or diving, cruises around the lake, or if you just prefer, just a rest on a beach with a lifeguard to ensure safety.
Water sports centre, pools and beach: A 25 m covered pool and an open-air Olympic pool with a removable cover the device working according to a telescopic system unique in France.
Golf
An English-style golf course with 18 holes: with its woods and ponds, the Aix golf course is one of the most beautiful in France. It was set up in 1918 to please the British, who used to gather at the clubhouse. Built on undulating, wooded land, it is a technically challenging course with water obstacles and numerous slopes. Its buidings and terrain have undergone a complete renovation during the past few years.
Golf Club d'Aix-les-Bains
45 avenue du Golf
Phone 0033 4 79 61 23 35
Tennis
A tennis club with 19 courts (beaten earth and hard courts)
Riding centre
Baths and spas
Thermes d'Aix-les-Bains
B.P. 349
Tel (33)4 79 35 38 50
At the Chevalley Thermal Baths, Thermal Therapy allows you to combine pleasure with well-being. The thermal baths offer cures which provide you with the best of therapies.
The "Espace Bien-Etre" proposes facilities for pure relaxation and regeneration, with a swimming pool with different swirls, a thermal-water indoor pool and a fresh-water outdoor pool as well as hammams, saunas and a gym and relaxation area.
Thermal therapy - Chevalley thermal baths
Tel. 0 810 44 33 32
(phone calls will be charged at local rate)
All the above information is for information only. For up-to-date info please visit the resort tourist office website
AIX-LES-BAINS TOURIST OFFICE
Place Maurice Mollard
BP 132
73101 AIX LES BAINS Cedex
Phone 0033 4 79 88 68 00
By Road: Driving distance from Calais to Evian 829km (approx 7hrs)
Train:
High Speed Train
Everyday link between Aix-les-Bains and Paris by the TGV (3 hours)
SNCF Station Aix-les-Bains / Le Revard :
Information/booking : (33)8 92 35 35 35
Internet : www.sncf.fr
Airports:
Chambéry / Aix-les-Bains Airport is 9km from Aix (10 mins)
Annecy Airport is 38km from Aix (30 mins)
www.annecy.aeroport.fr/
Genève Airport 73km (¾ hour) Grenoble Airport is 100km from Aix (1 hour)
Lyon-Saint Exupéry 94km (1 hour)
Aix-les-Bains