Evian is open all year round.

Ribs 4 Kids – and big kids too! Come and experience powerboating on Lake Geneva, under the guidance of a fully qualified instructor. Prices start from €150 for up to 3 people and approx. 2 hours (5 people max.) For further details contact Peter Hallewall: 00 33 4 50 75 82 94

The aquatic centre’s kindergarten

Two paddling pools, games, a nursery and cots. Up to 6years. Open in July and August from 10.30am to 6.30pm. Free access.
Avenue du Général Dupas
74500 Evian

Tel. 0033 4 50 75 02 69
centre.nautique@ville-evian.fr

The "La Bulle" day-care centre

A temporary day-care centre that can welcome up to 25 children in the morning and 16 in the afternoon, from 3 months to 6 years of age, for a maximum duration of 16 hours per week and per child. 

For tourists, exceptional placements and secondary residents, the per-hour price is re-established each year: for 2008, the price is €3.70 (€3.20 for "emergency" situations).

The « La Bulle »day-care centre
1, place du Docteur Jean Escoubès
74500 EVIAN

Tel: 04 50 75 33 96
Child care provided from Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Babysitters

The tourist office provides a list of babysitters and au pairs.
Further information at 04 50 75 04 26.

Sailing: Ecole de la Voile d’Evian

Tel: +33 4 50 75 06 46

www.cercle-voile-evian.com

Evian’s legendary 18-hole golf course and Evian Masters tournament (the world’s second-ranked women’s golf championship) had already made it a must-play golf destination. Now, the new Evian Masters Training Center, the world’s first golf training centre in a real life setting, has made the resort a must for novice, advanced and professional golfers.

The Evian Masters legend Every year, the world’s greatest woman players and 50,000 spectators come to the Evian Masters, one of the planet’s most glamorous tournaments. The rest of the year, golfers can see how they stack up against the elite at this legendary golf course in a breathtaking setting between Alpine peaks and Lake Geneva!

Evian Masters Junior Cup

19 to 20 July

The 2008 Evian Masters

24 to 27 July

The “Evian Masters Training Center”

This training concept – the only one of its kind in the world – reinvents golfing on 15 hectares configured like the Evian Masters course. The days of the driving range are over! Whatever your level or how much time you have, you’ll train on a real golf course and make swift progress.

Professional or advanced? Target your training and boost your score by focusing on areas you need to improve. Beginner? Immediately experience all the thrills that golf has to offer and make swift progress. With family or friends? Share your passion at a single site where everybody can practice depending on his or her own level. Want to take a course on site or bring your coach? Take advantage of optimal terms! The World Travel Association voted the Évian Royal Resort Europe’s Best Golf Resort in 2006.

Information and booking:

33(0)4 50 26 85 00

- Evian Masters Golf Club. Tel: 00 33 4 50 26 85 00

18 holes, length 6006m, par 72.

Open: 1/2-1/12

Green fees (daily) from 32€ to 64€

An integral part of the Evian Royal Park, a magnificent resort in a lake and mountain setting. Welcomes the 78 best international players each year.

Evian Royal Spa

Voted “Europe’s no. 1 spa”

Take a break from your stressful, hectic routine and dream at the Evian Royal Spa. They offer outstanding programmes and treatments to help you regenerate your body with youth secrets and health rituals from around the

world. Regenerating yourself with the forces of sky and earth is a goal that our methodical approach and treatments on three inseparable levels – the physical, the energetic and the mental – can help you achieve. Professional masseurs, physiotherapists, osteopaths, reflexologists and beauticians

perform the Evian Royal Spa treatments, which are based on knowledge of the body, a balanced diet and the harmonisation of energies, learned

from Asian masters at the source of Asian traditions. Evian Royal Resort – 74500 Evian. Tel.: 04 50 26 85 00/fax: 04 50 75 61 00

reservation@evianroyalresort.com

The “Evian-Plage” Water Sports Centre

Open May to September

Tel. 04 50 75 02 69

The centre, which is located on 4-hectares of lakeshore lawns and parkland, boasts two heated swimming pools, a children’s garden and

a beachfront with diving boards and aquatic games.

The many activities include a 160-m slide, game areas (beach volleyball, jumping ball, table tennis, etc.), water-skiing, swimming club and school. Restaurant-snackbar with terrace on the lake (open from May to

September). In July and August, the free children area welcomes young children (up to 6 years of age) and their parents to a supervised area with a paddling pool, water games and nursing area.

“la Cité de l’Eau” water resort (Amphion)

Covered area of 5000 sq.m, offering a 25m pool, wave pool, jacuzzi, water garden, diving well, and fitness area. Open all year round.

Tel. 04 50 70 05 06 www.lacitedeleau.com

Information and activity bookings are available from the Tourist Office

Guided hikes

Hikes organized by the tourist office and the MJC.

Rafting and white-water sports

List of outfitters available at the tourist office.

Paragliding in Thollon-les-Mémises (12 km) 

Méda Sports 04 50 70 95 75

Mountain-bike routes

Guide available at the tourist office.

Canoeing and kayaking

The canoe and kayak centre welcomes you all summer long, with its 110 boats. Various services on offer: introduction to canoeing or kayaking, sea-kayak outings, etc.

M.J.C.
4 avenue Anna de Noailles
74500 Evian

Tel: 0033 4 50 74 98 23

Horse riding

The "Equi-libre Evian" riding school offers pony and horse rides, as well as riding lessons.
364, Le Pré des Portes
74500 Neuvecelle

Tel. 0033 4 50 75 65 66

Water skiing

Equipment rental, slalom and jumping equipment, lessons.
Aquatic centre, from May to September.
Tel. 0033 4 50 75 02 69

Tennis 

The Evian Tennis Club has ten courts (six hardcourts and four grass courts), which can be rented. The club also offers tennis lessons.

Tennis club Evian
Avenue de la Verniaz
Les Mateirons

Tel. 0033 4 50 75 30 02

The Water Gardens

This garden is located at the western entrance to Evian. Exhibition and an outdoor nature trail, various ecosystems linked to water (ponds, mountain streams, marshes and humid prairies), as well as their plant and animal life.

Awarded the «Remarkable Garden» quality label, the site offers guided tours from May to September, with access via a solar-powered catamaran

(seating 70) departing from Evian.

Visits: (duration: 2 hours, including transport by boat)

In May, June and September: from Wednesday to Sunday, at 10 AM / 1:45 PM / 3:30 PM. In July and August: daily, at the above times.

Rates: Adults: €11 / Children (from 6 to 12 years): €6.50.

All the above information is for information only. For the most up-to-date information please visit the resort tourist office website

Evian Tourist Office           

Tel +33 4 50 75 04 26

www.eviantourism.com

For regional information:

www.rhonealpes-tourisme.com

www.savoie-tourisme.com

The tourist office is open from June to September (every day).

By Road: Driving distance from Calais to Evian 790km (approx 7hrs)

From Calais, take A26 Motorway towards Reims and Troyes, then Dijon, then take A39 towards Poligny to exit 7, and the A5 and A1 past Geneva then A5 along the south bank of the lake past Thonon-les-Bains to Evian-les-Bains.

By Rail: TGV to Evian

Airports:

Geneva is 71km from Evian (1 hour)

www.gva.ch/en

Annecy Airport is 84km from Evian (1hour)

www.annecy.aeroport.fr/

Chambery Airport is 124km from Evian (1 ½ hours)

www.chambery-airport.com

Lyon Saint-Exupery is 193km from Evian (2 ¼ hours)

www.lyonairport.com

Grenoble Airport is 214km from Evian

A wealth of restaurants and bars, modern and traditional shops, craft shops, Casino, nightclub, theatre, cinema, museums, exhibitions, Thermal centre, Exhibition hall of Evian mineral water, Watersports centre, Olympic swimming pool, library.