mountain pass
Col des Aravis
A 1,486 m pass between La Clusaz and Flumet with a tiny chapel at the summit and a postcard head-on view of Mont Blanc framed by alpine pastures.
7 km · about 15 min drive
Rhône-Alpes, France · Europe
Saint-Jean-de-Sixt is worth a stop: 15 minutes from Thônes, 20km from Lake Annecy.
Saint-Jean-de-Sixt is a town located in Rhône-Alpes, France. With a population of 1,106, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Saint-Jean-de-Sixt sits in France, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Paris time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Saint-Jean-de-Sixt to your route.
Saint-Jean-de-Sixt (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɑ̃ də sikst]; Arpitan: Si, Sent-Jian-de-Sixt) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in southeastern France.
It lies in the Aravis Range of the French Alps. The inhabitants are the Saintjeandais or Saintjeandins.
The village usedRead more
to be called Villaret, when it was a part of the Savoyard state, prior to its incorporation into France in 1860.
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Saint-Jean-de-Sixt is located in Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe. The coordinates are 45.9231 latitude, 6.4118 longitude.
Saint-Jean-de-Sixt has a population of approximately 1,106 people, making it a town in France.
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mountain pass
A 1,486 m pass between La Clusaz and Flumet with a tiny chapel at the summit and a postcard head-on view of Mont Blanc framed by alpine pastures.
7 km · about 15 min drive
natural wonder
Europe's purest lake, a dazzling turquoise jewel framed by the French Alps and the charming pastel-hued old town of Annecy.
20 km · about 25 min drive
waterfall
Known as the 'Queen of the Alps,' this dramatic 90-meter double waterfall cascades down a cliff face in Haute-Savoie.
28 km · about 30 min drive
mountain pass
A 1,968 m Beaufortain pass whose road skirts the turquoise Lac de Roselend reservoir: one of the most photogenic climbs of the Tour de France and the Route des Grandes Alpes.
33 km · about 40 min drive
landmark
The legendary Alpine resort town nestled at the foot of Mont Blanc, Europe's highest peak at 4,808 meters.
35 km · about 40 min drive
natural wonder
Western Europe's highest peak at 4,808 meters, a snow-capped giant straddling the French-Italian border in the Alps.
37 km · about 40 min drive
scenic viewpoint
A vertiginous 3,842-meter granite needle reached by a spectacular cable car, offering face-to-face views of Mont Blanc.
37 km · about 45 min drive
tunnel
An 11.6 km tunnel beneath Western Europe's highest mountain, linking Chamonix in France with Courmayeur in Italy: the quickest year-round route between the French and Italian Alps.
41 km · about 45 min drive
April to October
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