Thollon les Mémises

Thollon les Memises also called "Le Balcon du Léman" is a Savoyard village on a plateau on the French side of Lake Geneva. It is situated at 1000 meters altitude.The origin farmer village borders at the lake and at the Memises mountain range.

From the village there are beautiful views to lake Geneva, to the Jura,the Swiss Alps and to the Swiss cities Lausanne and Montreux.

Both apartments are located in the centre of the old-part of the village, with a supermarket, bakery, newspaper kiosk, a cash dispenser, restaurants and post-office. The tourist office, the cable-car, shops, pubs and more restaurants are only a few hundred meters from the apartments.

In winter a free bus shuttle drives in the village. The nearest bus stop is within 80 meters from both apartment. Thollon les Memises offers approximately 50 kilometres of ski runs (16 slopes) and 15 lifts (1 cable-car, 3 chair-lifts and 11 ski-lifts). The skiing ranges from 1000 to 2000 meters. The slopes are mostly north-facing and the resort has snow making on all principle runs so the skiing is good even in milder winters.

For children from 8 months up to 6 years there is a nursery present at the village. The "Jardin des Neiges" at the bottom of the cable-car is available for children from 4 years old to practice skiing.

For snowboarding the domain contains a snowpark with table, Wall Ride, Eboy, junior park en half-pipe. For cross country skiing a trail of 6 kilometres is present at the Memises plateau (1600 m).

Summery some 120 kms of mountain biking trails are available for rides through natural pastures and forest. Thollon itself is a beautiful walking area with marvellous views over Lake Geneva. The GR 5 (a 2250 kms walking route, begins at the North Sea and ends at the Cote d' Azure (Nice)) passes Thollon les Memises.

During summer the cable-car will be used to bring hikers and paragliders at an altitude of 1600 meters. From the end station it's only a few hundred meters walking to the summit Pic des Memises (1674 meters). Furthermore public tennis courts are present in the village, you can fish and a school for paragliding.