Annecy Travel Guide 2026: Wandering the Canals of the “Venice of the Alps”
Real notes from three days in Annecy: wandering the Old Town canals, walking Lake Annecy, where to stay, and how to get there from Geneva.
City guides from a French road trip, covering Paris, the Côte d’Azur (Nice, Cannes, Saint-Tropez, Monaco), and the south of France (Toulouse, Montpellier, Narbonne, Marseille, Annecy).
Real notes from three days in Annecy: wandering the Old Town canals, walking Lake Annecy, where to stay, and how to get there from Geneva.
A first-hand guide to Montpellier: Place de la Comédie, the Old Town’s café-lined streets, a Carnon-Plage beach day, and where to stay for an easy stop in the south of France.
A Toulouse travel guide built around a real August visit: pink-brick streets, Basilique Saint-Sernin, and a market lunch at Marché Victor Hugo that turned into the trip’s best meal.
A quiet Roman town at the end of August, caught mid-festival — half sleepy outpost, half open-air stage for one wild summer weekend.
Two visits seven years apart — Notre-Dame de la Garde, Château d’If, and an honest verdict on the bouillabaisse.
Two nights past peak summer, superyachts and market days included — the real traffic and crowds behind the glamour.