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      <title>Lake Annecy photos: the Annecy Lac Photo festival, its 2027 competition and where to see the images</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The 4th Annecy Lac Photo festival takes place from 19 to 28 March 2027, and its competition is open until 1 November 2026 at midnight. The festival calendar, the competition rules, and what is known about where to photograph the lake.]]></description>
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      <title>Where is Annecy? In Haute-Savoie, between Geneva and Chambéry, at the north end of the lake</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Annecy is in Haute-Savoie, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France, about 40 km south of Geneva and about 100 km east of Lyon. The town sits at the northern tip of its lake, which matters when you book.]]></description>
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      <title>What to do in Annecy when it rains? The rainy-day plan, in order, and the ideas to skip</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A rainy day in Annecy comes down to two museums, the Musée-Château and the Palais de l'Île, with a combined ticket at €8, €9 in July and August, €5 at the reduced rate. The order to visit them in, the lunchtime closure that catches people out of season, and the activities sold as indoor when they are not.]]></description>
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      <title>Écomusée du Lac d&apos;Annecy in Sévrier: opening hours by season, prices and days to avoid</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The small museum of lakeside life in Sévrier, on Lake Annecy, opens almost only on weekdays and changes its hours three times a season. Two price lists are in circulation: €6.50 per adult, €4.50 for ages 3 to 17, €20 for the family ticket on the official website, €7 per adult, €5 for ages 3 to 17, €22 for the family ticket on the tourist office pages.]]></description>
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      <title>Swimming in Lake Annecy: where it is allowed, when it is supervised and what changed in 2026</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[You cannot swim just anywhere in Lake Annecy: outside the public beaches it is forbidden, and an open beach is not necessarily supervised. The shoreline rules, the free hours at the Impérial beach, which started charging in 2026, and the times with no lifeguard.]]></description>
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      <title>Lake Annecy campsites with a pool: which ones, their star ratings and the five-star question</title>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Camille Perrissin]]></dc:creator>
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      <description><![CDATA[Campsites with a pool around Lake Annecy are concentrated on the south shore, in Doussard and Lathuile, and in Saint-Jorioz. Who has what, how many five-star sites there are depending on the source, and what the pool changes to the season.]]></description>
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      <title>Fête du Lac tickets in Annecy: prices by zone, the residents&apos; discount and when sales open</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[In 2026, a grandstand seat cost €42 at full price, €38.50 at the Annecy residents' rate, and in-person sales opened three weeks before online sales. Prices by zone over three editions, and what they suggest for Saturday 7 August 2027.]]></description>
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      <title>Boat hire on Lake Annecy: with or without a licence, jetty by jetty, with the prices</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 21:53:53 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Without a licence, an electric boat on Lake Annecy costs €65 to €80 an hour, depending on the jetty and the number of passengers. The price lists of six hire firms, opening hours that change from one shore to the other, and the charges the price pages leave out.]]></description>
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      <title>Camping Le Lac Bleu, Lake Annecy (Doussard): five stars, capacity and prices by source</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 21:53:53 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Le Lac Bleu, in Doussard, is billed as the only five-star campsite on the south shore of Lake Annecy, but La Ferme de Serraz, in the same municipality, is also rated five stars according to annecy-ville.fr. Its capacity depends on the source: 161 pitches and 70 rental units according to ACSI, 150 pitches and 80 rental units according to a family guide. The distance to the lake is subject to a discrepancy already noted on this site: 800 m in one table, 80 m in the other.]]></description>
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      <title>Camping La Ferme, Lake Annecy (Lathuile): free pools and two price ranges</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Camping La Ferme in Lathuile sits 800 m to 1 km from Lake Annecy and offers a free pool area all season. A two-bedroom mobile home costs €65 to €245 according to the lake tourist office, €70 to €240 according to Savoie Mont Blanc a night: two close ranges that never quite match.]]></description>
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      <title>Lake Annecy beaches: which one should you choose? Free, paid and lifeguard hours beach by beach</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 21:53:39 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[There is no single "Lake Annecy beach" programme: each municipality sets its own lifeguard dates and hours: 10:15am to 5:45pm in Sevrier, 11am to 7pm in Annecy. The details beach by beach, what is free, and the costs the official listings do not highlight.]]></description>
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      <title>A weekend in Annecy: two days, three days, and what an extra day changes</title>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Thibaut Golliet]]></dc:creator>
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      <description><![CDATA[Two days are enough for the old town and the lake, three add a village such as Talloires or Duingt. Real visit times, contradictions between the tourist office's published hours, and the cost of a return TGV ticket from Paris at about €114.]]></description>
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      <title>What to do in Annecy this weekend? An hour-by-hour plan, and what to drop first</title>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Thibaut Golliet]]></dc:creator>
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      <description><![CDATA[An hour-by-hour plan for two days in Annecy, the museums' lunchtime closure that wrecks schedules (10am to 12.30pm and 2pm to 5.30pm), the fallback plan if it rains, and what to sacrifice first if time runs short.]]></description>
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      <title>Camping Europa at Lake Annecy: 2026 dates, prices found, capacity and the real distance to the lake</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 21:53:39 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Camille Perrissin]]></dc:creator>
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      <description><![CDATA[A four-star site in Saint-Jorioz, 400 m from the lake and on the cycle path, open from 12 May to 18 September 2026 or a day later depending on the source, with 104 pitches or 186 to 210 depending on who is counting. What the listings publish, what they leave out, and what 245 reviews complain about.]]></description>
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      <title>Le Balcon du Lac in Annecy: two places under one name, opening hours, seasons and capacity</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 21:53:39 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Camille Perrissin]]></dc:creator>
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      <description><![CDATA[A restaurant at the Col de la Forclaz whose opening hours are described three ways by three sources, and a holiday village in Sevrier whose listings count 120 to 155 rooms depending on the year. The two places behind the name, the published data, and the figures that do not match.]]></description>
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      <title>How deep is Lake Annecy? The average, the main basin and the Boubioz hole</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 21:53:39 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Camille Perrissin]]></dc:creator>
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      <description><![CDATA[Depending on the source, the maximum depth of Lake Annecy ranges from 65 m to 82 m. None of them is wrong: they do not measure the same spot. The three figures to keep apart, the organisation and the year behind each one, and the sinkhole that pushes the total up.]]></description>
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      <title>Restaurants with a lake view in Annecy: the three formats, published hours and seasonal opening</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 21:53:39 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Camille Perrissin]]></dc:creator>
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      <description><![CDATA[A terrace on the beach, a high-altitude panorama at the Col de la Forclaz or a hotel dining room facing the bay: three formats, three seasons, three bills. Opening hours as the restaurants publish them, which ones close in winter, and the data no source publishes.]]></description>
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      <title>Around Lake Annecy by bike, trail run or bus: the distance and timings of each option</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 21:53:39 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Camille Perrissin]]></dc:creator>
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      <description><![CDATA[37 to 42 km on the cycle path, 100 to 105 km along the ridges for the MaXi-Race, a shoreline of 32 km or 45 km depending on who measures. The three ways of going round the lake, with the 2026 start times of the race and the 2027 edition not yet announced.]]></description>
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      <title>Bout du Lac nature reserve at Lake Annecy: opening hours, rules, access and visitor numbers</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 21:53:39 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Camille Perrissin]]></dc:creator>
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      <description><![CDATA[A 84 ha marsh open from 7am to 9pm, free of charge, crossed by more than 190,000 people in 2025 on a trail of 1.5 to 2 km. No dogs, no bikes, paid car parks at the neighbouring beach, and a marina project to which the reserve owes its existence.]]></description>
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      <title>Lake Annecy water temperature today: the official reading, and why four websites give four figures</title>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Camille Perrissin]]></dc:creator>
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      <description><![CDATA[Today's official reading, taken from the sailing club's probe and refreshed on this page at every visit, then why four websites give four different figures for the same lake: a measurement, a model, an estimate and a private weather station.]]></description>
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      <title>Cycling around Lake Annecy: distance, direction, time needed and the east shore closure for roadworks</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 21:53:39 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Camille Perrissin]]></dc:creator>
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      <description><![CDATA[37 to 42 km depending on the source, 200 to 300 m of climbing, a cycle path from 1974 on the west shore and a shared road on the east shore. And from 14 September to 18 December 2026, a full loop is impossible because of roadworks.]]></description>
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      <title>Les Terrasses du Lac restaurant in Annecy: season, opening hours, set menus, and why the listings disagree</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 21:53:39 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Camille Perrissin]]></dc:creator>
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      <description><![CDATA[A restaurant on the Semnoz road, closed Mondays and Tuesdays, open from February to November and bookable online only. Four platforms give four sets of opening hours, the official website publishes no prices, and the name gets mixed up with every lakeside terrace in town.]]></description>
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      <title>Lake Annecy temperature month by month: when the water passes 20°C, and when it drops again</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 21:53:29 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Camille Perrissin]]></dc:creator>
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      <description><![CDATA[Water at 9 °C in April, 17 to 19°C in June, 22 to 23°C in July and August, still 18 to 20°C in September. The published ranges month by month, the website that claims 25 to 27°C and why to be wary of it, and the 6 to 8°C waiting below fifteen metres.]]></description>
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      <title>Annecy Lake Festival (Fête du Lac): the 2027 date, tickets and the pattern of past editions</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 21:53:29 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Camille Perrissin]]></dc:creator>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Lake Annecy tourist office gives the date of the 2027 Fête du Lac as Saturday 7 August 2027, in line with the rule: the first Saturday in August. The 2025 and 2026 editions set the rest: gates at 7pm, fireworks at 9:45pm, tickets in early June.]]></description>
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      <title>Waterfront restaurants on Lake Annecy: where are the terraces right on the water, and at what price?</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 21:53:29 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Camille Perrissin]]></dc:creator>
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      <description><![CDATA[Three shores, three atmospheres, two-hour service windows and bills ranging from €18 to €30 a main course to €75 to €180 a set menu. Where to look, when the kitchens are open, and why "lakeside" sometimes means an address several hundred metres from the water.]]></description>
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      <title>Lake Annecy campsites: 2026 opening dates, recorded prices and the real distance to the shore</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 21:53:29 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Camille Perrissin]]></dc:creator>
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      <description><![CDATA[Four campsites publish their 2026 dates, only one its full price list, and the same guide gives 800 m in one table, 80 m in the other as one campsite's distance to the lake. What is published, what contradicts itself, and the four points to check before booking.]]></description>
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      <title>Lake Annecy in figures: size, visitor numbers, swimming and the Fête du Lac</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 21:53:29 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Camille Perrissin]]></dc:creator>
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      <description><![CDATA[14.6 km long, 1.8 million tourists in the 2024 season, an official water reading that currently gives 22.5°C on 15 September 2026, and a first Saturday in August that fills the bay. The published figures on Lake Annecy, what they cover, and the pages that go into each subject.]]></description>
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      <title>Luggage storage, toilets and drinking water in Annecy: only one service in seven is documented</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 21:53:29 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Léa Missillier]]></dc:creator>
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      <description><![CDATA[Four businesses publish their locker prices to the cent, from €1.50 an hour to €21 a day. On public toilets, water fountains, wifi, charging points, duty pharmacies and lost property, the sources consulted say nothing.]]></description>
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      <title>Things to do in Annecy: what is worth it, and what is overrated</title>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Thibaut Golliet]]></dc:creator>
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      <description><![CDATA[The lake and the old town are free and make up most of a stay. Everything else is judged on price per hour: recorded prices for museums, cruises and family activities, with real visit times.]]></description>
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      <title>Where to stay in Annecy? The area-by-area comparison</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 21:53:29 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Léa Missillier]]></dc:creator>
      <category><![CDATA[Sleep]]></category>
      <description><![CDATA[Four areas, prices that vary fivefold, and a notion of "town centre" that many listings stretch up to four kilometres from the canals. The real price ranges and the extra costs to add.]]></description>
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