If you want to dig into the region's history, go sightseeing or take extraordinary photographs, start here.
The national monument to the Resistance on the Plateau des Glières, by sculptor Émile Gilioli, unveiled on 2 September 1973 by André Malraux.
Morette, a natural site that became the cemetery of the Resistance fighters in March 1944. A remarkable place of remembrance.
The castle preserves mementoes of Saint Francis de Sales and of Count Cavour, architect of Italian unification.
At 1,150 m, it looks straight down onto Lake Annecy.
A 10th-century stronghold, remodelled and restored in the 19th century in neo-Gothic style.
A pre-alpine range of plateaux, combes, cliffs, pastures and summits above 2,000 m.
The Charles-Albert bridge, opened on 11 July 1839, is a listed historic monument.
A listed monument, museum and temporary exhibitions in the former residence of the Counts of Geneva.
Once home to the Counts of Geneva and then the Dukes of Savoy-Nemours, and a listed monument.