Savoie

Savoie is in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in southeastern France.

Cities

Map of Savoie

45.6886115.9151 Aix-les-Bains
45.6758336.39252 Albertville - site of the 1992 Winter Olympics
45.4427786.6488893 Bozel
45.5663895.9208334 Chambéry
45.5716676.8077785 Les Arcs
45.4011116.5655566 Meribel
45.4497226.9772227 Val d'Isere
45.4697226.9094448 Tignes

Other destinations

45.4156.6338891 Courchevel
45.24726.303062 La Toussuire
45.356.63 Les Trois Vallées
45.5891676.8838894 Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise
45.4052786.82755 Vanoise — a beautiful mountain area in the French Alps that is well-known for its large ski resorts
45.33336.833336 Vanoise National Park

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Chambéry Airport offers a multilingual travel service for visitors. Private taxis with drivers fluent in English, German and Spanish are available.

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Savoie is best known as one of the best places in France for Alpine Skiing in the winter time. There are numerous resorts within short driving distance from Chambery Airport. Espace Killy is a ski area in the Tarentaise Valley, Savoie in the French Alps, named after the skier Jean-Claude Killy. It covers the resorts of Val d'Isère and Tignes. There are 300 km of pistes: 22 green runs, 61 blues, 46 reds and 25 blacks, plus 44 km of cross country skiing, 2 terrain parks and 2 glaciers. The STGM company operates 90 ski lifts in the area.

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The main wine appellations in the area are Vin de Savoie, Vin de Savoie Mousseux, crépy Roussette de Savoie, and Seyssel. Vin de Savoie, the area's main appellation, is for dry wines-white, red, and rosé. The grapes for red wines are gamay, mondeuse and pinot noir. Many wine aficionados prefer the Mondeuse-based wines. White wines make up 75 percent of the production. They're made primarily from jacquère but aligoté, altesse, chardonnay and chasselas are also used. The Vin de Savoie Mousseux AC is for sparkling wines made from Altesse, Molette, and Chardonnay.

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Piedmont region of Italy

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