Famous all over the world for its mineral water, the spa town of Évian-les-Bains has preserved beautiful buildings with old-world late 19th-century and early 20th-century charm, including the former Thermal Baths, Buvette Cachat pavilion, Casino, former luxury hotels and Villa Lumière where the town hall is located. This spa town is also a very pleasant water sports and seaside resort on Lake Geneva with its harbour, beach and flower-decorated shores.
The town of Évian is located on the south shore of Lake Geneva, leaning against the foothills of the Chablais pre-Alps, in the north of the Haute-Savoie department. Neighboring Switzerland is 13 km away by lake (daily connections with Lausanne in 35 minutes) and 45 km from Geneva.
Spa and climatic resort, Évian has experienced tourist development since the beginning of the 19th century, after the discovery of the properties of its natural mineral water, today exported throughout the world. Nowadays, the resort offers different forms of tourist activities throughout the seasons: seaside, well-being and fitness, conferences and seminars, sports tourism, cultural tourism.
The gastronomic specialties are naturally influenced by lake and mountain products: perch and féra fillets from Lake Geneva, Savoyard recipes based on cheeses (Abondance, Reblochon, Tomme, etc.), white wines from Ripaille, Marin...
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