We thought we have arrived at a toy land like place when we stepped out of our car upon arrival. The houses are variously painted in pastel colors on both sides of a waterway running through the medieval town.
It really is just like Venice, with charming buildings that rise straight up from the waterways and lovely cobbled winding streets that wind their way through the ancient city.
Annecy is not only a particularly lovely town in the south of France. In the centre of the town on a the narrow streets are filled with markets and stalls selling antiques and other fripperies. The scent of freshly baked pizza and pastries wafts through the air as you wind your way through the labyrinthian shopping I particularly like this stall selling cheese, wine and ham.
Everywhere you go, you will see shoppers, who filled all the space between stalls.
Annecy is pretty enough to wander around with its waterways and the backdrop of snow capped mountains in the distance.
You get a really lovely feel for what the city must have been like centuries ago, despite the modernities around you.
There is so much street live in Annecy – this is one of the elements which keeps Annecy alive!
Great tour – thanks!
Thank you 🙂
Stunning place, great photos!
Thank you 🙂
Good street lives pix. I have never been here. Looks like an interesting place to visit,
This is quite close to the Switzerland border, so would worth visiting if your are near the border.
Love Annecy! Great choice.
Glad that you like Annecy. Thank you 🙂
This is a splendid trip if. I see goodies tucked between junk and Foreign Voices to mine. I Asombra Street. Paragraph need not swallow this trip .. Michael’s share it.
Muchas gracias 🙂
You had me at toy land. We’re spending the summer in Europe so might have to tell the parentals to put this on our “to do” list. Sounds like a globe-TOTter’s paradise!
The colored houses made me think of play houses. Annecy is so beautiful that one shouldn’t miss if in Europe. The lake is also beautiful, Cezanne painted there. Glad that you include it on the list.
We loved Annecy when we were there. You’ve captured it beautifully!
Such a lovely place, glad that you also visited. Regards, Michael
Lovely photo of the aqueduct bridge in Annecy!
Glad you like it 🙂