Across the street
Plage des Marquisats
The town beach, directly opposite. Swim from it, sail on it, or simply walk the water's edge.
THE VENICE OF THE ALPS
Your penthouse above Lake Annecy.
An entire top floor given over to water and light, with the old town a two-minute walk from the door.
Dates
180°Lake and mountain view
3Bedrooms, each en suite
6Guests
7 of 7Top floor, no neighbours
2 minTo the old town
40 minFrom Geneva
Walk through the Penthouse in 3D
Step inside, room by room.
Between water and stone
Where the lake and mountains fill every window.
The entire top floor is yours: three bedrooms, each with its own en suite bathroom, and a guest cloakroom besides. Glass opens to the water, La Tournette rises behind, and the old town lies two minutes away on foot. Roche Bobois® furnished these rooms; the carpenters who fit out the Patek Philippe® boutiques built them. What remains is quiet, considered, and unmistakably Annecy.
The water
Your view, the exact colour of a Tiffany® box.
Craft
Furnished by Roche Bobois®. Built by the carpenters behind the Patek Philippe® boutiques.
The same hands that fit out the Patek Philippe® boutiques cut and finished every room here, and Roche Bobois® furnished them. The result reads as a private atelier rather than a holiday penthouse apartment.
Roche Bobois®, chosen for these rooms alone
Pieces finished against the colour of the lake rather than the light of a showroom.
The carpenters behind the Patek Philippe® boutiques
Bronze, travertine and oiled oak, held to the same standard in every room.
Location
Just three minutes on foot.
The canals earned Annecy its name, the Venice of the Alps. You can walk the whole of it before lunch and still be back for a swim.
3 min
The old town
Canals, arcades, the morning market, and the tables worth booking ahead.
3 min
Pont des Amours
The lovers' bridge. Worth crossing at dusk.
3 min
Palais de l'Ile
The island prison on the canal, now a museum and the most photographed stone in Annecy.
5 min by bike
Waterski Club
Waterskiing, wakeboarding, wake surfing and baby ski, five minutes along the shore.
What guests say.
The lake fills every window from the sofa. We stopped drawing the blinds at night simply to wake up to it.
We walked to the old town for every meal, and to Pont des Amours most evenings. Two minutes, exactly as promised.
Lola had the fridge stocked and a table booked before we landed. We simply arrived and unpacked.
The whole top floor is yours, the lake fills every window, and nobody is above you or beside you. Mornings on the terrace, evenings with the mountains going pink. We have rented a great many places. There is nothing like this one.
Semnoz was twenty-five minutes each way. Back at the apartment we were in the lake by mid-afternoon. Hard to beat in March.
Top floor, nobody above and nobody across the hall. The first holiday in years where no one woke the children.
Better value than the platforms, and we had a real person to text when the cot needed setting up.
We ate every dinner outside with La Tournette turning pink behind the glasses. It seats eight without crowding.
They undersell the ceiling height and the light. By nine in the morning the whole apartment is lit from the lake.
August in the Alps can be hot, and every other place we have stayed just moved the warm air around. The air conditioning here is powerful and runs room by room. We came in from the lake at thirty degrees and the penthouse was blissfully cool.
We timed it. Palais de l'Ile in under three minutes from the front door, market included.
Board games in the lounge, paddleboards on the beach across the street, croissants from the bakery downstairs. The easiest family week we have had.
Expensive, and worth it. The kind of place that makes the rest of your rentals look ordinary.
We landed at six and were swimming by seven. Genuinely that close, and worlds away from the airport.
We asked Lola to hold the same week next August while we were still packing the car.
Anticipated, never requested.
Private sauna
Cedar-lined, part of the master suite, for your party alone.
Your concierge
Private chefs, groceries, reservations, all arranged before you land.
High-speed Wi-Fi
Fibre throughout, for streaming and calls without compromise.
Climate control
Room by room, cool through the height of the Alpine summer.
A welcome, prepared
Local wine, fruit, Haute-Savoie sparkling water and a few Annecy essentials, waiting on arrival.
Full-width terrace
Dining for eight, facing the water, from breakfast until late.
Private parking
Two secure spaces on site, one with an electric charger.
85-inch OLED
Cinema-grade picture, facing the main lounge.
Chef's kitchen
Equipped for a private chef, who your concierge can book for any evening, at extra cost.
Your business corner
A proper desk with a view, for the days you cannot fully disconnect.
Bang & Olufsen
Sound through the main living space, done properly.
Technogym bike
Your routine kept, without leaving the penthouse.
Terrace grill
Dinner outside, with the lake as the view.
A cabinet full of games
Boards and cards, for the evenings you choose to stay in.
Every bedroom en suite
Three bedrooms, three private bathrooms, plus a guest toilet.
Toto washlets
Japanese-style bidet seats in every en suite bathroom.
The year in Annecy
Dates worth planning around.
The town has a rhythm. These are the weeks that book first, so it is worth deciding early which one you want.
Feb / Mar
Late February to early March
The Venetian Carnival
Masks and costumes fill the old town and the canals for a weekend, in the tradition Annecy shares with Venice.
Jun
Mid June
The Annecy Animation Film Festival
The largest animation festival in the world takes over the town for a week, and every bed in Annecy goes early.
14 Jul
14 July
Bastille Day
The national holiday, with fireworks over the lake and the town out on the water until late.
1 Aug
1 August
The Annual Lake Festival
The largest pyrotechnic show in Europe, fired from the water. The terrace faces it, which makes this the single best night of the year to be here.
Oct
Second Saturday of October
The Return from the Mountain Pastures
The herds come down from the high pastures through the old town, bells and all, followed by a day of Savoyard markets.
Nov / Dec
Late November to 31 December
The Christmas Market
Chalets along the canals, vin chaud, and the Alps under snow. The quietest, and possibly the prettiest, way to see the town.
The welcome
Waiting on the counter, before you have set down your bags.
A local Savoie wine worth opening on the terrace, fruit for the first morning, sparkling water drawn from the Haute-Savoie mountains, and a small surprise for the children. Every guest receives one, with no request required.
By air. Geneva Airport is forty minutes by car. Lyon-Saint-Exupery is an hour and a half.
By private jet. Annecy Mont-Blanc (LFLP) is twelve minutes from the door. It is a designated French border crossing point, so arrivals from outside the EU and the Schengen Area clear here too.
By train. A direct TGV from Paris takes three hours forty-five, and regional rail from Geneva an hour and ten, both into Annecy station, then a twelve-minute walk along the lake.
By bus. FlixBus and Ouibus run direct from Geneva in about an hour and from Lyon in two, to the bus station beside the railway station.
By car. Forty minutes from Geneva on the A41, an hour and a half from Lyon.
Parking. Two private spaces on site, one with an electric charger.
Q:How many guests does the penthouse sleep?
A:Up to six guests. Babies under two are welcome in addition and travel cots can be arranged before you arrive.
Q:How many bedrooms and bathrooms does the penthouse have?
A:Three bedrooms, each with its own en suite bathroom, and a separate guest cloakroom in addition.
Q:Is there a beach nearby, and can we do watersports?
A:Plage des Marquisats, the town beach on Lake Annecy, is directly across the street. Waterski Club is five minutes away by bike and offers waterskiing, wakeboarding, wake surfing and baby ski.
Q:What are the check-in and check-out times?
A:Check-in is from 4pm and check-out is at 11am. Both are flexible on request, and your concierge will confirm before you travel.
Q:Is there a minimum stay?
A:Three nights for most of the year, and seven nights in July and August.
Q:Can you arrange a private chef?
A:Yes. Your concierge can book a private chef to cook in the penthouse, for a single dinner or for every evening of your stay. The kitchen is built for it. A chef is charged separately from the rental and quoted before you confirm.
Q:How do I get the best rate?
A:Book directly through Cocoonr. Availability is synchronised across every platform, and booking direct removes the intermediary, so the rate is the lowest available.
Pets. Regrettably not. Given the joinery and finishes throughout the penthouse we are unable to welcome them, and we hope you understand.
Smoking. Not permitted inside the penthouse. The terrace is open to guests who smoke.
Events. The penthouse is a private residence and is not available for parties or events.
Your VIP concierge
Meet Lola, who looks after everything.
Lola attends to every stay from arrival to departure: restaurant tables, a private chef cooking in the penthouse, ski passes, and the boat you did not know you wanted. One message, and it is handled.
Winter
Nine ski areas, every one within an hour of the penthouse.
Annecy sits at the mouth of the Aravis and an hour from Mont Blanc. In March you can ski in the morning and be back on the terrace in the sun by the afternoon.
Le Semnoz
25 min
Annecy's own mountain. Gentle, family runs and the whole lake below you.
Manigod, La Croix Fry
45 min
Quiet, wooded and locally loved, on the Aravis road.
La Clusaz
50 min
The big one nearby. Five massifs, and a village that stays open late.
Le Grand-Bornand
50 min
A working Savoyard village with serious skiing above it.
Megeve
1 h 05
The elegant one, with the dining to match.
Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc
1 h 10
Wide, high pistes with Mont Blanc filling the view.
Les Gets
1 h 15
The gateway to the Portes du Soleil, one of the largest linked areas anywhere.
Flaine, Grand Massif
1 h 15
High, snow-sure and linked across four more villages.
Chamonix Mont-Blanc
1 h 20
The Vallee Blanche, the Aiguille du Midi, and skiing with real consequence.
From the air
See Annecy the way almost no one does.
The lake reads differently from above. Two ways to get up there, both arranged by your concierge before you arrive.
Tandem paragliding
Les Passagers du Vent
Step off the mountain strapped to an instructor and drift the length of the water, with the old town and the Aravis laid out beneath you. The flight everyone photographs and few people book.
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Private flight over the Alps
Avialpes
A private aircraft and a pilot, out of Annecy and over the glaciers to Mont Blanc. The same aircraft puts down at the altiports of Courchevel and Megeve, runways cut into the mountainside and closed to almost everyone, where the arrival is the part of the day that gets retold.
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