Arranged for you
Some of it happens in the penthouse, some of it a long way above it. All of it is booked through Lola, who will tell you honestly which parts are worth your day.
The concierge
The practical things, dealt with before you notice them.
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On request
Private driver and transfers
Saloon or van, available around the clock. Geneva airport, restaurants in the old town, and the ski resorts through the winter. Priced by the journey 24 hours, 7 days Saloon or van -
€80
A romantic arrival
Flowers through the rooms, champagne on ice, candles lit and the bed turned down, all before you open the door. Add a private chef, a cake, or a boat waiting at the pontoon. From €80 Choose what you want -
€60
Fridge stocked before you arrive
The best of the local producers, in and cold by the time you put your bags down: cheeses, charcuterie, fruit, bread and whatever else you ask for. €60 delivery Around Lake Annecy -
€60
Grocery delivery, put away for you
Arrive without stopping at a supermarket. We shop to your list and put everything away before you get here. €60 delivery For guests of the penthouse -
€200
Christmas tree, delivered and decorated
Delivered, set up, decorated to your taste and taken away afterwards. The presents can be underneath it before you arrive. From €200 Delivered, installed, decorated, removed -
On request
Dog sitting and boarding
The penthouse cannot take pets, but your dog need not stay at home. Sitting by the day or boarding at a dog hotel, booked ahead and subject to the sitter meeting your dog first. On request Walks, day care or boarding Book ahead, subject to approval
Wellbeing
Brought up to the penthouse, so there is nothing to travel to afterwards.
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€115
Massage in the penthouse
Our therapists come to you with table, oils and towels. Nothing to travel to, and the sauna is through the next door. From €115 1 hour -
€56
Private manicure and pedicure, at the penthouse
A full manicure and pedicure in the apartment. The colour is chosen from what the therapist brings with her. From €56 In the penthouse -
€65
Private yoga by the lake
A private lesson with Charlene, at your own pace. Held on the terrace when the weather allows, facing the water and the mountains. From €65 per person 1 hr 15 €15 for each additional person -
€70–120
Private Pilates
Juliette is a physiotherapist in Annecy. The work is quiet and precise, built around posture and balance rather than effort. €70 to €120 1 hour -
€115
Guided relaxation
An hour of guided breathing and stillness with our specialist, in the quiet of a top floor with nobody above it. From €115 1 hour
The table
The kitchen was built for a chef. These are the people who come and use it.
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€60
A private chef in the kitchen
Your chef arrives with the shopping done, cooks to your appetite, serves at your table and leaves the kitchen as he found it. A children's menu is no trouble. From €60 per person Children’s menu available -
On request
Custom cakes for your occasion
Made to order for a birthday, a wedding or an anniversary. Tiered cakes, number cakes, sugar work or fresh flowers, agreed in advance and delivered on the day. On request Birthdays, weddings, anniversaries Drawn to your brief, delivered on the day -
€23
Dinner and brunch, delivered
Our chef cooks to your order and it arrives ready for the table. A working lunch, a long Sunday brunch, or dinner for six with no washing-up. From €23 per person Many assortments available -
€29
Gourmet baskets
Local and seasonal, packed to travel: Savoie cheeses, charcuterie, fresh bread and something cold. Eat on the terrace, on the boat, or up a mountain. From €29 per basket Any meal, Friday evening to Monday evening -
€130
Alexia, cooking from the market
Alexia shops at the market in the morning and builds the menu around what she finds. Elegant, generous and seasonal. Vegetarian and vegan on request. From €130 per person Vegan and vegetarian by arrangement -
€85
Wine and cheese, with a sommelier
A sommelier takes you through the wines grown on the slopes above the lake and the cheeses made in the mountains behind them, and which go together. From €85 per person 2 hours -
€65
Wine and food pairings
Tastings arranged to order and pairings put together with a chef, chosen around what you are eating rather than from a fixed list. From €65 per person From 2 hours -
€135
Food tour of the old town
Aude walks you through the old town by way of its producers: the cheesemonger, the charcutier, the baker. Tastings along the way, and the history where it happened. From €135 per person 2 hours -
€125
Market visit, then a cooking class
Choose the ingredients at the Annecy market in the morning with a chef beside you, then cook them together in the afternoon. From €125 per person 3 hours
Excursions
Whole days out, collected from the door and returned to it.
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€330
Day trip to Chamonix and Mont Blanc
A full day at the foot of the highest mountain in western Europe, collected from the apartment in the morning and returned in the evening. From €330 per person 8 hours -
€180
Electric mountain biking
Guided by an instructor through the Aravis range or across the Semnoz plateau. The electric bike takes care of the climbs. From €180 per person 3 to 6 hours -
€15
Annecy sightseeing bus tour
The town from an open-top bus: the basilica, the lakefront and the old town. The easiest way to get your bearings on a first morning, and dogs are welcome. €15 per person Dogs welcome -
€120
Chamonix: Aiguille du Midi and Mer de Glace
The cable car to 3,842 metres for the view over the Mont Blanc massif, and the Mer de Glace glacier in the valley below. Half a day or a full one. From €120 per person 3 hours or 8 hours -
€275
A day in Annecy, from La Clusaz
A full day in the town: the old town and its arcades, the market, lunch by the canal, and the lake itself. From €275 per person 8 hours -
€265
Savoie vineyard tour
Three wine estates in a day with a guide who knows the growers. Roussette, Mondeuse and Jacquere, tasted where they are made. From €265 per person 8 hours -
€185
Dinner in a snow groomer, Courchevel
Up the mountain in the machine that grooms the pistes, after the lifts have closed, to dinner somewhere no one else can reach that evening. From €185 per person 2 hours -
€230
Day trip to the Bauges mountains
The mountain range on the far side of Lake Annecy, a regional park of limestone peaks and high pasture. Walking, viewpoints, and farms that still make tomme cheese by hand. From €230 per person 8 hours -
€15
Urban escape game
An hour of puzzles through the lanes and bridges of the old town. Good for a group that cannot agree on what to do next. From €15 per person 1 hour
On the water
The lake is across the street. This is what to do with it.
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€45
Boat hire, with or without a licence
Electric and petrol boats, yours to captain by the half hour or the day. No licence needed on the smaller ones, and the water is two minutes from the door. From €45 for 30 minutes From 30 minutes 1 to 6 or 8 people per boat -
€270
Guided boat excursion on the lake
Skippered, so you need only look: the coves no road reaches, the chateaux from the water, and a swim somewhere with no path down to it. From €270 From 1 hr 30 Up to 12 people per boat -
€50
Wakeboard, wakesurf and waterski
Certified coaches five minutes along the shore, on some of the cleanest water in Europe. Equipment provided, and the mornings are flat. €50 per session Equipment provided Private hire €220 per hour -
€270
Winter lounge boat cruise
The same coves with snow on the mountains behind them, from a heated boat. The lake in February is far emptier than in July. From €270 From 1 hr 30 Up to 10 people per boat -
€395+
Escape game on the lake
Two hours on the water solving puzzles, with your aperitif locked in a cool box until you do. Best played in a group. €395 plus €30 per person 2 hours on the lake Up to 12 people per boat -
€90–150
Private boat transfers
Past the traffic on the lake road and to a restaurant or beach in minutes, leaving from the pontoon rather than the car park. €90 to €150 From your pontoon Up to 12 people per boat
Adventure
For anyone who came here to do something rather than look at it.
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€20
Bicycle and e-bike hire
A flat cycle path runs forty kilometres round the lake. Road bikes, e-bikes and mountain bikes, delivered to the door. From €20 per person Every type of bike -
€160
Horse riding
Out with a guide at whatever level you ride, through woodland and open pasture above the lake. From €160 per person 4 hours -
€160
Freediving under the ice
Under a frozen lake in a drysuit, with a hand on the line and a safety diver beside you throughout. Nothing else has light like it. €160 per person 2 hours Ages 8 to 88 -
€85
Ice floating
Floating in a buoyant suit on water just above freezing, warm and weightless, looking up at the mountains. Nothing to do but lie there. €85 per person 1 hour Every level -
€65
Canyoning
Following the river itself by jump, slide and rappel, through gorges no footpath reaches. The best answer there is to a hot afternoon. Around €65 per person About 3 hours Every level -
€165
Trappers evening at La Clusaz
Out after dark by snowshoe and lamplight, into parts of La Clusaz no chairlift reaches, with a fire and something hot at the end. From €165 per person 4 hours
In the air
Annecy is one of the great flying sites in Europe. It would be a waste not to.
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On request
Paragliding over the lake
A tandem flight from the Col de la Forclaz, landing on the grass at Doussard, with the whole lake below you the entire way. One of the best flying sites in Europe. On request Spring, summer and autumn From three years old -
Guest rate
Private aircraft over the Alps
A private aircraft and pilot out of Annecy, over the glaciers to Mont Blanc. The same aircraft lands at the altiports of Courchevel and Megeve, mountain runways closed to almost everyone. Reduced rate for guests of the penthouse All year Also private transfers to the ski resorts -
€140
Helicopter flight over the lake
Twenty minutes covers the lake and the town. Fifty takes you out over the glaciers to Mont Blanc and back. From €140 per person 20 to 50 minutes Discovery flight upwards -
€309
Hot-air balloon flight
Up at dawn, when the air is still, for over an hour above the lakes and mountains of Haute-Savoie. From €309 per person Allow 4 hours, over an hour in flight -
On request
Paragliding at La Clusaz
A tandem flight from the top of the ski area, out over the mountains you have been looking at all day. On request Winter and summer From four years old