Samoëns is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It is the principal commune for the canton which bears its name. The town of Samoëns is located in the Vallée du Giffre in the French Alps.
Beautiful place in the Summer and Winter
In the winter its snow, church, historic market and alpine botanical garden, hamlets and chapels… To discover Samoëns is to immerse oneself in a history, that of a mecca of the Savoy. To walk its streets is to walk through a historical, human and gastronomic heritage. Between sports and culture or well-being and discoveries, here are the essentials!
In the Summer its a picturesque village with its church, its historic market and its alpine botanical garden, hamlets and chapels … Discovering Samoëns, means to dive into a story, the one of a high place of Savoy. To go through its streets is to walk through an historical, human and gastronomical heritage. Amongst sport and culture or well-being and discoveries, here you are the must-haves!
The Village
The picturesque village of Samoëns is historically the homeland of stonecutters, called “Frahans”, whose know-how is famous since the seventeenth century. Even today, Samoëns preserves the history of the Frahans in its architecture: the dwellings of Samoëns are indeed built of stone and not wood, thus standing out from their neighbours …
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