This bike ride through the Geneva countryside takes you on a tour of magnificent rural landscapes and remarkable heritage sites.
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All year round.Accepted customers
Accepted customers
- Individuals
Points of interest
Points of interest
Points of interest
1Chartreuse de Pomier
An exceptional venue for your private receptions: wedding, birthday, baptism, communion, …and your corporate events: seminars, team building, conference, corporate evening, product launch … 20 minutes from Geneva and Annecy. At the foot of the “Salève”.<br/>For 600 years, the Pomier Charterhouse was a place of prayer and meditation. During the last century, turned into a hotel-restaurant, it has welcomed many guests. The renovation of the Pomier Charterhouse, at the start of the 21st century, was conceived to maintain this vocation of reflection and welcome thanks to the refurbishment of this historic site.
2Maison du Salève
The Maison du Salève is a lively, friendly place where you can discover the history and heritage of the Salève massif through exhibitions, workshops, guided tours, discovery trails, conferences and even anniversaries.<br/>Located in the countryside at Présilly, Maison du Salève offers unusual activities connected to its exhibitions, including guided tours, workshops, lectures and nature trails. Walks suitable for people of all ages start from the Maison, including the ‘In the footsteps of the Carthusians’ discovery trail, the pilgrim route to Santiago da Compostela, and the Chemin des Convers, which takes you to summit of the Salève.
The Maison du Salève’s eco-boutique features local artisans, food producers and writers.
3Notre Dame de la Paix de Verrières chapel
The small prisoners' chapel built from stone.<br/>During the Second World War, the parish community of Neydens had promised to build a chapel dedicated to the Virgin if all the prisoners from the village returned alive. The grateful prisoners, as well as the members of the community of Neydens built it at the end of the war. The site offers a viewing point over the valley.
4Notre Dame de la Salette Chapel
In Feigères, between 1400 and 1789, thirteen seigneuries ruled at Châtelard.<br/>Of this medieval castle, only a wall face remains well preserved today.
On the site of this castle the Châtelard cross and the Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette Chapel were constructed (1874 for the first one and 1925 for the current one). A pilgrimage takes place every year on the first Sunday after Assumption.
