Travel Guide Samoëns

Samoëns is the perfect image of an authentic mountain village that has managed to preserve its mountain character, with its traditional architecture, its chalets and its ancient stone buildings, as well as its fountains and sundials, while focusing on winter sports. Despite its altitude of 720 meters in the Giffre plain, a tributary of the Arve, the Grand Massif Express takes only 8 minutes to reach the Grand Massif ski area. Samoëns is the land of craftsmen, stone masons, the Frahans, who participated in the construction of churches, monasteries and large public buildings in France and Europe. Samoëns is today a family resort with reasonable prices. Moreover, the creation of the Grand Massif domain and the development of mountain leisure activities have given Samoëns a new lease of life without losing the essence of its most pleasant tourist line. The resort is the only one of the mountain resorts to be classified as a "Country of Art and History" by the Historic Monuments. A village that offers many advantages for a stay mixing visits of a rich heritage in a splendid setting and outdoor activities. And if you wonder during your stay where this name "septimontain" comes from, which can be found on the names of shops, restaurants and even on menus, "septimontain" is simply the name of the inhabitants of Samoëns. It comes from the seven mountains that surround the village. Another particularity of this village: don't look for the names of the streets in the center of town, there are none!