{"id":3887,"date":"2016-12-30T11:16:25","date_gmt":"2016-12-30T10:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3887"},"modified":"2016-12-30T11:20:21","modified_gmt":"2016-12-30T10:20:21","slug":"aix-les-bains-and-lac-du-bourget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/3887\/","title":{"rendered":"Aix-les-Bains and Lac du Bourget"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m back from Annecy, where I had a splendid few days cooking a Christmas dinner of roast chicken and Yorkshire pudding and taking in some local sights.<\/p>\n<p>One such place\u00a0was <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aix-les-Bains\" target=\"_blank\">Aix-les-Bains<\/a>, which I&#8217;d never visited before. \u00a0Like Annecy it sits beside a lake &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lac_du_Bourget\" target=\"_blank\">Lac du Bourget<\/a> &#8211; which is the largest in France, and I have heard there is some sort of local rivalry between the two towns. \u00a0Having now visited both it is clear that Annecy is the more picturesque and attracts more tourists, but the lake at Aix is nonetheless beautiful\u00a0and it seems more suitable for sailing than Lake Annecy judging by the number of sailboats and small harbours dotted about. \u00a0I also found that there are several viewpoints offering spectacular views of Lac du Bourget which can be accessed by road, whereas the best views of Lake Annecy are mostly obtained by hiking on foot to the top of a mountain. \u00a0Unfortunately I didn&#8217;t have my SLR with me and so was only able to take photos with my iPhone, but I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;ll go back there before too long with a proper camera.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/311.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3880\" src=\"https:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/311-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/311-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/311-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/311-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/311-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/310.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3879\" src=\"https:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/310-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/310-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/310-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/310-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/310-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/315.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3881\" src=\"https:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/315-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/315-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/315-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/315-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/315-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/317.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3882\" src=\"https:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/317-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/317-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/317-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/317-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/317-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/318.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3883\" src=\"https:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/318-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/318-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/318-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/318-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/318-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/319.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3884\" src=\"https:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/319-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/319-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/319-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/319-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/319-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Aix-les-Bains-Panorama-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3885\" src=\"https:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Aix-les-Bains-Panorama-1-1024x289.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"165\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Aix-les-Bains-Panorama-1-1024x289.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Aix-les-Bains-Panorama-1-300x85.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Aix-les-Bains-Panorama-1-768x216.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Aix-les-Bains-Panorama-1-500x141.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" 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One such place\u00a0was Aix-les-Bains, which I&#8217;d never visited before. \u00a0Like Annecy it sits &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/3887\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[67,25,13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3887"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3887"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3887\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3892,"href":"http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3887\/revisions\/3892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}