The Savoie Region
The Wildlife - Wild Plants - Food & Wine - Winter Sports -
The Vanoise National Park bordering Italy and the Gran Paradiso National Park covers a combined area of 1250 km2
In winter the Savoie region is world famous for it's skiing with a host of superb ski resorts: Courchevel, Meribel, La Plagne, Les Arcs, Val d'Isere, Tignes.
Chambery, is the capital of Savoy, has a beautiful historic centre..
Albertville played host to the 1992 Winter Olympic Games. Albertville, with the ancient walled town of Conflans, guards the entrance to the Tarentaise valley through which flows the Isère river.
