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Annecy Gardens and Open Air

Annecy Gardens and Open Air

Annecy · France

8 stops6.0 km1 h 13 min
  • Audio guide
  • 4 languages
  • Quizzes
  • Offline

Walk through Annecy’s parks, gardens, children’s play areas, an esplanade, and two animal-focused outdoor spaces. You will see the leafy Jardins de l'Europe, several differently named parks, and open-air places designed for play or wildlife. This walk is worth taking for its varied collection of green and outdoor spaces.

The walk

Stops 1–6 of 8. The rest are in the app.

  1. Jardins de l'Europe

    Jardins de l'Europe

    A former marshy island turned promenade, shaped by plague, convents, empire and urban planning.

  2. Parc aux Enfants

    Parc aux Enfants

    Parc aux Enfants is a park and tourism attraction in Annecy, France.

  3. Parc Charles Bosson

    Parc Charles Bosson

    Parc Charles Bosson is a park and tourism attraction in Annecy, France.

  4. 2 more stops on this walk, in the app
  5. La Volière de l'Impérial

    La Volière de l'Impérial

    La Volière de l’Impérial is a zoo in Annecy, France.

  6. Esplanade Paul Grimault

    Esplanade Paul Grimault

    Esplanade Paul Grimault is a park in Annecy, France.

  7. Parc pour enfants du Jardin de l'Évêché

    Parc pour enfants du Jardin de l'Évêché

    Parc pour enfants du Jardin de l'Évêché is a park in Annecy, France.

  8. Stop 7

  9. Stop 8

  10. 2 more stops in the app

Data: OpenStreetMap contributors and Google Places

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How a walk works

2 more stops in the app

This page shows the first 6 of 8 stops. The rest of the walk, and the guide who narrates it, are in the app.

  1. Pick a walk

    Every stop is a real place, already in walking order.

  2. Pocket your phone

    Follow the line on the live map, or download the walk before you lose signal.

  3. Listen as you arrive

    On a narrated walk the story starts on its own at each stop, so your eyes stay on the place.

See the whole walk in the app

Free to install · Every city’s featured walk is free, start to finish.

  • A guide who talks

    Narration at every stop, starting on its own as you arrive — phone in your pocket.

  • The route, followed

    A live map with the turns called out, and a way back whenever you wander off it.

  • In four languages

    English, French, Spanish and Arabic — the words and the voice, not just the labels.

  • Something to answer

    A few questions as you leave a stop, written from the story you just heard.

  • Or build your own

    Pick the places you actually want and the app works out the order to walk them in.

  • The unglamorous things

    Toilets, pharmacies, cash points and water, without leaving the walk.

  • No signal needed

    Download a walk before you go and it works under a souk roof or on a plane.

  • Picks up where you left off

    Stop for lunch, come back tomorrow, and the walk is exactly where you left it.