The tour will take you around the Annecy lake, one of the purest European lakes, surrounded by the Aravis and Bauges mountains which will be wearing gorgeous autumn colours. In addition to this natural landscape, you will admire numerous monuments, castles and manors along the way: the Impérial Palace gardens, the Paquier esplanade, as well as the Swan island, the love bridge, the Annecy castle, the Duingt castle on its peninsula and finally the famous castle in Menthon St.Bernard. This year, the tour takes place on the weekend of the traditional descent of the cattle from the mountain pastures, you can take part in on the day before in the old city of Annecy.