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Chalet Abondance
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Chalet Abondance is located in beautiful and quiet hamlet of Frogy (see video) near the village of Abondance in the Haute Savoie region of France within the Portes du Soleil ski area and close to the border with Switzerland. The accommodation consists of a ground floor Studio Apartment sleeping up to 5 persons and a 1st/2nd floor Apartment sleeping up to 6 persons. Abondance is not only a good winter resort but a good all year round resort eg. walking, climbing, mountain biking, paragliding, kayaking, rafting etc. The village of Abondance, only a few minutes walk away, has a Tourist Information centre and a good selection of bars, restaurants and shops.
Traditional farming
methods provide such pleasures as visits to dairies or tasty
farmhouse meals. The valley is the birthplace of the “Abondance”
cow which produces milk to make cheese of the same name (AOC
listed). The area’s heritage
is equally abundant for, throughout the ages, the valley has
protected treasures such as Notre Dame Abbey with its cloisters as
well as its traditional wooden and stone alpine chalets, with their
carved balconies. La Maison du Val: focusing on Abondance cheese, this eco-museum will take you on a tour of this region’s characteristics, its history and country life.
Chalet Abondance is jointly owned by Bob & Denise Park and John Campbell and Lesley Hulett. Bob has been a professional potter all of his adult life and runs a workshop/gallery at Greystoke Gill in Cumbria. John has been a full-time watercolour artist for 20 years and shares Sharp Edge Gallery in Keswick, with 2 other artists.
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