The Hotel Auberge Camelia is peacefully situated between Lake Geneva (Lac Leman) and Lake Annecy in the French Alpine village of Aviernoz. We offer 10 very comfortable bedrooms with en-suite bathrooms and a restaurant serving classic regional dishes. The hotel provides an ideal location for skiing mountain walking or relaxing. It also serves as an excellent base to explore the French Alps whether enjoying the clear clean mountain air or discovering the beauty of the mountains lakes and villages in this outstanding area. In the evenings you can relax by the fireside in our cosy lounge chat with friends plan your next day or simply enjoy a glass of wine or one of our local digestifs. In the early thirties a young bride from Paris settled in Aviernoz a small village in the Alps and opened a cafébistro. This anecdote is not even remotely interesting if it were not for the fact that this woman became a very active member of the French Resistance. Camélia (her nom de geurre) was a pacifist for all concerned while she secretly dealt with coded messages provided food for the partisans heading to the Plateau des Glières and hid American pilots while helping them to escape to Switzerland. Falling in love with this part of France Roger and Suzanne bought the property in 1989 and despite having been closed for many years it still had charm and enormous possibilities. The entire historic building had to be gutted and reduced to its shell before the renovations using local artisans could be started. The official opening was in July 1992 and was christened Auberge Camelia in honor of the brave woman who saved so many lives while risking her own. The militia came often recalls one of her sons everybody knew something was up but no-one talked. There were times when she had to burn messages over the fire and if only these walls could talk we would know a great number of stories. Hotel Auberge Camelia is home to Roger Suzanne and the two hotel dogs - AlphaTango (AT) and Django Reinhardt. When you stay here you become part of that family enjoying not only the hospitality and comfort but the history of the place as well.

Facilities:

• Hotel Non-Smoking Throughout
• Car parking available onsite
• Restaurant
• Bar