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La Roche-sur-Foron lies at the foot of the French Alps in the historic Haute-Savoie department of south east France. The lovingly restored medieval town centre, beautifully decked in flowers, packs 1,000 years of history into its walls and ranks it as one of the “100 prettiest detours in France”.
La Roche is a lively and dynamic market town with a population of 12,000. Its location close to Geneva, Chamonix Mont-Blanc  and Annecy makes La Roche-sur-Foron a great destination in one of Europe's most beautiful mountain and lake regions.
​The Tourist Office of La Roche-sur-Foron will be happy to help organise visits and trips. Contact them ...
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​Photos Emmanuel Marin
La Roche-sur-Foron is conveniently located in the triangle formed by Geneva, Annecy and Chamonix Mont-Blanc (Europe's highest peak).​
It lies near two major motorways connecting Lyon, Geneva and Italy, via Mont Blanc tunnel.
It is served by Geneva airport (40 minutes) and Lyon airport (90 minutes), and has easy connections to France's high speed rail link to Paris, Lyon and the Mediterranean.

GETTING HERE

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Geneva airport - 30 minutes by car
The new Leman Express train service runs twice an hour from Geneva Central station (Cornavin) to La Roche sur Foron (terminus Annecy of St Gervais). Trains from the airport to Cornavin go every 10 minutes.
If arriving from Paris take Switzerland exit (not France)
​Lyon airport - 90 minutes by car
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High speed train (TGV) from Paris to La Roche-sur-Foron (change at Bellegarde or Annecy)
Local train from Lyon (change at Bellegarde or Annecy)
Local network trains from Geneva Central (Cornavin) to La Roche-sur-Foron run twice an hour at peak times, once an hour off peak (direction Annecy or St Gervais via Annemasse).
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From Lyon - A42 via Geneva or A43 via Annecy 
From Paris - A6 South, A40 Geneva, A410 La Roche
From Germany - A1 through Switzerland via Basel or Zurich, A410 La Roche
From Italy - Through Mont-Blanc tunnel via Chamonix, A410 La Roche
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