Advantages: Superb restaurants and hotels and such friendly people. Great in summer and winter Disadvantages: Own immediate skiing area is limited but good links to Chatel and beyond
I discovered La chapelle d'Abondance about four years ago when looking for property to buy. It is located in a valley which leads up from Lac Leman to the Swiss border up in the mountains at Morgins, part of th eportes du Soleil ski area - a road which you wouldn't take unless heading that way! Most traffic is local therefore - very few lorries, excpept for local deliveries.
It's attraction has to be the calmness of the place although it comes alive ... ...not yet eaten anywhere in La Chapelle or Chatel and been disappointed by quality or price) and the dishes are all superbly presented. Memories of Duck breast in honey and pain d'epice, lamb noisettes in a basil and garlic jus, Filet of fera ( a local fish form lac Leman) all accompanied by properly cooked(not overcooked) vegetable options... and the starters and desserts were equally sublime. The cost at the time was about £30 per person on half ...
averycrossman 25.09.2005
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