Children’s groups : Traditional housing – Discovery visit

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    Abondance

    Explore a hamlet on the heights of the village of Abondance, and discover life in a mountain environment: geography, traditional habitat, building materials… are just some of the topics covered.

    On the heights of the village of Abondance, explore a hamlet whose appearance is lovingly preserved and maintained by its inhabitants: its houses, its chapel…
    Geography, traditional habitat, building materials, vernacular heritage and intangible heritage are some of the themes addressed to enable children to discover life in a mountain environment.
    The meeting point is at the hamlet of Charmy l’Envers (2.5 km from the village centre).

    Topics covered: geography of the valley, composition of a traditional mountain hamlet, architecture, materials, traditions and know-how.
    Organisation: whole class.

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    Activities

    • Cultural activities
    • Accompanied
    • Introductory/discovery

    Cultural activities

    • Discovery
    • Tradition/folklore
    • Agricultural

    Customer base

    • Home school groups
    • Holiday Camps Home
    • Children from 6 to 12 years
    • Young people from 13 to 17 years old
    • Cycle 2: elementary School
    • Cycle 3: elementary school (CM1, CM2)
    • Cycle 3: college (6th)
    • Cycle 4: middle School

    Opening

    All year round, daily except on January 1st, May 8th, November 11th and December 25th.

    On demand.

    Adapted Tourism

    • Mental disability

    Prices

    Group children: from 4 € (4.50€ if the group is less than 20 people.).


    Free of charge: 3 accompanying adults per class.

    Information for booking

    Free of charge: 3 accompanying adults per class.

    Payment method

    • Carte bancaire
    • Chèque
    • Espèces
    • Paiement sans contact-en
    • Credit transfer

    Location

    Maison du Fromage Abondance
    291 route de Sous le Pas
    74360 Abondance

    The Maison du Fromage Abondance is located in the heart of the Abondance valley: 5 minutes from the centre of the village, itinerary "Tour du village" or "Bords de Dranse". On the right as you enter the village from Thonon-les-Bains. 27 km from Thonon-les-Bains and Evian les Bains on the D22. 65 km from Geneva Airport It is served by the Colombus coaches, stop "Maison du Fromage Abondance" (during school holidays).

    Characteristics :

    • Mountain location
    • Ski resort

    Spoken languages

    • French

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