Discovering the treasures of the Versants du Soleil

The vineyards (information panel)

Hamlet of Le Villard

Chef-lieu of La Côte d'Aime
The former cheese dairy, which closed its doors in the 1970s, now houses a little museum containing exhibits connected with the traditional art of cheesemaking and life as once lived in the mountain pastures and villages. A film gives you some idea about how Beaufort is made. Cheese sold onsite.
The village also boasts a reconstruction of an early 20th-century classroom, containing all the materials and furniture that made up the daily lives of the schoolchildren in those long gone days.
04.79.55.69.25./ 07.66.09.78.94

Hamlet of Préberard
A QR Code provides a link to the Patrimoine de La Plagne Tarentaise website on the area’s heritage.

Orchards

Hamlet of Montméry
Here too is the house that once belonged to Joannès (A QR Code links you to the Patrimoine de La Plagne Tarentaise website), a bygone inhabitant of the village whose mission it was to breathe new life into the objects that had marked his and his parents’ and grandparents’ childhoods. Immerse yourself in the atmosphere of a house from days long past where humans and animals lived together in harmony. Everyday objects, furniture, work tools, and more besides… testimonies to the lives of the people who lived there in the early days of the last century. Surroundings that provide a better understanding of how life could be both simple and difficult at the same time, and also make us realise how much life has changed between then and now.
Montméry’s little cheese dairy keeps all its materials on show in a perfect state of preservation, from the fine copper cauldron used in the making of Beaufort cheese to the little notebooks where the weight of milk delivered by each producer was entered.
Montméry has two chapels, the larger being Saint Etienne Chapel, while Saint James Chapel stands like a sentinel over the hamlet, visible from a good distance away.
And last but not least, an orientation table is on hand to help you take in the fine views of the mountain peaks to best advantage.
04.79.55.69.25./ 07.66.09.78.94

Saint-François-de-Sales Church - Valezan
This church harbours an impressively sized altarpiece in various shades of beige. A gilded timber tabernacle from Italy is given pride of place. Statues of four evangelists as well as St Francis de Sales and St Felix above can be seen in recesses. There are fifteen medallions on the Rosary altarpiece. A decorated rood beam, adorned with cherubs, can be seen at the chancel entrance. There is also an 18th century timber statue on the right-hand pillar.
Open on Wednesdays from 15:30 to 17:30, in July and August.
Free
Tel.: +33 (0)4 79 07 66 41

Village of Valezan
Notre Dame de Lourdes Chapel is located to the east of the village. It was built in 1881 on the aptly named Chemin des Chapelles. It contains two paintings of Our Lady of La Salette, as well as paintings of Saint Roch and Saint Genevieve in memory of two other chapels now disappeared.
The upper part of the village also contains the Baroque-style Saint Francis of Sales Church, built between 1727 and 1730. Its furnishings testify to the villagers’ religious zeal in the early 18th century, as well as to the village’s prosperity. It is located on Les Chemins du Baroque (https://www.savoie-mont-blanc.com/Decouvrir/Explorer/Culture-et-patrimoine/Les-Chemins-du-Baroque).

The Châtelard Cross

Les Fours’ montagnettes
The hamlet has preserved its traditional architecture and customs rooted in the past, with most of its inhabitants making their livings from agriculture. Keep your eyes open, as the panorama is well worth going out of your way to see!

Les Bompas’ montagnettes

Notre Dame de Lourdes Chapel

The chapel in Foran

Hamlet of Granier

Saint Barthelemy Church in Granier

Goat Farm
In the summer, the goatherd is up on the mountainside tending his animals, but you can buy his cheeses every Friday evening at the market in La Cote d'Aime, from 5:30 to 7:30. You can even enjoy a tasting session accompanied by the local wine.
Description
Follow the blue waymarks: Les Versants du Soleil.
E-bike rental shop:
Bike Surgery
8 place Joux
73210 AIME
(Next to the church)
+33 (0)4 57 37 69 95
- Departure : 73210 Aime, Place de l'Eglise
- Arrival : 73210 Aime, Place de l'Eglise
- Towns crossed : AIME-LA-PLAGNE, LA PLAGNE TARENTAISE
Altimetric profile
Recommandations
If in doubt, you can take an introductory lesson in how to ride an electric bike with an instructor.
Information desks
1139 avenue de Tarentaise<br>Aime<br>73210 Aime-la-Plagne,
http://www.laplagne-vallee.com
info.vallee@la-plagne.com
04 79 55 67 00
Transport
Information: www.oui.sncf.com
Access and parking
Parking: Place de l'Eglise
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