Embrun and Serre Ponçon lake

Perched on its 80 metre-high rock, Embrun, nicknamed the little Nice of the Alps, because of its particularly mild and sunny climate, offers a magnificent panorama of the Durance valley. A former archbishopric city, its strategic geographical location also explains its historical importance and its economic prosperity until the revolution. A prestigious past, many witnesses of which still persist today and have earned it the label “City and Country of Art and History”. The old town, which looks like Provence, reveals, in fact, a remarkable heritage, a mixture of medieval, archiepiscopal and Provençal architecture: picturesque streets lined with colorful houses, pretty squares decorated with fountains, arched passages, walls decorated with sundials and vast wooded gardens. Not to be missed, the Notre-Dame-du-Réal cathedral, from the 12th and 13th centuries, is one of the most important religious monuments in the French Alps. Nearby, the former keep of the archbishops’ palace, the Brown Tower, now houses a space dedicated to the Park National des Ecrins.

Today, the central position of Embrun in the department, its preserved natural setting, its proximity to the Ecrins National Park and the Queyras Regional Natural Park as well as the diversity of activities it offers make it a flagship destination for Southern Alps.
200 m from the hotel, lovers of water activities will find what they are looking for on the Embrun lake: sailing school, rowing club, canoeing, fishing but also tennis, mini-golf, carousel , games for children, beaches.

And if that's not enough, a little further away, the second largest artificial lake in Europe, Lake Serre-Ponçon, a marvelous expanse of water with a surface area of 3,000 hectares, offers the "sea to the mountain " ! Many activities, nautical or land-based, are possible there. In the listed tourist resort of Savines-le-Lac, you can relax on its beach, indulge in swimming, sailing, fishing but also hiking, mountain biking, horse riding or even hiking. escalation. Hikers will be spoiled for choice. They will be able to take the paths that crisscross the surroundings of the lake and benefit from superb views of the Serre-Ponçon site.
Built on the Durance, the impressive Serre-Ponçon dam, with a height of 123 meters and a width of 650 meters at the base, is the largest earthen dam in Europe!
The Muséoscope du Lac, located at the Serre-Ponçon belvedere, in Rousset, tells the story of the construction of this immense dam.

Do not hesitate to ask us, we will be happy to advise you in discovering our beautiful region.