Name: The hamlets of Bessans
Address: Bessans, Bessans, 73480
Telephone: 04 79 05 96 05
Price range: Free access.

Bessans

The Avérole, at 2050 m is the highest hamlet of Bessans, it has retained its traditional architecture of stone and slate. The Vincendières, typical hamlet, cradle of sculptors Clappier. The hamlet of Goulaz and its chapel Sainte-Anne.

© The hamlet of Avérole in Bessans - <em>HMVT/Alban Pernet</em>

© The hamlet of Vincendières in Bessans - <em>P.Huart/HMVT</em>

© The hamlet of Vincendières in Bessans - <em>Pierre Huart/HMVT</em>

© The hamlet of Villaron in Bessans - <em>Bénédicte Filliol - OT HMV</em>

© The hamlet of La Goulaz in Bessans - <em>HMVT/Alban Pernet</em>

© The hamlets of Bessans in winter, la Goulaz - <em>HMVT/Alban Pernet</em>

© The hamlet of La Chalpe in Bessans - <em>Bénédicte Filliol - OT HMV</em>

© Nordic walking hamlet of Villaron in Bessans - <em>Matteo Challes - OTHMV</em>

© Villaron hamlet in Bessans - <em>B.Filliol - OTHMV</em>

Description

Possibility to take the shuttle Bessans - Vincendières - Avérole in summer (July-August). We can also discover Le Villaron on the road to Bonneval and its chapels of Saint-Colomban and Saint-Bernard de Menthon. Also the chapel Our Lady of Graces of the seventeenth century with its many paintings and ex-voto.