The village of Conflans in the High Savoy, France
The medieval town of Conflans is close to the center of Albertville, is situated on a promontory and has an important historical importance.
The portal of entry, the fountain, the church and castle, monuments, squares, antique shops in the central streets, everything goes back to the XIII - XVI. From here 'in a garden, there is a lookout over the city of Albertville.
A Conflans there is also the museum of history and ethnography, in addition to bars and restaurants, small downtown with the central plaza and historic buildings. The village is well preserved and you can 'freely enter or participate in guided tours of the group. Not far there is ample free parking and a walkway for access to the village guide pedestrians to the entrance.
Address: medieval
Albertville
Two steps from the famous guests who Albertville years behind the Winter Olympics, there is the historic site and very well preserved of Conflans.
Visit it is very challenging, it takes little more than 'an hour and it is beautiful.
You park in a parking lot nearby and reported by a walkway leads to the village through an ancient stone gateway that arc, with arms and explanation on a billboard. Gia 'outsiders admire the beauty and what keeps the village. The colors are obviously prevalent in the gray shades, the color of the stone. Entry seems to make a passage of time and be catapulted into the past. Old houses and low, a castle that has mastered, and everything is up and down alleys.
It remains open-mouthed before the ancient church restored, with beautiful frescoes on the outside and inside well preserved and very rich. The altar is decorated chapels and contain statues and paintings. From the viewpoint of the public garden is a beautiful vision of the castle from the top, you arrive in the ancient and central plaza with ancient paving, fountains, benches, flower beds cared and museum, history and ethnography. Remember the square in Orta San Giulio. Climbing up the road that goes behind the church comes to an ancient castle in the process of restructuring.
The village is small but cozy and unique, small shops and some with signs typical of this restaurant make it perfect the Haute Savoie village.