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Culture

Looking for unique eating experiences
Come to Le Clocher in Annecy-le-Vieux,

Haute-Savoie, France

he offers a menu that changes with the seasons,
mainly made from local and fresh products.
An outstanding wine list, particularly varied
and adapted to all budgets, will enhance your
meals in the most beautiful way.

Honored with several labels including those
of «Quality Tourism», «Maître Restaurateur»
and «Member of the Culinary College of
France», Le Clocher his distinguished itself
out as an essential table in the region.

And Le Clocher, was just awarded the
distinction of having one of the 100 best
Inside feeric and formation, risky to explore. Inside was a fairy incredible structure. Next summer, as soon cellars in France! It has been a long way getting
almost unreal world tale of underground blue lakes and a turquoise as it is possible, I will certainly go with him Does Annecy le Vieux ring a bell? It is not there, but Bruno Colomb and his dedicated
of the glacier ice ceilings like royal crystal. In some places we again, this time taking colleagues who have the historical city of Annecy on the lake, as staff have made it! Le Clocher is a restaurant
could see objects frozen inside the ice - many been fascinated by my photos and stories. We many people tend to believe, but rather one of serving traditional food, and in the summer,
The cave-turquoise there for centuries or millennia given the age will visit “our” Glacier, feel its pulse again, Annecy’s quiet suburbs. For a some unknown
natural Palais of of this Glacier, held deep inside its heart. see its beauty, admire the guide’s devotedness reason, the gastronomes in the region seem to the terrace outside is particularly lovely,
Ed Kummer cave in to his treasure, and defend this unique and have all settled there, and now you have two adjoined by a place where the locals meet to
Chatzuleche play pétanque.
We were speechless for some time, and could endangered UNESCO site. Anyone who has restaurants with Micheline Stars, Claude Sens,
not even move; we needed a long rest to calm seen or heard of such a thing will surely be and Felix. And as if this were not enough, in
Inside the cave front of the Town Hall you find three excellent
- Marjela side our emotions and prepare for the long ascent concerned about the fragility of nature, and
back. This was difficult, but we managed, using perhaps working together we will all try to and more reasonably priced restaurants where
a rope prepared by our guide to escalade part save the Glacier. the food is also excellent, Le Café Brunet, Le
of it. Then we walked the blue-marked trail, Clocher and Le Petit Prince.
and, understanding that we were returning If you would be interested, you can get
from a fairy tale to reality, we turned back to in touch in English, French and German, The three above-mentioned restaurants are
see the glacier and say goodbye. Only a little with Edelbert (Ed) Kummar, the guide at all located in the heart of Annecy-le-Vieux, a
further on, this grandiose spectacle was lost to ed@wandersport.ch directly through large part of which is classified as a historical
us. After that came the Aletsch forest and the his website www.wandersport.ch, or monument. Of particular distinction is Le
usual view of the glacier on the red-marked through the Aletrch Arena official site Clocher, which occupies the ground floor of a
path. Back in reality, we made another long https://www.aletscharena.ch, where you will building over four centuries old. Taking its name
stop while the guide told us about the glacier. also find guides for the guided ice walks if you from one of the most beautiful Romanesque-
I learned many new geological and historical are keen experience walking on the ice before type historic monuments of the whole region
facts - all incredibly interesting! it shrinks or melts down. – a bell tower dating from the 12th century
PS: Special thanks go to Ed Kummar for – the restaurant Le Clocher benefits from a
Devotedness to nature protection showing his secret Ice Cave, to Kevin Munnig unique setting, with a terrace. Inside modernity
In winter this trip will not be possible, so for introducing me to the Glacier, and to my and authenticity blend, the furniture with
I will go with the guide to gain snowshoe colleague Isa Mamedov who shared with me the contemporary lines harmoniously alongside
experience around the area, as I am quite part of the adventure, and hopefully will share thick exposed stone walls.
conquered by devotion to “his” glacier. I want more to explore all Swiss Glaciers with all their
to share this love with you, and express my caves and to raise concern on how we all can do Chef Benjamin Schwab’s cuisine evokes in all
solidarity with those who want to save this our bit to protect them. respects this exceptional heritage and cultural
richness. In the kitchen since February 2018,

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