If you do courses at Ifalpes between April and the end of October, take the opportunity to try out one of the region's most popular activities, paragliding ! Indeed, paragliding above Annecy lake is world famous because it offers ideal flying conditions. Every year it’s not less than 130,000 take-offs...
Feel like learning French and joining the community of 274 million French speakers in the world ? Welcome to IFALPES Learn French in the Alps ! Soon you will be able to speak this rich and beautiful language spoken on all 5 continents ! French is the international language for...
Living with a French family is one of the best ways of learning the French language and discovering how people in France live. But how true are the clichés that people believe about the French? Let’s take a look at the myths about French people and a homestay with...
Some people think that learning French is really hard, but this is far from the truth because it is not a difficult language to learn if you go about it the right way. So what are the easiest ways of becoming fluent in French? (more…)
Babar the Elephant Babar the Elephant is a good example of such a cartoon series. Babar is the name of a little elephant, who is a popular character for children’s TV. He was created by Jean de Brunhoff and was featured in Histoire de Babar (“The Story of Babar”). Babar has...
Learning French vocabulary is an important part of studying French, and so is learning the grammar, but what is also essential to being fluent in the language is to be able to pronounce the words the right way. Listening to how people from France speak and imitating the sounds...
Playing games of all sorts is a lot of fun, and doing so is also a great way of learning a language. Taking part in French learning games can only help you improve your knowledge of and fluency in the language of France. (more…)
Who is Paul Taylor? He's a comedian and Youtuber that has currently a one-man show in Paris and a TV show in Canal+, he also has more than 200 000 followers on YouTube. He was born in England but lives today in France and all his narrative is based on...
The Returned (“Les Revenants”) is a TV series filmed on location around the Annecy area of the French Alps, and at the Tignes Dam. The drama is making a return to television screens with a new series of episodes. The Returned is a story of the paranormal and is...
At Ifalpes we guide you to take advantage of the region we live in through the discovery of different walking and hiking routes: Rhone Alpes, where Annecy lies, both in the summer and the winter offers places and paths that we suggest you not to miss. Read the 5 reasons why you...
