Choosing to stay in a French Host Family is the way to go if you really want to improve in French as much as possible during your language stay. Staying with a French host family provides a complete language immersion experience where you get the chance to improve in...
Stroll on the local marketplaces and flee markets of the town and ask questions to the merchants, talk to the local shopkeepers everyday. Participate in language exchange events organised in several places of the city center: French/ English, French/ Spanish, French/ Italian or French/ German: you will have fun and productive conversations with...
The nearest airport to travel to Annecy is in Geneva but there are other airports with which it is possible to go to France like Lyon for exemple. You have to take a bus from Geneva to Annecy that cost around 10€. There are direct flights to Geneva operated by...
Every year IFALPES welcomes American students who come to learn French in France to validate US credits as part of their University Degrees. Our school has many collaboration agreements with US Universities, and we are open to consider new opportunities. If you wish to come to Annecy to study French...
Annecy is a very popular tourist destination in the Haute-Savoie region of the French Alps but how easy is it to get there? Eurostar is the first choice of many travellers from London, who want to visit this alpine location in France. (more…)
Le Grand-Bornand is a ski resort in the Aravis Mountains in the Haute-Savoie region of the French Alps. The village attracts many visitors in winter who come for the skiing and winter sports, and in the summer too it is a popular destination for holiday breaks. (more…)
The Bauges Mountains, high in the French Alps, provide stunningly beautiful alpine countryside, and an ideal location for a number of trails for walkers and hikers to enjoy. (more…)
Annecy is a charming town in the Haute-Savoie region of the French Alps, and it attracts many visitors throughout the year, but what times are the best for spending time there? (more…)
Everyone has heard of Belgian and Swiss chocolate…. In Annecy there is also an address well-known by chocolate lovers, it’s called: “Chocolaterie du Pont Neuf”. (more…)
From March 30th until April 1st 2016 IFALPES hosted the 26th Annual CCIS College Consortium for International Studies Conference “Strengthen Partnerships” in our charming city of Annecy. The goal of the CCIS Conference was to strengthen partnerships, discuss the development of the international student exchanges. (more…)
