There are two possible departure points: from Chanaz, from where you can take a boat to the large port of Aix-les-Bains via the Savières canal, skirting the wild coastline and Hautecombe Abbey, or from Aix-les-Bains, a spa town with a rich heritage of antique and Belle Époque architecture. The cycle route skirts the lake along a scenic panoramic cycle path to Bourget-du-Lac, and then reaches Chambéry, a city of Art and History, via the Leysse greenway, one of France's first greenways, much used by Savoyard cyclists!