Golf des Alpes

The Aravis mountain range forms a dramatic backdrop for Golf des Alpes, a course set at altitude in the Haute-Savoie département of the French Alps. Giez is a small village on the edge of Lac de Faverges, in the rolling pre-Alpine terrain between Annecy and the ski resorts of the Aravis chain. The area is as famous for its scenery as for any sporting pursuit, and the course sits in that transitional zone where pastoral farm country gives way to serious mountain relief — wide valley floors, forested ridgelines, and the kind of clean air that makes a round feel like an event in itself.

Golf des Alpes is a mountain layout, which means players should expect uneven lies, elevation changes that affect both club selection and shot shape, and conditions that shift noticeably with the season. Alpine courses of this type tend to reward local knowledge and a ground-game sensibility over raw power.

The Haute-Savoie golf scene clusters around the Annecy basin, where several clubs compete for a well-heeled mix of local members and visitors drawn by skiing, hiking, and lake recreation. Golf des Alpes appeals to those who want the mountains as more than a backdrop.