Aix Les Bains, France

Aix-les-Bains lies in the heart of the Savoie department overlooking the beauty of Lac du Bourget. The lake provides the ideal setting for diving, sailing, swimming, walking or just simple relaxation. Relaxation is high on the agenda in this elegant spa town with the original Roman Thermes Nationaux still drawing in the crowds. Opposite the baths you'll find the Temple of Diana which is worth a look for its interesting Gallo-Roman artefacts.

Mont Revard dominates Aix and at an altitude of 1550 metres boasts fantastic panoramas of the Mont Blanc chain. It is also the ideal spot for every winter sport imaginable plus summer activities such as walking and cycling.

The town lies at an altitude of about 250m and stretches along the eastern end of the beautiful Lac du Bourget and up the slopes above the lake that culminate in the Tour de L'Angle Est that overlooks the town and lake at a height of 1562m. The western shore of the lake is narrower as the mountains along its edge are closer to the lakeshore, although lower than those on the eastern side. The lake drains out of its northern end into the Rhone river about 5 km to the north. Aix Les Bains is situated in the hilly country of the Bugey that makes up the foothills of the Alps and also forms part of the lower western extension of the Jura Mountains.