Hike to Cascade d'Angon & Ermitage de Saint-Germain

After the Roc de Chère, I continued on my loop around Lake Annecy: My next stop was the center of the village of Talloires. The short path to the so called Cascade d’Angon (Waterfall of Angon) starts there. The waterfall is at the end of a slippery trail carved in the rock. I then kept going up, in the direction of the Ermitage de Saint-Germain. Saint Germain was a monk who founded the abbey of Talloires, on the shore of Lake Annecy, in the 11th century. The ermitage is a church built on the location where he used to come for retreat. There is also a great view on the lake from there. I then went back down to Talloires.

Here is a map of the path I walked (download KML):

I got lost at some point on the way to the Ermitage (it is actually on the red path directly above the “Talloires” string on the map) so this is not the quickest path, although I got there in the end…

Above, the waterfall (Chute du Nant).

Above, another waterfall (Chute du Grenant)

Above, castle of Duingt.

Above, Lanfonnet.

Above, Tournette lost in the clouds.

Above, Dents de Lanfon.

Above, the path to the Ermitage follows a paved road.

Above, I got lost at some point so I found myself in the forest.

Above, La Tournette.

Above, going down, looking for the correct path.

Above, view from the ermitage.

Above, church and soldier’s cemetery at the ermitage.

Above, Roc de Chère.

Above, Duingt with Taillefer and Montagne d’Entrevernes behind it.

Above, lake and Talloires.

Above, view from the cave of Saint-Germain. He chose his place well.

Above, altar inside the cave.

Above, inside the church.

Above, on the way down.