Photo: Jean-Christophe BENOIST · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · taken 0.1 km from the village centre (coordinates from Wikimedia Commons)
Yvoire sits on the tip of the Léman peninsula, dividing Lake Geneva into its two basins, its 14th-century walls and castle built by Amadeus V of Savoy in 1306. The village looks across the lake to Switzerland and is consistently listed among the most flowery villages in France.
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