{"id":30944,"title":"Top Dips! Best places to wild swim in France #1 - Lac d'Annecy","description":"Chez Francophilia, we\u2019re prepared to travel far and wide to forge water-based memories.  Here is the first of our top choices.","content":"<p>Chez Francophilia, we\u2019re prepared to travel far and wide to create water-based memories. Here is the first of our top choices.<\/p><p>Lac d\u2019Annecy has the title of the cleanest lake in Europe and plunging headfirst into it after a hot day in the hills will quickly reveal why. Like bathing in a giant mountain spring. Crystalline water, the colour of bluebells. A melted foxes glacier mint.<\/p><p>There are great swimming spots up both sides of the lake (the Eastern shores are our favourite) that also offer a 360 degree panoramic of the Alps, peering over the lake like giant molars. The picturesque town of Annecy on the Northwest shore is also more than worthy of your interest.<\/p><p><img src=\"https:\/\/images.teemill.com\/jemxzfkqiyvq2awwxgjvf82mexi9s6ajwz36h8h0mxdr99fp.jpg.jpg?w=1140&amp;v=2\" alt=\"jemxzfkqiyvq2awwxgjvf82mexi9s6ajwz36h8h0mxdr99fp.jpg.jpg?w=1140&amp;v=2\" \/><\/p>","urlTitle":"top-dips","url":"\/blog\/top-dips\/","editListUrl":"\/my-blogs","editUrl":"\/my-blogs\/edit\/top-dips\/","fullUrl":"https:\/\/francophilia.co.uk\/blog\/top-dips\/","featured":false,"published":true,"showOnSitemap":true,"hidden":false,"visibility":null,"createdAt":1692551149,"updatedAt":1772301666,"publishedAt":1772301666,"lastReadAt":null,"division":{"id":278188,"name":"Francophilia"},"tags":[{"id":4487,"code":"wildswimming","name":"Wildswimming","url":"\/blog\/tagged\/wildswimming\/"}],"metaImage":{"original":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/volf9ef2oqrewrvmck8ytm4wwfd6dlyyrxfxqodhzvwycm0n.jpeg","thumbnail":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/volf9ef2oqrewrvmck8ytm4wwfd6dlyyrxfxqodhzvwycm0n.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&h=855","banner":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/volf9ef2oqrewrvmck8ytm4wwfd6dlyyrxfxqodhzvwycm0n.jpeg.jpg?w=1920&h=1440"},"metaTitle":"","metaDescription":"","keyPhraseCampaignId":null,"series":[],"similarReads":[{"id":26848,"title":"48 hrs in Nantes","url":"\/blog\/48-hrs-in-nantes\/","urlTitle":"48-hrs-in-nantes","division":278188,"description":"Nantes is a spiritual home to many who worked summer seasons on campsites in the 90s and 00s.  It was the centre of activity.  The start point of the summer and, from time to time, a refuge to escape for a lost 48 hours into a cheap hotel.","published":true,"metaImage":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/xasbwwsfo3modikcflfwcztznrvniqjy5lsjeb0tudtkty8c.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&h=855","banner":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/xasbwwsfo3modikcflfwcztznrvniqjy5lsjeb0tudtkty8c.jpeg.jpg?w=1920&h=1440"},"hidden":0},{"id":26545,"title":"The Essential Autoroute Playlist","url":"\/blog\/the-essential-autoroute-playlist\/","urlTitle":"the-essential-autoroute-playlist","division":278188,"description":"10 classic songs from the Francophilia car stereo.","published":true,"metaImage":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/vkogm8pzrm4y5uraqyyshmbije73jkcvteegctc9yf7cangs.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&h=855","banner":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/vkogm8pzrm4y5uraqyyshmbije73jkcvteegctc9yf7cangs.jpeg.jpg?w=1920&h=1440"},"hidden":0},{"id":29041,"title":"In the footsteps of C\u00e9zanne","url":"\/blog\/in-the-footsteps-of-cezanne\/","urlTitle":"in-the-footsteps-of-cezanne","division":278188,"description":"Whilst I had heard of Paul C\u00e9zanne, I can\u2019t say I knew much about his life or work. I followed in some of his footsteps whilst wandering around his hometown of Aix-en-Provence before visiting his atelier (workshop), a one-room and lovingly restored visitor attraction.","published":true,"metaImage":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/8az7ld7dsmwkthlnkw18ttvdgw9fkedx0mjqz0kg5xjtin0k.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&h=855","banner":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/8az7ld7dsmwkthlnkw18ttvdgw9fkedx0mjqz0kg5xjtin0k.jpeg.jpg?w=1920&h=1440"},"hidden":0}],"labels":[]}