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You know Sleeping Beauty's castle from the Disney logo, the one that appears at the beginning of all of those iconic films that so defined many of our childhoods? Well, it actually exists in real life and is perhaps even more beautiful in person. If you want to bring a slice of fairytale magic into your own life and your next holiday and to see this impossibly pretty architectural gem with your own eyes, then start browsing our vacation rentals in France...

In the most scenic and magical of settings that one could possibly imagine, the Château de Menthon-Saint-Bernard is perched 200m above the lovely Lake Annecy on a rocky outcrop, offering commanding views over the surrounding landscape and framed picturesquely by hills, snow-capped Alpine peaks, and woods. On misty mornings as the cream-coloured walls and pretty pointed turrets are shyly revealed, the approach to the castle seems like a road right out of our own world and onto the pages of a storybook. Discover our holiday rentals in Annecy now and get planning your trip to this mesmerising corner of the globe.

Annecy is an exceptionally pretty Alpine town that is famous for the utterly postcard-perfect cobbled streets, winding canals, and historic buildings in pastel hues of the Old Town and is a definite must-see for those who have found a vacation rental in the Rhône-Alpes region. However, beyond the charming town of Annecy itself, the area that surrounds is full of lots of incredibly beautiful vistas and special surprises. Among those surprises is the Parc Animalier de la Grande Jeanne, a unique zoo that is just ten minutes from the city of Annecy.

Located along the road to the ski resort of Semnoz, in La Grande Jeanne in the municipal forest, the park covers an area of 10,500 square metres, or ten hectares, and is home to two different species of non-domestic animals: deer (with around nineteen fallow deer and around nine red deer among them) and around twenty bighorn sheep of the Corsican mouflon variety. The Parc Animalier de la Grande Jeanne is not a traditional zoo with lots of different species of animals to spot and admire but one doesn’t feel as though they are missing out because of that. This special place has its own charms to appreciate in that it is both completely free of charge to visit and that the few animals that live here are free to roam all over as they please.