Cultural and arty
Watch out for the eyes, Le Grand-Bornand invites creative minds to leave the frame ...
Unique, the "Parcours de l'Art Vache" allows to appreciate the dozens of works - paintings and sculptures - installed in the four corners of the resort and paying homage to an authentic figure of the local inheritance: the cow! A real outdoor art gallery making contemporary art accessible, coupled with an offbeat artistic tribute to the ruminant "star" of Grand-Bornand!
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Inspiring as possible, Le Grand-Bornand houses, in the setting of its discrete chalets, passionate craftsmen, perfect ambassadors of trades sometimes forgotten and who contribute, by their loquacity, the sharing and the preservation of such noble that beautiful gestures. An invitation to push their door, warm up at the corner of the hearth and open its senses, to discover another experience of Le Grand-Bornand ...
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55 new comfort cabins, 110 original works, 500 hours of work: unique itinerant creation, "Grandborama" unveils, on the basis of the reasort's photographic archive, a history of Le Grand-Bornand. A new art gallery as pleasant to admire as ... comfortable to use.
Torch descents, DJ parties and concerts, sports introductions, thematic welcome drinks, artistic performances and other children's booms: Le Grand-Bornand signs an entertainment program with strong experiential added value in a "club" spirit promoting local customs and conviviality.
From the secrets of making reblochon to the art of cutting the famous tavaillons, the local culture is discovered at the discretion of heritage tours proposed in season. A way to better understand the history as well as local habits and customs, even to push the exploration a little further by widening the spectrum of its discoveries to the other treasures of the Annecy Mountains territory, from castles to museums, among other curiosities...
With more than 90,000 festival-goers (45 times the population of Le Grand-Bornand!) For 450 performances by a hundred artists and international companies, the Festival "Au Bonheur des Mômes", the European rendezvous for live shows for young audiences, is regularly presented as "the Avignon of children" and is one of the highlights of the French cultural summer.