Oratoire de Taconnaz

Oratoire de Taconnaz is a wayside shrine in Les Houches, Arrondissement of Bonneville, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Oratoire de Taconnaz is situated nearby to the church Chapelle du Pont, as well as near the lake Lac de Clair Temps.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Parc animalier de Merlet and Tremplin Olympique du Mont.

Parc animalier de Merlet

Zoo

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Parc animalier de Merlet is a zoo, which is situated 1¼ km north of Oratoire de Taconnaz.

Tremplin Olympique du Mont

Pitch

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The Tremplin Olympique du Mont was a ski jumping venue constructed for the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France. Tremplin Olympique du Mont is situated 1½ km east of Oratoire de Taconnaz.

Altiport Philippe Cachat

Airstrip

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Altiport Philippe Cachat is an airstrip, which is situated 1¼ km north of Oratoire de Taconnaz.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Grand Couloir and Chamonix.

The Grand Couloir is a couloir on the Aiguille du Goûter. At 3,340 metres altitude, this gully has to be traversed on foot to reach the scramble beyond the Tête Rousse Hut up to the Goûter Refuge on the Goûter Route on Mont Blanc. Grand Couloir is situated 4½ km south of Oratoire de Taconnaz.

Chamonix

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Chamonix is a resort in the Haute-Savoie region of France, bordering Italy, at the foot of Mont Blanc. It's regarded as the birthplace of mountaineering and as one of its capitals.