Port

Le Bourget-du-Lac

3.8Le Bourget-du-Lac, FranceLakes Annecy and Bourget

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Maximum length: 16 ft
Maximum draught: 196 ft

Small harbour at the southern end of Lac du Bourget, the largest natural lake entirely in France, in Savoie.

Guide

Approach and anchoring

No tidal or coastal navigation. The lake is 18 km long and up to 145 m deep. Approach by the southern shore, watch for reeds and shallow banks near the Leysse delta. Six berths.

Practical

Six berths, water and electricity on the pontoon. Shops and restaurants in Le Bourget-du-Lac village, 500 m from the port. Sailing club on site.

Ashore

The Prieuré du Bourget, founded in the 11th century, stands 600 m from the port. Abbaye royale de Hautecombe, burial place of the House of Savoy including Umberto II, the last King of Italy, faces the port on the western shore and is reached in about 4 nm by boat. Aix-les-Bains thermal town sits 2.5 nm northeast.

History

Lamartine wrote the poem Le Lac here in 1817, commemorating his stay with Julie Charles on the lake shore. The poem is a canonical text of French Romanticism.