The Résidents Gêtois association takes you on a gourmet walk around the village with stops at some key places.
Arm yourself with your questionnaire and set off on an 8km rally. At each stop, you’ll be served a generous helping of regional products and drinks to ensure your typical meal. There’ll be plenty of entertainment and prizes!
🍽️ Program 🥾 Start at 10am, 10am30 or 11am – at “Place Limonaire” 6pm : prize-giving at Mecanical music museum.
🍽️ Prices 🥾 Adult : 23€ Children (-12 years old) : 11€ Children (-4 years old) : Free
Organised on the initiative of the Ministry of Culture and coordinated by the Regional Directorate of Cultural Affairs, the “Rendez-Vous aux Jardins” invites you to discover and enjoy the richness of public and private parks and gardens throughout France with the background theme of “Garden Music”.
The resort of Les Gets participates in this national cultural event through the botanical garden of Père Delavay. Discover the unique plant collection of the Père Delavay botanical garden.
On the programme:
Saturday 3 June 🌸 10am to 6pm: Visit of Father Delavay’s botanical garden with a background theme of “The music of the garden”. 🌸3pm: In the footsteps of Father Jean-Marie Delavay
Sunday 4th June 🌸 10am to 6pm: Visit of Father Delavay’s botanical garden with a background theme music of the garden” 🌸 10am and 11am: Visits to the heart of a peat bog, offered also as part of the Chablais Geopark Week 🌸 3pm: In the footsteps of Father Jean-Marie Delavay
Les Gets Tourisme, Les Gets town hall and the Musée de la Musique Mécanique welcome you for the European Heritage Days.
The first edition was such a great success that the resort invites you to come and learn about local history thanks to the national ‘Living Heritage’ and Sports Heritage’ themed events.
Programme of tours and exhibitions 🌷
➡️ Saturday 16 September: 10am : Visit to the Fruitière des Perrières 2pm – Tour – De l’ombre à la lumière :L’essor de la station sportive des Gets (From the shadows into the light: the growth of Les Gets ski resort) 2.30pm – Exhibition – Regards sur le passé :L’événement “Les Gets autrefois” (A look into the past: the ‘Les Gets of yesteryear’ event) – free admission 4pm – Tour – Au coeur d’une tourbière (At the heart of the peatland)
➡️ Sunday 17 September: 10.30am – Tour of the Père Delavay Botanical Garden 2.30pm – Exhibition – Regards sur le passé :L’événement “Les Gets autrefois” (A look into the past: the ‘Les Gets of yesteryear’ event) – free admission
Programme of events for the Musée de la Musique Mécanique 🎶
➡️ Saturday 16 September: 2.30pm – Automated music from the Aeolian philharmonic church organ 3.30pm – Wooden horses merry-go-round opens
➡️ Sunday 17 September: 2.30pm – Arrive at the museum to the sound of songbirds 3pm – Musical conference on songbirds with Alice Julien-Laferrière, cello player and utopian naturalist 3.30pm – Wooden horses merry-go-round opens 3.45pm – Special tour entitled ‘Volatiles’ (birds) 4.45pm – Afternoon refreshments with the birds 5pm – Musical conference on songbirds with Alice Julien-Laferrière 5.45pm – Special tour entitled ‘Volatiles’ (birds) 6.30pm – Evening refreshments to music at the Place Limonaire
Prices
Booking is free but compulsory for tours: sign me up Admission to the Musée de la Musique Mécanique is €8 (reduced rate) and free for children under the age of 12.
Conference on Les Gets and its 2000 years of history(s) by Philippe Mugnier, author of the book Des Gets au Léman : une saga entre foi et loi.
The history of Les Gets as you may have never heard it before…
Mr Philippe Mugnier, author of the book Des Gets au Léman : une saga entre foi et loi will give a lecture on Les Gets history on Monday 10 August at 8.30 p.m. in the Salle de la Colombière.
Free admission within the limit of available places.
Program: – Beginning of the lecture at 8:45 pm – 1:15 of presentation – From 10 pm, question-and-answer session
* COVID-19 * We make every effort to respect the safety of all within the framework of our animations and events. To find out more about the health measures put in place in the resort, click here.
