Clos Parchet farm and folk museum tour

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Come and visit the Ecomusée Farm! Get into a traditional farm rich of a period collection of daily items. You will go back to the past of a farmers' family from the Upper Giffre valley. The visit ends with a free tasting session (the visit lastes 2 hours).

Warm clothes. Booking at the tourist office. Closed during winter.

Visit proposed with the Savoie Mont Blanc Heritage Guides. Animations around the bread oven for the summer period Born out of the desire to revive a traditional farm dating back to 1815, the Clos Parchet ecomuseum opened its doors in 1994 and welcomes the public during guided tours led by the Guides du Patrimoine des Pays de Savoie. This farm, listed in the Supplementary Inventory of Historical Monuments, has been restored in the old style and furnished in the spirit of the 19th century. The main building evokes the life at that time thanks to the kitchen (la cuzna), the main room (le pèle), the stables, the hay barn, as well as the annex buildings (bread oven, attic, and shed). An inventoried collection of more than 2000 utensils illustrates the work in the fields and the old trades specific to the upper Giffre valley: agro-pastoralism, traditional crops, wood and stone work, etc... Testimony to the family's movement according to altitude and seasons, this stir farm is located at an altitude of 1000 m on the adrets (the southern slope) of Samoëns. With the passing of time, it has gone from a temporary "mayeu" habitat to a permanent inhabitant. Finally abandoned, its environment intended for grazing must be safeguarded and enhanced. The visit ends with a conviviality around a tasting of regional products. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

Types

  • Cultural

Capacity

  • Maximum group size:15
  • Minimum group size: 10

Themes

  • Tourism
  • Historic

Comforts

Languages spoken

  • English
  • French

Services

  • Pets welcome

Accessibility

  • Mental disability

Services provided

Visits

  • Documentation languages: French

Prices

From 11/04/2024 to 07/11/2024

Price Min. Max.
Adult 8€
Teenager 6€

Means of payment

  • Check
  • Cash

Date

From 11/04 to 30/06
Schedules of guided tour on Thursday at 2 pm.
Reservations required.

From 01/07 to 31/08
Schedules of guided tour on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at 2 pm and at 4 pm.
Reservations required.

From 01/09 to 07/11
Schedules of guided tour on Thursday at 2 pm.
Reservations required.

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Opened in 1994 by Simone and Pierre Déchavassine, the ecomuseum invites you to go back in time... With the Guides du Patrimoine Savoie Mont Blanc (GPSMB), discover the history and life of the Haut-Giffre in the Clos Parchet farmhouse dating from 1815, in harmony with nature and the seasons.

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