Mâcot-La-Plagne: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

In Mâcot-La-Plagne, specific discoveries range from sacred art and traces of mining to orienteering courses and a leisure area with water activities.

When planning a stay in Mâcot-La-Plagne, some travellers’ main priority is to rent a holiday apartment.

Culture and History

The choir of the Église Saint-Nicolas in Mâcot-la-Plagne houses the “retable du maître-autel”. Dating from the 17th century, the restored altarpiece was protected as a movable cultural object on 30 September 1911. The Église Saint-Nicolas has a main altarpiece created in 1806 by the Piedmontese sculptor Delponte, featuring a Baroque depiction in which Saint Nicholas and Saint Joseph are located beneath the painting of the Assumption of Mary.

The bell tower of the Église Saint-Nicolas also bears witness to changes: twenty years after being damaged in 1794, it was rebuilt in the same architectural style with an imperial roof and two domes. In Sangot, the Chapelle Saint-Blaise-et-Saint-Guérin already existed in 1594. The Chapelle Saint-Grat is probably considered the oldest chapel in the village; traces indicate that it was used as a church in the late Middle Ages, before the village developed. The Chapelle Saint-Sébastien dates from 1628 and is also known as the Chapelle de la Salette.

Trails and Orienteering

On the Sentier des mineurs de Mâcot, visitors can discover the history of mining and the remains of the mine. The Sentier des mineurs de Mâcot is accessible from the multipurpose hall in Mâcot. The Lequenay anthracite mine, also called Lequerray, was operated from 1848 to 1960. The Lequenay concession was the largest of three anthracite coal concessions in Mâcot.

The “Patrimoine Macot” orienteering course is open to everyone, suitable for families with children and free to access. It includes ten checkpoints distributed throughout the village. The blue orienteering and sport hiking course in Mâcot-la-Plagne is 4 km long, includes 385 metres of elevation gain and has five checkpoints. This course is free and freely accessible every day all year round.

Water

The Base de loisirs des Versants d’Aime, also known as the “plan d’eau de Mâcot”, has a family-friendly beach, pedal boats, a large transparent water-walking ball and a freely accessible area with playful water fountains.

The Base de loisirs des Versants d’Aime is accessible by car. It can also be reached by bicycle, on foot, on roller skates or by scooter via the Voie Verte along the Isère. A free shuttle service, available only with prior reservation, departs from Plagne Centre. There are reserved parking spaces for people with reduced mobility in the car park.

To the higher-level travel overview: Savoie.

More destinations

More places within the same destination:

Bramans, Ruffieux, Barby, Albertville, Aiton, Francin, Feissons-Sur-Salins, Saint-Julien-Mont-Denis.