Divonne-les-Bains

Divonne-les-Bains is a popular spa town in the department of Ain, and lies on the border with French-speaking Switzerland, between Jura mountains and Lake Geneva. You can also find there casino, golf course, open air swimming pool, hippodrome and artifial lake. A short way above the town there are several natural springs, who were known to the Romans, who who built an aquaduct from Divonne to Nyon to supply water to their garrison. Divonne hosts a small chamber music festival every summer which is centred on its tiny theatre, which is the Chateau de Divonne, a 19th-century hotel which overlooks the town.