At the heart of the Alps, close to Switzerland and Italy, the city is directly linked by motorway to the other metropolitan areas in the region such as Grenoble, Lyon, and, of course, Geneva, which is 35 km away. This transport network links (plane, SNCF railway lines, road connections, and bus lines) makes Annecy a very open city where exchanges are made easy. The Annecy-Meythet airport provides links with the main cities of France (Toulouse, Lille, Bordeaux, Nantes, Nice, Saint-Etienne etc).