Plage de la Pointe de l'Ardre

Plage de la Pointe de l'Ardre occupies the north-eastern shore of the Lac du Bourget, at Brison-Saint-Innocent. Supervised swimming 27 June to 30 August 2026, 13:00 to 19:00. Entry is free.

The regional health agency files this bathing site under the name « PLAGE MUNICIPALE DE LA BASE DE LOISIRS DE BRISON » and rates it Excellent for the 2025 season, the most recent one published. 2022 to 2025 series: 4E · 4E · 4E · 5E.

Access is free but parking is paid and compulsory: €1/hour in high season (01/05 → 15/09), €0.80/hour in mid-season (16/03 → 30/04 and 16/09 → 01/11). Accessibility is partial and documented as such; the sourced detail is in this page's accessibility block. Dogs are not allowed — « même en laisse durant la saison estivale », not even on a lead during the summer season. Grand Lac applies the same rule on all nine of its beaches.

Grand Lac runs nine beaches around the Lac du Bourget. The supervision rule and the animals rule are the same at every one of them; price, parking, accessibility and water rating are not, and have to be read beach by beach. That is why this page gives them separately rather than under one banner.

During the supervised season (27 June to 30 August 2026, 13:00 to 19:00). Outside that window no lifeguard is on duty and swimming is at your own risk.