Aix-Les-Bains, a prestigious spa town, is located at the heart of the Savoie Olympic region on the edge of the Le Bourget lake, the largest natural lake in France. The town is located approximately 75 km south of Geneva and 90 km east of Lyon near the Italian-Swiss border. It is a town of 26,000 inhabitants with Mt. Revard (1,550 m) overlooking the town and with a view of Mt. Blanc in the distance. One of the famous visitors to visit the region was Queen Victoria, who came incognito under the title of Countess of Balmoral. She liked the waters and the climate of Aix so much that in 1888, she wanted to buy a domain on a nearby hill to build a second home. This plan did not come to fruition