spans the east shore of the Lac du Bourget. Bounded by two marinas, it includes a lawn and trees. The Musilac festival, as well as the Navig'Aix event, occur here each year. The forest stretches along the edge of the town of Aix-les-Bains in an area of approximately . Many trails have been constructed. There are also sports courses and the presence of mountain bikers. The Japanese Garden offers a composition of a design based on Kanji at its centre. It is located on the Avenue Charles de Gaulle, at the entrance of the Golden Tulip Hotel. Hotels Among other tall buildings in Aix-les-Bains, the luxury hotels must be listed. Now though, they are vestiges of the Belle Époque, and have been mostly converted into collective housing. However, they maintain their impressive exterior façades as well as their masterful entries, adorned with most of the awnings from the time and with canopies of wrought iron. These palaces are the Beau-site, the Grand Hotel, the Bernascon, the Splendide, the Royal and the Mirabeau, etc. Not to mention the Astoria which is the only grand hotel still in operation. The great hotel projects multiplied in Aix-les-Bains between 1883 and 1914. The funding emerged from the two prestigious figures of Gaudens-Antoine Rossignoli (1837–1908) and Jean-Marie Bernascon (1826–1912), while the designs illustrate the works of Antoine Gouy and Alfred Olivet, both architects in Geneva, and Sébastien Pin, known also as Jules Pin Sr., an architect of Aix-les-Bains. The Splendide luxury hotel (1884) built by Gaudens Antoine Rossignoli The Excelsior luxury hotel (1906) built by Gaudens Antoine Rossignoli The Bernascon luxury hotel (1909) built by Jean-Marie Bernascon with its annex villa Regina The Royal luxury hotel (1914) built by Louis Rossignoli The Mirabeau luxury hotel (1910) The Grand Hotel (1858) built by C-B Pellegrini with a "Les Ambassadeurs" annex in 1877 The Hotel of the Globe (1868), today Hôtel de l'Europe with its annex Villa Victoria (1883) to receive the Queen The Beau Site Hotel (1883) The International Hotel (1893), burned in the years 1985–1995, now renovated The Hôtel des Iles Britanniques [Hotel of the British Isles] (1903) The Astoria Hotel (1904) The Panoramic Hotel Other buildings The town of Aix-les-Bains is dotted with numerous historic buildings as well as buildings of character. Of the Gallo-Roman era, there is the Arc funéraire romain de Campanus [Roman funerary Arch of Campanus]. This arch was erected by