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Tourism Grenoble: The capital of the Alpes
Grenoble is located in the French Alpes, prefecture of Isère, in the heart of the Rhône-Alpes region, unique position that makes it the capital of the Alpes.
Mountain sports are an important part of tourism Grenoble. The city is indeed surrounded by twenty ski resorts whose nearest (Sappey-en-Chartreuse) is only ten minutes away from Grenoble. The city is also known for its scientific research centers and universities.
At the festivities, Grenoble hosts several festivals such as the Jazz Festival in March, le Festival du court métrage in July and Cabaret Frappé at the end of July. Summum, the largest concert hall in the city, home to the most famous artists.
Sights in Grenoble
- Grotte of Choranches
- Mémorial resistance in Vercors
- Museum of Eau
- Park Vercors
- Park Chartreuse
- Park Ecrins
- Téléphérique de la Bastille
- Mount Jalla
- Arhome Private Museum of industrial innovation
- Bastille Center of art
- Archaeological Museum Grenoble Saint-Laurent
- Museum of the Old Bishopric
- Museum of the Resistance and Deportation of Isère
- Museum of Mountain Troops
- Stendhal Museum
- Natural History Museum
Museums and monuments to visit
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Musée archéologique Grenoble-Saint LaurentRare in Europe, this museum is housed in the former parish church of St. Lawrence ranked highly Historical Monuments of France. Merovingian crypt is a unique witness to the art and architecture of the ...
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Musée de GrenobleThe Musée de Grenoble is a museum of fine art and antiques art in Grenoble. Located Place Lavalette, it is part of the great museums of ...
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Musée des Troupes de montagneOpened in October 2009, the Museum of Grenoble Mountain Troops favors an ethnological, anthropological and sociological mountain troops and targets a wide audience and particularly to family ...
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Centre d'Art Bastille - CABInstalled in one of the casemates of Fort de la Bastille, the CAB offers a regular program of contemporary art.
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Musée des Automates de Grenoble "Rêves mécaniques"Enter a magical fairy-tale fashion, or the dream is king! The museum is full of wealth, box music, robots, dolls and puppets through the barrel organ, the museum will delight young and old. ...
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Musée de l'Ancien ÉvêchéAt the heart of the historic district of Grenoble, the museum offers a journey under the square of the Place Notre Dame, to the ruins of the fortified town, first Baptistry Grenoble continues in the ...
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Arhome Musée Privée de l'Innovation IndustrielleThe Museum of the Industrial Innovation the history of a house become multinational The Museum proposes you one travels unique which redraws the strong moments of the francaise industry. ...
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Muséum d'Histoire NaturelleThe Museum of Grenoble is a space dedicated to knowledge of Life Sciences, Earth and the universe. The rich collections of animal, vegetable and mineral from the origins of life, is one of the largest ...
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Musée de la Résistance et de la Déportation de l'IsèreThe Museum of Resistance and Deportation is designed as a museum of history. Resistance and deportation are addressed from the local history, people and events that compose it.
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Musée dauphinoisHoused in a seventeenth-century convent, this museum presents changing exhibitions Alpine around the regional heritage, past and present, including the People alp, presentation of rural life in the ...
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La BastilleThe Bastille is the name of a nineteenth-century 476 meters high fortress overlooking the city of Grenoble. Accessible by the first urban cable car in ...
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Musée StendhalOpen to the public from September 15, 2012 on the occasion of the European Heritage Days.
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Château de SassenageCastle Sassenage built between 1662 and 1669 by the famous family-Sassenage Beranger, is a magnificent example of French architecture from the 17th century. The first weekend of June, national ...
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La Magie des AutomatesWhile on holiday in Lans en Vercors for the delight of your children do not hesitate to help them discover The Magic of Automata. At the heart of the Vercors come and spend an unforgettable time with ...
Discover isere
- Thème : Walks
- Départ : Grenoble
- Durée : 7 jours
Discover your secret passions : mountains, high softness or slopes accentuated... nature is at unison with pleasures.
Grenoble historic sites
- Thème : Walks
- Départ : Grenoble
- Durée : 7 jours
If you're planning your visit to grenoble, or a local looking for something different to do, here are the attractions in and around grenoble!
Bike ride in the Regional Natural Park of Vercors
- Thème : Sciences and discovery
- Départ : Sassenage
- Durée : 1 jour
Discover Lans en Vercors, an easy climb in Vercors always as attractive. Cycling in the Vercors Regional Natural Park is always a wonderful time at the heart of landscapes as natural than exceptional. The climb to Lans en Vercors is lined with magnificent mountain views. The climb is long and ...
Walnut-plantations in the cheese country
- Thème : Sciences and discovery
- Départ : Uriage-les-bains
- Durée : 7 jours
In the west of vercors extends the country from the nut and famous st marcellin which are in the neighbour with the pogne and the ravioles. in an environment undulating and bucolic draws up itself, the splendid abbey of saint-anthony.