Tourist attractions Voiron

A steep incline (of up to 14%)! From the Col de Porte , you first traverse a forest cut across with mountain ramparts which become more and more dispersed, before coming out into pastureland. You can make an initial stop to enjoy the panoramic views..

The wooded gorges are dominated by vast limestone ridges to which fir trees cling in the most haphazard manner.

A forest road, leading into the lovely Prairie de Valombré, commands the best view of the Grande Chartreuse Monastery, framed by the escarpments of the Grand Som on the right and the forested ridges of the Aliénard on the left. Below, it is possible ..

Although too secluded to be reached by the main road, the Chartreuse mountain range can be accessed by the Col de Vence and scenic roads from Grenoble in the direction of St-Pierre-de-Chartreuse, or from Chambéry via the Col du Granier. After gorges ..

Learn everything you want to know about the long life plant elixir created in 1737 by a friar from Chartres named, Jérôme Maubec , and distilled here since 1830. The tour includes a visit to the cellars, film-showing and tasting of the elixir of cou..

This pretty lake lies among the verdant hills of the Bas-Dauphiné, in an elongated depression originally formed by a glacier. Its emerald waters attract a lot of visitors in summer. In the southern part of the lake there lie submerged two sites of gr..

Construction of the château was staggered over the centuries, from the 11C to the 18C; it was then restored at the beginning of the 20C. The château had the honour of welcoming Louis XIII in 1622, upon his return from Montpellier, where he had signed..

The monastery is entirely made up of hermitages – cells where the Carthusian monks live their solitary lives of prayer and contemplation. Eighteen rooms tell the history and depict the daily lives of the hermits through countless documents and object..

A Gothic church with impressive spires based on the drawings of the tireless Viollet-le-Duc.