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EXPERIENCE The Rhône Valley and French Alps An aerial view of the

city of Grenoble, nestled
among mountains

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GRENOBLE

! F5 ⌂ Isère k £ @ n 14 rue de la République; SHOP
grenoble-tourisme.com Fromagerie les
Alpages
The ancient capital of the Dauphiné region and site An award-winning
of the 1968 Winter Olympics, Grenoble is a thriving cheese shop.
city sur rounded by the soaring Vercors and Chartreuse ⌂ 4 rue de Strasbourg
mountain ranges. ∑ les-alpages.fr
Bensimon
paved area is surrounded by
1 \-= buzzing bars and eateries, A popular French
City Centre and is home to a stunning chain famous for its
The focus of Grenoble's urban 19th-century foun tain, "Le elegant fashion.
life is the pedestrian area sur- château d'eau Lavalette". ⌂ 4 rue Millet
rounding the beautiful place Nearby, the medieval city's ∑ bensimon.com
Grenette, the city's main heart is place St-André, over-
square since the 17th century. looked by Grenoble’s old est FAB
During the Middle Ages, live- buildings, including the 13th- A great little place to
stock and grain fairs would be century Collégiale St-André pick up offbeat gifts.
held here – the latter were and 16th-century Ancien Palais ⌂ 14 rue Lakanal § 04
what gave the square its du Parlement du Dauphiné. 76 17 11 16
name. Today, this pleasant

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Did You Know? Musée de la Résistance from the perspective of the
et de la Déportation
maquis, local underground
Free vending machines ⌂ 14 rue Hébert # Hours resis tance groups who fought
in the city dispense vary, check website against both the Nazis and
short stories that take ∑ resistance-en-isere.fr the Vichy government. The
one, three or five exhibits cover the begin nings
minutes to read. Spread over three floors, this of the maquis; their resistance
enthralling museum looks at activites and day-to-day life
the events of World War II during the war years; the
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