Grenoble Attractions, France

Col du Galibier
The Col du Galibier, in the northern Dauphiné, reaches a height (in the tunnel) of 2,556 m/8,386ft and ranks with the Col de l'Iseran, 200 m/650ft higher, as one of the highest passes in France, offering magnificent views on both the ascent and the descent. It may, however, be impassable on account of snow from October until the end of May. It is possible to climb, or take the chair-lift, to a height of 2,704 m/8,872ft, the panoramic view from which is one of the most impressive in the French Alps. At the south entrance to the tunnel is a monument to Henri Desgranges, who initiated the Tour de France cycle race in 1903.
 

Dauphiné Route Napoléon
The four lakes of Laffrey, on the Route Napoléon, are the main features on the barren plateau of Matésine. Here, on March 7, 1815, Napoleon won over a battalion which had been sent to prevent him from advancing any farther.

Alpe d'Huez
Alpe d'Huez, lying southeast of Grenoble at an altitude of 1,860m/6,105ft, is both a summer and a winter resort, with ample scope for walking and climbing, summer skiing and sunny ski runs in winter. From the Dôme des Petites Rousses (2,813 m/9,229ft) and the Pic du Lac Blanc there are superb panoramic views.

Corps
On the Route Napoléon, between Gap and Grenoble, is the little township of Corps (pop. 1,000). From here a side trip can be made to the pilgrimage church of Notre-Dame de la Salette, situated at an altitude of 1,170m/3,840ft amid grand Alpine scenery. The church was built after an apparition of the Virgin to two children on September 19, 1851. Every summer something like 100,000 pilgrims make their way to Notre-Dame de la Salette.

Dauphiné
The French Alps, the most westerly and also the highest part of the great arc of the Alps, lie mainly within the regions of Savoy and the Dauphiné, extending also into Provence in the south. The historical province of the Dauphiné borders Savoy on the south. With an area of some 20,000 sq. km/7,700 sq. mi, it corresponds broadly to the present-day départements of Isère (chief town Grenoble), Hautes-Alpes (Gap) and Drôme (Valence). Its capital is Grenoble.

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