Sights and tourism

Museums :

• Museum of minerals and of the fauna of the Alps (Bourg d’Oisans) (15 min)
• Musée mémoires d’Alpinismes, memories of mountain climbing (St Christophe en Oisans) (45 min)
• Musée d’Huez et de l’Oisans : archological site of Brandes and history of the pedlars of the Oisans (Alpes d’Huez) (40 min)
• Musée souterrain des mines de la Mure (30 min)., Underground museum of the coalminestrip to the museum can be made on an authentic 1920 train departure from Saint Georges de Commiers.
• Musée de la révolution, museum of the French Revolution (Vizille) (30 min)

Sightseeing

Take the time to enjoy a drive on the picturesque mountain roads of the Oisans and visit its villages:

• Villard Reymond surrounded by its mountain cirque
• Villard Notre Dame an dits breattaking view on the Vénéon valley
• Oulles on the mountain side • Besse en Oisans an dits typical houses made of wood and stone
• Venosc famous for its craftsmen
• La Grave an dits houses set in terraces facing the Meije

At the Lautaret pass, at a height of 2100 m, go, discover and admire the different kinds of flowers of the Alps and of mountains around the world: the botanic garden of the Lautaret offers you its « collection » in a wonderful setting.

Pilgrim for a day or just as a visitor, Notre Dame de La Salette will welcome you in its sanctuary, at a height of 1800 m, comme like almost 250 000 people each year. A walk there is possible leaving from Entraigues (10 min) or by car driving through the Parquetout Pass.

All information concerning these visits will be available at the gîte.