Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Grenoble, France

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Number of sights 13 sights
Distance 5.7 km
Ascend 106 m
Descend 104 m

Explore Grenoble in France with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in GrenobleIndividual Sights in Grenoble

Sight 1: Église Saint-Luc

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The church of Saint-Luc de Grenoble was built in 1967 in the heart of the Île Verte district, at a time when the city of Grenoble was growing rapidly.

Wikipedia: Église Saint-Luc de Grenoble (FR)

510 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 2: La Casemate

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The CCSTI of Grenoble, known as "la Casemate" is a center of scientific, technical and industrial culture (CCSTI) located on Place Saint-Laurent in Grenoble, France, in the immediate vicinity of the Porte Saint-Laurent.

Wikipedia: CCSTI de Grenoble (FR), Website

72 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 3: Musée archéologique Saint-Laurent

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Musée archéologique Saint-Laurent Frédérick Pattou / CC BY-SA 3.0

Grenoble Archaeological Museum is a museum located in Grenoble, France. It occupies the historic site of Saint-Laurent at the foot of the Bastille on the right bank of the Isère.

Wikipedia: Grenoble Archaeological Museum (EN), Website

513 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 4: Tour de l'Isle

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Tour de l'Isle simdaperce / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Tour de l'Isle is a historic building built at the end of the 14th century on the banks of the Isère River in Grenoble. Since 1994, it has become an exhibition space for the Grenoble museum.

Wikipedia: Tour de l'Isle (FR)

365 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 5: Musée de l'Ancien Évêché

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The Musée de l'Ancien Évêché is a departmental museum located in Grenoble, France and dedicated to the Isère heritage through the history of its Bishop's palace. Inaugurated in 1998, it is settled in the former Bishop's palace, near Grenoble Cathedral. The museum gives access to the remains of an early Christian baptistry and to a section of the vestiges of the Gallo-Roman wall in the basement of the building.

Wikipedia: Musée de l'Ancien Évêché (EN), Website

175 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 6: Fontaine des trois Ordres

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The Fountain of the Three Orders, also known as the Centenary Fountain, is a monument commemorating the pre-revolutionary events of the summer of 1788 in Grenoble, such as the Day of the Tiles and the Meeting of the Estates General of the Dauphiné.

Wikipedia: Fontaine des trois ordres (FR), Website

507 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 7: Musée de la Résistance et de la Déportation de l'Isère

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The Musée de la Résistance et de la Déportation de l’Isère is a museum located in Grenoble, France.

Wikipedia: Musée de la Résistance et de la Déportation à Grenoble (EN), Website

209 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 8: La Plateforme - Centre d'information sur les projets urbains

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The Grenoble Museum-Library is a 19th-century cultural building located on Place de Verdun in Grenoble. Completed and opened to the public in 1870, it housed the Grenoble Municipal Library until 1970 and the collections of the Grenoble Museum until 1992.

Wikipedia: Musée-bibliothèque de Grenoble (FR), Website

657 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 9: Garage Hélicoïdal

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The Grenoble helical garage is a condominium of car garages in the Art Deco architectural style in reinforced concrete. Inaugurated on 27 July 1932 to accommodate 225 cars, it now accommodates 252. Since 2003, the building has been labelled "Heritage of the Twentieth Century" of Grenoble.

Wikipedia: Garage hélicoïdal de Grenoble (FR)

191 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 10: Église Saint-Louis

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Église Saint-Louis

Saint-Louis Church is a Roman Catholic church in Grenoble, France.

Wikipedia: Saint-Louis Church, Grenoble (EN)

778 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 11: Porte de France

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The Porte de France is a city gate located at the western entrance of Grenoble, in the immediate vicinity of the Esplanade. It was erected in 1620 as part of the fortification of the Bastille Hill by the Duke of Lesdiguières.

Wikipedia: Porte de France (Grenoble) (FR)

574 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 12: Basilique du Sacré-Cœur

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The Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Grenoble is a Catholic religious building of Grenoble in France, dependent on the diocese of Grenoble-Vienne. Built from 1922 in a Roma-Byzantine style, this basilica is located at Place du Dean-Gosse for its historic entrance and 4 rue Émile-Gueymard with regard to its new entrance to the SNCF station.

Wikipedia: Basilique du Sacré-Cœur de Grenoble (FR)

1182 meters / 14 minutes

Sight 13: Magasin des horizons

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The Magasin-CNAC, is a national center of art and culture located near the Cours Berriat in Grenoble. Initially named "Le Magasin, centre national d'art contemporain", it was inaugurated on 26 April 1986 by François Léotard, Minister of Culture, as part of the Major Works carried out under the presidency of François Mitterrand with the support of the city and the State.

Wikipedia: Magasin des horizons (FR), Website

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