Itinerary · Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Grenoble and Chambéry in 4 days: museums and Alpine heritage
A connoisseur's route between the Dauphiné and Savoy Alps: the Musée de Grenoble and its Dauphinois ecomuseum, the Château des ducs de Savoie in Chambéry, then the private Musée Faure collection on the shores of Lac du Bourget — designed for four days, at a pace of one to two stops a day.
4 days · 7 stops · Connoisseur
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Overview
Numbers follow the order of the route, day by day — the dashed line is indicative, not a precise driving route.
Day 1
Grenoble, the great museum and the Alpine soul
The city opens with one of the richest painting collections outside Paris, from Rubens to Matisse and Picasso, before an afternoon in the former convent of Sainte-Marie-d'en-Haut, where an ecomuseum tells four centuries of mountain life.
From Rubens to PicassoMuseum · Grenoble
Musée de Grenoble
The Grenoble Museum, established in Isère, is an art museum holding a label. It houses a living collection and offers several thematic tours allowing a plural…
Alpine ecomuseumMuseum · Grenoble
Musée dauphinois
The Musée dauphinois, located in Grenoble in the former monastery of Sainte-Marie d'en-Haut, is a museum. Dedicated to the history, ethnography and heritage of…
Day 2
Grenoble, cathedral and literary memory
Grenoble's historic heart, between the Cathédrale Notre-Dame, seventeen centuries of religious history, and Stendhal's childhood apartment, now an intimate museum devoted to the writer.
1,700 years of historyChurch · Grenoble
Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Grenoble
La cathédrale Notre-Dame de Grenoble est le siège du diocèse de Grenoble-Vienne et l'église-mère de la communauté diocésaine. Édifice de style roman gothique,…
Stendhal's childhoodMuseum · Grenoble
Musée Stendhal - appartement Gagnon
The Stendhal Museum, located in the heart of the old town center of Grenoble in Isère, is dedicated to the life and work of Henri Beyle, known as Stendhal, a…
Day 3
Chambéry, the power of the Dukes of Savoy
The Château des ducs de Savoie, seat of ducal power for more than three centuries, then the neighbouring Sainte-Chapelle, a flamboyant Gothic palatine chapel that once held the Shroud of Turin.
Seat of ducal powerCastle · Chambéry
Château des ducs de Savoie
Le Château des ducs de Savoie est une forteresse médiévale située à Chambéry, en Savoie. Ancienne résidence du pouvoir ducal, il constitue un témoignage de…
Former home of the ShroudChurch · Chambéry
Sainte-Chapelle de Chambéry
La Sainte-Chapelle de Chambéry est une chapelle palatine de style gothique flamboyant, localisée à Chambéry en Savoie. Édifice de culte catholique, elle…
Day 4
Aix-les-Bains, a doctor's collection
The final stop on the shores of Lac du Bourget, in the villa bequeathed to the town by Dr Faure: a personal collection assembled at the turn of the 20th century, spanning painting and sculpture.
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