All actives below can be organized by our staff. We can organize ticket, transport and we also have maps and suggestions for those who want to hike.
Golf
Close to the Chateau you will find Uriage and Bresson two golf courses with 18 holes. Our staff can bring you there and back and also organize a round for you. For more information check out www.golfinternationalgrenoble.com
Water Sports
At 910 meters high and 7km from the Chateau are the 3 lakes of Laffrey. This place is a haven for the locals as a day escape from the hot weather.
You can rent:
A catamaran
Wind surf board
Water bikes
Sail Boats
If you are more adventurous we can also arrange white water rafting, canyon rafting, rock climbing and abseiling. All with professional guidance.
Musee de la Revolution (French Revolution Museum)
21 July 1788, The Grand Chateau of Vizille and its first entrance into French History Books. It was here that all the nobles, well to do citizens and church hierarchy met to put a stop to the Aristocratic Dominance. The actions that followed are well known as this was the start of the French Revolution. One of the main nobles that pushed for this was Greffeyr du Bellecomb the first owner of our Chateau. More information click www.musee-revolution-francaise.fr).
Napoleon’s Routs Napoleon’s Rout is a massive tourist attraction that stretches across southern France. It was opened in 1932 and follows the historical routs that took Napoleon Bonaparte back from his exile on the Isle St Elba. The road is marked with miles stones engraved with the 8 headed eagle symbolic of Napoleon.
Napoleon disembarked a boat on the 1 of March 1815 in the Golf-Juan near Cannes, with his faithful supporters that helped him return to power. Napoleon crossed the mountains to avoid the royalist towns.(these towns did not want a Emperor they wanted a King). This is the reason for the curvy rout.
Napoleon's Rout links the Mediterranean Sea to Grenoble but also goes through the towns of Grasse, Digne, Gap and ends in Vizille at Chateau de Cornage. During this trip the supporters trail snowballed making Napoleon’s following large and large by each town. within six days his follower became a real army that stormed Paris and put Napoleon back in power.
