Château Bayard, Pontcharra

Name: Château Bayard
Address: Pontcharra, France

#1 among attractions in Pontcharra

Top attraction, Forts and castles

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The Château Bayard is a castle in the commune of Pontcharra in the département of Isère, and dominates the valley of Grésivaudan in the Dauphiné Alps. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 45°25'25"N, 6°1'7"E

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Pontcharra France

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Day trips

Château Bayard – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Mont Granier, Château du Touvet, Sommet du Pinet, Col du Granier.

5.4 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mont Granier, Réserve naturelle nationale des Hauts de Chartreuse
137 min walk • Mont Granier is a limestone mountain located between the départements of Savoie and Isère in France. It lies in the Chartreuse Mountains range of the French Prealps between the towns of Chapareillan and Entremont-le-Vieux.
5.4 miSW
History museum, Museum
Château du Touvet, Le Touvet
139 min walk • The Château du Touvet is a French castle built in the 13th century, with a garden à la française and a water garden built in the 18th century, located between Grenoble and Chambéry in the Isère Department of the Rhône-Alpes Region of France. The gardens are classified among the notable gardens of France by the French Ministry of Culture.
5.6 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Sommet du Pinet, Réserve naturelle nationale des Hauts de Chartreuse
143 min walk • The Sommet du Pinet is a Chartreuse mountain situated at the south of the mont Granier, culminating at 1,867 m above sea level.
6.4 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain pass
Col du Granier
163 min walk • Col du Granier is a mountain pass in the Alps in the department of Savoie in France which crosses the Chartreuse Mountains to connect the villages of Entremont-le-Vieux, Apremont and Chapareillan.
6.7 miSW
Arch
Tour Isabelle, Réserve naturelle nationale des Hauts de Chartreuse
170 min walk • The Tour Isabelle double arch, also named the Tour Percée arch, is a double natural arch, located in the Parc Naturel Régional de la Chartreuse, Chartreuse Mountains, France. Its span is 32 metres, which makes it the widest natural arch in the Alps.
1.7 miNW
Military base, Forts and castles
Fort Barraux, Barraux
45 min walk • Fort Barraux, located in the commune of Barraux in Isère, is one of the oldest bastioned forts in the Alps still standing.
3.6 miSE
Church
St. Peter's Church
92 min walk • The Saint-Pierre church is the remnant of a Cluniac priory established at the end of the 11th century, which gave its name to the commune of Saint-Pierre-d'Allevard. The conventual buildings were demolished in 1780, but the religious building was...
5 miN
Locality
Les Marches
129 min walk • Les Marches is a former commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Porte-de-Savoie.
3.5 miSE
45°23'31"N • 6°4'27"E
Thermes, Allevard
89 min walk • Thermal spa, Spa
2.1 miW
Memorial
War Memorial, Barraux
55 min walk • Monuments aux Morts are French war memorials established to commemorate the losses of World War I.
5.4 miNE
Memorial
War Memorial, La Rochette
138 min walk • Monuments aux Morts are French war memorials established to commemorate the losses of World War I.