Château du Touvet, Le Touvet

Name: Château du Touvet
Address: Le Touvet, France

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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. The chateau and gardens are privately owned, but open to the public. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 45°21'49"N, 5°56'48"E

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Château du Touvet – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Dent de Crolles, Château Bayard, Roche Veyrand, Sommet du Pinet.

5.6 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Dent de Crolles, Réserve naturelle nationale des Hauts de Chartreuse
144 min walk • The Dent de Crolles is a karstic mountain of the Chartreuse Mountains range, 17 kilometres north east of Grenoble, Isère, France. It has a characteristic "tooth-like" profile and is easily recognizable in the Isère Valley in the Grenoble area.
5.4 miNE
Forts and castles
Château Bayard, Pontcharra
139 min walk • 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. Château Bayard has been listed as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture since 1915.
6.7 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Roche Veyrand
171 min walk • Roche Veyrand is a mountain of Savoie, France. It lies in the Chartreuse Mountains range. It has an elevation of 1,429 metres above sea level. It lies between the townships of Corbel and Saint-Pierre-d'Entremont in Savoie.
5.2 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Sommet du Pinet, Réserve naturelle nationale des Hauts de Chartreuse
133 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.
3.7 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Lances de Malissard, Réserve naturelle nationale des Hauts de Chartreuse
96 min walk • The Lances de Malissard are two summits, located in the Chartreuse Mountains in the Department of Isère, in the French Prealps.
5.6 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Chartreuse Mountains
142 min walk • The Chartreuse Mountains are a mountain range in southeastern France, stretching from the city of Grenoble in the south to the Lac du Bourget in the north.
2.1 miW
Arch
Tour Isabelle, Réserve naturelle nationale des Hauts de Chartreuse
53 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.
5.4 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain pass
Col du Cucheron
137 min walk • The Col du Cucheron, culminating at 1139 m above sea level, is one of the points of the long depression of the "three passes" of the Chartreuse massif linking Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse south to Saint-Pierre d'Entremont north.
3.2 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Grésivaudan, Tencin
83 min walk • The Grésivaudan is a valley of the French Alps, situated mostly in the Isère. Etymologically, Graisivaudan comes from roots meaning "Grenoble" and "valley".
5.3 miN
Military base, Forts and castles
Fort Barraux, Barraux
137 min walk • Fort Barraux, located in the commune of Barraux in Isère, is one of the oldest bastioned forts in the Alps still standing.
4.9 miE
Church
St. Peter's Church
126 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...

Château du Touvet, Le Touvet

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Château du Touvet – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)