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A brief history and visits Print E-mail

A ski resort since 1965

The ski resort was inaugurated in the autumn 1965 thanks to the mayor Mr Emile Mouttet. The first ski lifts were settled. Flats for the tourists were built. The resort expanded gradually and got 19 slopes for skiing, 40 kms for crosscountry skiing. It also went up to 2500 beds for touristic purpose. This is the story of a collective adventure.

Roots for the Résistance movement

The Résistance movement of WWII started in 1943 in the Vercors chain. About a dozen of maquis existed. They put together around 400 or 500 civilians and soldiers. Most of them were young and supplied for food by the population. They were armed thanks to allied parachutings. Gresse-en-Vercors inhabitants joined the operations and actively participated in the battle of the Pas de la Ville, Pas de Berrièves and Pas de l'Aiguille. Two monuments pay tribute to the dead people from Gresse-en-Vercors. One is on the main place of the village and the other is in La Ville.

 
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Le Domaine de Vizille – Vizille . Phone : 00 33 04 76 68 07 35 - Open all year round, everyday from 10am to 6pm except on Tuesday. 45 minutes from Gresse-en-Vercors. Castle of the 17th century, Museum of the French Revolution , garden with animals and of the castle, poneys, touristic train.

Le Chemin de Fer Departure to St Georges de Commiers. Phone : 00 33 04 76 73 57 35
Opened from 01/01 till 31/10 from 8:30 am till 7 pm. In 30 mn of Gresse.
A spectacular route of 30km on bridges, tunnels and vertiginous viaducts above the lake of Monteynard.

Bateau La Mira , Treffort. Phone : 00 33 04 76 34 14 56
Opened of 15/05 in 30/1. In 25 mn of Gresse.
Cruise on the lake of Monteynard-Avignonet of a duration of 1 hour 30 or of 2 a hour 30 with possibility of meal.

La tanière enchantée, at Villard de Lans , Phone : 00 33 04.76.94.18.40.
At 1 hour 15 of Gresse. The bear and the wild fauna of the Vercors perfectly reconstituted.

Le jardin ferroviaire, at Chatte, Phone : 00 33 04.76.38.54.55.
At 1:15 am of Gresse. Reconstruction of the main monuments of the region in one of the biggest networks of trains of outdoor garden of Europe.

La magie des automates, at Lans en Vercors, Phone : 00 33 04.76.95.40.14.
At 1:15 am of Gresse. Magic scenes in spectacle sound and light.

 

Museums and caves

Atelier Gilioli – St Martin de la Cluze Phone : 00 33 04 38 92 00 96.
In 30 mn of Gresse. One of the most striking representatives of the post-war abstract sculpture.

Espace Giono - Lalley. Phone.: 00 33 04 76 34 78 23
Opened all year long on Friday and Saturday, in summer on Tuesday, on Thursday and weekend from 4 pm till 7 pm.
In 35 mn of Gresse.
Exhibition perms of the work of the writer Jean Giono.

La Mine Image – La Motte d'Aveillans. At 60 mn of Gresse. Phone : 00 33 04 76 30 68 74
Opened of 01/01 in 25/12, from 10 am till 5 pm.
Relive the fascinating adventure of the mine and the " black mouths ".

Les Cuves de Sassenage – Sassenage. Phone : 00 33 04 76 27 55 37
Opened of 01/04 in 31/10. At 60 mn of Gresse.
Resurgence of the famous abyss of the Shepherd, penetrate into a world of coolness and tranquillity. Spectacle(entertainment) sounds and lights.

Les Grottes de Choranche – Pont en Royans Phone : 00 33 04 76 36 09 88
Opened all year long. At 1:15 am of Gresse.
Magic strolls in the heart of the earth. Inner lake, unique fabulous stalactites in Europe.

Musée Matheysin - La Mure , Phone : 00 33 04.76.735.735.
Opened of 02/05 in 31/10. In 45 mn of Gresse.
History and heritage of Matheysine.

Musée du Trièves , Mens, Phone 00 33 04.76.34.88.28. Opened all year long.
In 40 ' of Gresse. Redraw the history of people and the territory.

• Musée de la chimie,
Jarrie, Phone 00 33 04 76 68 62 18.
Opened all year long. In 40 ' of Gresse.
The exhibition redraws the story of the chemical heavy industry which developed for a century in the South of Grenoble.

Musée Autrefois, opened of 25/02 in 01/11 on Saturdays from 3 pm till 6 pm. The museum redraws the story of the village and, between Drac and Romanche, that of the South Grenoblois. A wide place is given to the work of the leather.

Terre vivante
Center of discovery of the ecology in 40 mn of Gresse-en-Vercors.
Opening from April till October.
Phone.: 00 33 04 76 34 80 80
www.terrevivante.org
info@terrevivante.org

 

 

Relay of the Park of Vercors

In Col de l'Arzelier:
exhibition on the renewable energies. Phone 00 33 04 76 72 38 31

Chichilianne: exhibition perms on the Park. Phone 00 33 04 76 34 44 95

 
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