Mountain Bike Loop : The Three Saints

Collection : TOP 25 RÉSISTANTE

3232ET - BELLEY SAINT-GENIX-SUR-GUIERS SUD BUGEY

17.20€

Collection : TOP 25 ET SÉRIE BLEUE

13.90€

3233SB - VOIRON TULLINS

Collection : TOP 25 ET SÉRIE BLEUE

3333OT - MASSIF DE LA CHARTREUSE NORD

13.90€

Collection : TOP 25 ET SÉRIE BLEUE

TOP75002 - CHARTREUSE BELLEDONNE

13.90€

TOP100D73 - SAVOIE CHAMBÉRY ALBERTVILLE PARC NATIONAL DE LA VANOISE PNR DU MASSIF DES BAUGES

202 JURA ALPES DU NORD

Collection : CARTES DÉPARTEMENTALES IGN

Collection : CARTES DÉPARTEMENTALES IGN

Scale : 1:150 000

5.90€

NR14 AUVERGNE-RHÔNE-ALPES RECTO/VERSO MASSIF CENTRAL

Collection : CARTES RÉGIONALES IGN

Scale : 1:250 000

6.80€

NR15 AUVERGNE-RHÔNE-ALPES RECTO/VERSO MASSIF ALPIN

Collection : CARTES RÉGIONALES IGN

Collection : DÉCOUVERTE DES PAYS DU MONDE IGN

Scale : 1:2 500 000

7.00€

Description

This path will take you on the higher parts of the Guiers Valley. Breathtaking views on the Val d’Ainan, the Epine and the Chartreuse, with some stops on the local architecture with houses with adobe walls. Ponds and forests to refresh you.

Departure / arrival / parking : Pont de Beauvoisin train station - Lyon / Chambéry line

ROUTE:

After a few hundred metres to leave Pont-de-Beauvoisin, you'll soon find yourself back on small country roads and quiet lanes. After 3km, you pass the Reculfort lake, then the Combe lake 3km further on. After the Antiquaire post, the route climbs steeply (+130m). You can then take a break at the Sacré-Coeur (large stone statue). Up here, the Valdaine hills offer pretty landscapes surrounded by small woods and meadows where cows graze. The descent is via a woodland path, before returning to small country roads and dirt tracks to reach St-Jean d'Avelanne and Pont-de-Beauvoisin.

Possibility to do the mountain bike orientation course of St-Jean d'Avelanne (information board in front of the town hall).

MARKINGS AND SIGNS :

Follow the yellow markings and the following signposts:
Le Grabier > Le Menou > Les Forêts > L'antiquaire > Sacré-Coeur > La Sauge > Crête de Sauge > Le Bapt > Chemin du Melet > St Jean-d'Avelanne > Le Menou > Le Grabier > Retour Pont-de-Beauvoisin - la gare

Technical Information

Mountainbiking

Difficulty

Medium

Duration

2h45mn

Dist.

28 km

Altimetric profile

Starting point

Parking gare SNCF , 38480 Pont-de-Beauvoisin

Lat : 45.524688Lng : 5.680584

Points of interest

Wood machine and hand tools Museum

Pont-de-Beauvoisin, city of wood furniture since François the 1st, shelters a museum of woodworking machinery. From trees to furnitures, experiment an old fashioned cabinetmaker workshop.Relive the adventure of a cabinetmaking workshop of yesteryear through a sound journey. Unique in France, this museum recreates the atmosphere of a workshop from the first half of the 20th century. It testifies the complexity of the work of the craftsmen who made the reputation of Pont de Beauvoisin, city of wood furnitures since François 1er. Individual and free visits. Group visits with guide by reservation.

25 Place Professeur Trillat 38480 Pont-de-Beauvoisin

462 route de la Mairie 38480 Saint-Albin-de-Vaulserre

Vaulserre's Castle

This castle is an old fortified house remodeled in the 18th century. Vaulserre presents one of the most beautiful combinations of architecture, decorations and landscapes of the Dauphiné.Located 5km from Chartreuse natural park, the castle is an old fortified house remodeled in the 18th century. Its rigorously ordered main façade is adorned with a sculpted triangular pediment. The vestibule is decorated with magnificent wall trompe-l'oeil of Italian influence. House of decorations and colors made to seduce, Vaulserre presents one of the most beautiful combinations of architecture, decorations and landscape of the Dauphiné, witness of the art of living of a great family in the 18th century. The castle was the setting for Jean Paul Rappeneau's film "Le Hussard sur le Toit" with Olivier Martinez and Juliette Binoche.

Rue de la Gare (à 5 min à pied du centre ville) 38480 Pont-de-Beauvoisin

Train station of Pont de Beauvoisin

Pont de Beauvoisin tarin station is located on the line Lyon / Chambéry line. A bus service runs on certain times. All regional trains allow free transport of bicycles according to available space (not accepted in coaches)

25, Place de la Republique 38480 Pont-de-Beauvoisin

Vals du Dauphiné tourist information center in Pont-de-Beauvoisin

Vals du Dauphiné tourism office in La Tour-du-Pin will guide you through the discovery of the city and its territory Les Vals du Dauphiné : advices and orientations, guides & brochures, suggestions, gift shop...

Sacré-Coeur Tower

The highest point of the village, this place of contemplation surrounded by fir trees is the perfect opportunity for a lovely walk. An office is celebrated there every 3rd Sunday of June.