Route from station to station - La Trans' Vals du Dauphiné

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...

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...

La Tour du Pin train station is located on the line Lyon / Grenoble line. A bus service runs on certain times. All regional trains allow free transport of bicycles according to available space (not accepted in coaches)

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)

Abrets en Dauphiné / Fitilieu train 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)

Virieu sur Bourbre train station is located on the line Lyon / Grenoble line. All regional trains allow free transport of bicycles according to available space (not accepted in coaches)

Built in 1010. Military heritage and french gardens characterize this monument which offers visitors some beautiful rooms : you would particularly enjoy Louis XIII's room, the medieval kitchen, the XVIIe chapel and the peculiar dunjeon.Come and discover the Virieu's castle during a one hour visit with our team of tour guide. You will start your visit in front of an impressive entrace door with 2115 original nails, topped by its pediment, bearing the Virieu coat of arms. Then, you will be in the castle's court of honor, just in front of its dungeon. You can see at your right the cannons offered by Louis XIII in 1622, placed under the arcade gallery in brick of Italian style. A few steps and you will be in the peaceful atmosphere of Virieu's chapel. Inside of it, you will discover the Way of the Cross sculpted by Stéphanie de Virieu at the age of 80. With a few steps under the gallery, you can access to the ancient kitchen, which now used as a dining room. You will discover the monumental fireplace with its low arch and its XIIIth century fireback, a souvenir of the ancient Chartreuse de la Sylve Bénite. You will also be able to appreciate its furniture before entering the Great Hall full of history. The King's bedroom, impressive and majestic room, called like that because the King Louis XIII slept there in 1622, has kept its original aspect and part of its furniture. You will then reach the White Room, which should have been a chapel. The visit touch to its end near the dungeon, which is now a memorial place dedicated to the Resistance during German's occupation from 1940 to 1944.