The Blue Valley Mountain-bike Tour

La Vallée Bleue is a multi-activity recreational centre in the Auvergne Rhone-Alpes region. There is a whole range of activities on offer on the banks of the Rhone, in a remarkable natural setting.A managed lake on the Upper Rhone with rental of mountain bikes, pedalos, pedal go-karts, stand up paddle, windsurfing, jet ski, paintball, artificial river for canoeing. Shooting booth. Restaurants. Aquaparc with heated pool, water slide. Altitude 204m, area 304ha including 180ha lake. Green spaces, fishing lake, picnic areas. All-terrain centre, holiday village, 3 * campsite with mobile home rentals and service area Free for motor homes in season.

The center is open from February to November, for all person with the desire to discover or train for outdoors activities. Specialized in white water activities, the Espace Eau Vive also offers land-based activities.Leisure center specialized in outdoors activities : land-based and particularly white water activities : hydrospeed, kayak, rafting, and paddle in the Vallée Bleue. The white water course is 600m long. It recreates successive passages more or less techincals : rolls, surfing waves, tie rock, smooth waves... Major assets : its S-shaped course and quality of water. All the time, 80 ajustables doors for a maximum of trails. There is also plenty of land-based activities for rent or with qualified instructors : mountain biking, biking, scootering...

A recently renovated hotel and restaurant with views of the Rhone and the Bugey cliffs. Located on the RD1075, the hotel is soundproofed and the food served in the restaurant is prepared with attention to detail.

Roxane and Olivier welcome you to a fully renovated 19th-century building, a former coaching inn that combines old stone and modernity as it should be. We look forward to welcoming you for a stopover, whether for business or pleasure.Single, comfort, and family rooms, equipped with private bathroom, mini bar, LCD TV and some with air conditioning. Restaurant combining old stones and modernity, a warm, friendly welcome and cuisine prepared according to the seasons and daily deliveries of fresh produce.

Standing on a rocky headland known as "Le Plâtre", the church's square belltower features single and triple windows (twin or triplet bays). It originally had a thackstone roof.The church features a nave, a chancel and 5 chapels, 3 on the north side and 2 on the south side. These add to the building's picturesque charm and some of them have separate entrances. In the chancel, above one of the chapel doorways, the stone is engraved with a medallion and the names of the church's patron saints, Saint Andréa and Saint Laurent. The keystone of the ribbed vault features the coat of arms of the De Vertrieu family of which the former Lord of Amblagnieu was a member. After its restoration by the town council, the fresco located in the south chapel was analysed. The study of the pictorial layer revealed the presence of an ancient decor of great historical value dating from the church's construction in the 13th century. "It is said that Angels appeared."

The rural surroundings of this village, in which nature have regained its place, gives Quirieu all of its originality. This 'ghost village' has the appearance of a fairytale where imagination and poetry combine with history.Quirieu is a sleeping village that feels like the setting for a fairytale. Located on the northern border of the Dauphine, it is now part to the town of Bouvesse-Quirieu (Isère) and the Balcons du Dauphine Community of Towns and Villages. The site extends over 4ha on a limestone hill forming a small, elongated and naturally steep plateau. On its eastern side, Quirieu dominates the Rhone and overlooks, from nearly 100 metres high, its alluvial terraces. To the east, facing the site, on the other side of the river, the first, powerful foothills of Bugey rise. To the west, Quirieu opens onto the cold lands of Bas Dauphine. In the Middle Ages, it was one of the Dauphiné's strongholds. Quirieu had a privileged control situation over a region, a fluvial axis and a border (the Rhone, which separated Dauphine and Bugey here until 1601). After a period of apogee from the 14th to the 16th centuries, Quirieu was gradually abandoned. But the streets and housing of the old village are still very noticeable. The site is dotted with thematic panels that help you to find out more about Quirieu independently. Walk along the paths in Quirieu and head to the orientation tables; you will discover the breathtaking panorama which the medieval site opens up to. By looking down on this region, you will see how mankind has shaped this landscape : traces of the ferry on the Rhone, multinational cement factory (Vicat), quarry basin, vineyards (Union of Bugey Wines, Montagnieu), hydraulic (CNR) and nuclear (EDF) industry, outdoor leisure centres (Vallée Bleue, Montalieu-Vercieu), crafts (Moulin d'Arche, Bouvesse-Quirieu) and luxury furniture factory (Ligne Roset, Briord)... Today Quirieu comes back to life during occasional touristic events, with historical stories or musical strolls (evening moonlight tales at the end of June, chantier Concordia in July).

We repair all brands. If we are able to repair your bike on the spot, you'll be invited to wait in the comfort of our lounge area.Our handy corner shop sells a range of parts and accessories (derailleurs, inner tubes, repair kits, etc.)

Espace Bike offers turnkey itineraries to discover our region and the ViaRhona cycle path. We propose a wide range of bike rentals for adults and children, as well as Ebikes (for adults only). We also have off-road E-scooters.