'''Isere''' is a department in the Rhone-Alpes region of France.

Regions

Cities

  • Grenoble
  • Other destinations

  • Les Deux Alpes
  • L'Alpe d'Huez
  • Understand

    History

    Isere is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution. It was created from part of the former province of Dauphine.

    Geography

    Isere is part of the current region of Rhone-Alpes and is surrounded by the department of Rhone, Ain, Savoie, Hautes-Alpes, Drome, Ardeche, and Loire.

    Isere includes a part of the French Alps. The highest point in the department is the summit of La Meije at 3,987 meters. The Vercors Plateau dominates the west of the department.

    Get in

  • Grenoble Isere International Airport [http://www.grenoble-airport.com/-GENERAL-PUBLIC-AREA-.html]
  • Demographics

    Inhabitants of the department are called ''Iserois''.

    Talk

    Get around

    See

    The Grande Chartreuse is the mother abbey of the Carthusian order. It is located near Voiron 14 miles north of Grenoble and can be visited. Monks at the abbey distil a beverage rich in alcohol called "the chartreuse" and made of several hundred of plants picked in the mountain.

    Itineraries

    Do

  • many '''ski''' resorts, including the Alpe d'Huez and Les Deux Alpes
  • the '''Coupe Icare''', an annual '''festival of free flight''', such as paragliding and hang-gliding, held at the world-renowned paragliding site at Lumbin in early autumn.
  • Eat

    Isere produces the following cheeses: Bleu du Vercours-Sassenage and Saint-Marcellin.

    Drink

    Stay safe

  • ''' Chalet in Les Deux Alpes''', [http://www.ecrinslodge.com.com]. Ecrins Lodge is a stunning chalet next to Les Deux Alpes, with fantastic hospitality and a hot tub!
  • Get out