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A Walking Guide to the Massif de la Chartreuse

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Tourist Office Sites	Isère Savoie St. Pierre de Chartreuse Voiron Chambéry Le Plateau des Petites Roches. Grenoble
Regional Park Sites	A brief site published by The Fédération des Parcs Naturels Régionaux de France. An excellent site devoted to the Chartreuse Regional Nature Park. A good introductory web site published by the Amis du Parc Naturel Régional de Chartreuse.
Walking, Caving, Climbing, and Cycling	A web site devoted to caving in Chartreuse, together with a pdf format document describing some classic trips in the area, which can also be purchased locally in paper format. A web page devoted to the show cave of Grottes des Echelles near St. Cristophe-sur-Guiers. A site with some nice photographs of the waterfalls and the cave of the Guiers Vif resurgence.. An excellent site on climbing in the region. A good site on cycling routes in the region An excellent photograph album of the area. A personal French walking site with plenty of excellent photographs. And another with yet more excellent photographs. An excellent general site on walking in France. A site with a comprehensive list of links for walking in Europe. An excellent portal for world-wide walking web sites. The St. Pierre de Chartreuse Guides Bureau web site
Cultural	The Musée de l'Ours des Cavernes en Chartreuse: The web site for an excellent museum devoted to the cave bear. A site devoted to the sacred paintings of Arcabas in the église de Saint-Hugues. The Brel Festival web site - an annual festival held in St. Pierre de Chartreuse in memory of the Belgian singer Jacques Brel. A page on the Fort du St. Eynard, near le Sappey. A site on the la Bastille, in Grenoble. The Chartreuse monastery web site is mainly dedicated to explaining the Carthusian way of life The Catholic Encyclopedia has a brief account of the history of the monastery. A rather charming video shot in 1964 depicting the daily routine of the monks. Extracts from Wordsworth's poem Descriptive Sketches which describes his impressions from a walking holiday through the area in 1790. An account by William Beckford of his visit to Chartreuse in 1778. Matthew Arnold's poem Stanzas from the Grande Chartreuse which describes a visit to the monastery.
Geology	A superb site covering the geology of Chartreuse, which includes descriptions of geological walks. A site from the University of Leeds which looks at the Chartreuse thrust belt.
Accommodation	A comprehensive portal for accommodation in France. When in Chartreuse, we always stay at the very hospitable Camping de Martinière campsite (photo). La Chartroussine is a gîte located on the edge of St. Pierre de Chartreuse, but only 3 minutes walk from the centre, owned by Philippe Locatelli. La Grange is a gîte located under the Sommet du Pinet, owned by Norman Clark.
Other Sites of Interest	Maps may be bought direct from the IGN web site, which is well geared up to selling abroad. Weather-proofed IGN maps are available from the highly recommended Aqua 3, a UK company. A local Chartreuse Portal site in French and English, which includes a map of the area. An interesting site extolling the virtues of Grenoble and its environs. The local weather forecast is available from the French Météo A web site devoted to Chartreuse liqueurs (!).

Please let me know of any others of merit. All links were last checked on 19th August 2009.