A selection of web links

Tourist information offices

Regional Park sites

Outdoor activities

Pascal Sombadier's website. Pascal is a mountaineer and author from Grenoble who has inspired many of the walks in this guide.
The best place to start when planning to visit the Dent de Colles cave system
A PDF document by Bruce Talour: "Quelques Classiques Spéléologiques en Chartreuse", which describes some classic caving trips in Chartreuse.
A web page devoted to the show cave of Grottes des Echelles near St. Cristophe-sur-Guiers.
There is plenty of splendid canyoning to be enjoyed in Chartreuse. See here to get started.
A site devoted to rock climbing in Chartreuse.
Mountain refuges in Chartreuse

Cultural sites

The Musée de l'Ours des Cavernes en Chartreuse: The web site for an excellent museum devoted to the cave bear.
The Chartreuse monastery museum web site.
A site devoted to the sacred paintings of Arcabas in the église de Saint-Hugues.
A page on the Fort du St. Eynard, near le Sappey.
A site on the la Bastille, in Grenoble.
The Carthusian order 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.
The trailer for a film shot in 2002 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.

Accommodation

When in Chartreuse, we always stay at the very hospitable Camping de Martinière campsite (photo).

Other sites of interest

Please let me know of any others of merit. All links were last checked on 4th July 2023.