JohnnyD
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Post by JohnnyD on Aug 19, 2021 7:41:13 GMT 1
Mountains offer great landscapes, hiking and places to stay, as these ideas from a new Wild Guide to the French Alps show.......
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exile
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Post by exile on Aug 19, 2021 11:16:09 GMT 1
Of those I know the Vercors the best and would broadly agree with the description. One disadvantage with staying at Corranche is being in a steep valley which means you lose the sun early in the day. I personally would chose somewhere on the plateau - somewhere between Lans-en-Vercors and Villard-de-Lans or further South between La Chapelle and Vassieux.
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Post by Gigi on Aug 19, 2021 16:04:15 GMT 1
The Vercors is the one I know a best, but still just a little, and not nearly as well as Exile. It was at Vassieux village years agowhen we pulled up at a shop to ask directions - we were heading from the south to visit French friends in Romans. Conversation stopped and I was asked my nationality, then everyone trooped out to check our car; when satisfied that I was British, directions were forthcoming as well as good wishes for the rest of our time in France. If I had been German, I thought that my request would have been handled much differently.
The area is rugged and very beautiful, and is where our son broke his leg on his school French exchange visit aged 13, skiing there with his exchange family. We’ve visited the resistance memorial at the Col de la Chau twice, it’s extremely moving. The drive north via Die to Romans is very dramatic, with Combe Laval an absolutely unforgettable dramatic experience. We’ve stayed at Lans-en-Vercors a few times and have stayed at Pont-en-Royans; its very dramatic position is lovely and the water museum is very interesting.
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exile
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Post by exile on Aug 19, 2021 21:51:36 GMT 1
If you had been German the response would almost certainly have been different.
Vassieux has a museum devoted to the German invasion of the Vercors plateau in 1944. An informative but equally sad and depressing museum.
Almost every pass (foot or road) has a memorial listing the small number of maquis who held off a division of troops for x hours. It never ended well for the maquis.
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