It has only been a few months since I live in Grenoble, but as a walk-lover, I went a lot to the city
the first weeks to discover my new place. When I was asked to make a list of
the things that you have to do in Grenoble, I first thought that it was really
dificult, because I came in the capital of the Alpes only two months ago. Basically, I don’t know the city enough
to make a list of the five things that you absolutely have to do. So I choose
to make a list of the things that I have done and that I really enjoyed, and
share those ideas with you.
Take a nap in the Jardin de Ville a sunny afternoon while eating a cookie from Adélaïde Cookies.
I remember this day when
I was lying in the grass near the Téléphérique
of the Bastille, eating this
delicious orange/chocolate cookie. The little jardin is really beautiful, and this cookie shop (16 rue des
Clercs) is just marvellous ! You can buy cookies, muffins, brownies and
scones, some made with toasted nuts, caramel
au beurre salé, three chocolates, nougat, rose, cristallized fruits, hot
pepper… This is really the place to have a great goûter.
Go to the Bastille
tunnel of the Résistance with a
friend, after taking the road in car.
Of course you will go to
the Bastille. It is THE thing to do
in Grenoble, like the Tour Eiffel in
Paris. But it wasn’t the place itself that pleased me. Yes, the vue is really
beautiful, and taking the téléphérique
was quite funny. But I enjoyed it better the second time I went there, when I
took this little and sinuous mountain road where you try not to be lost, and
most of all, you hope that nobody will come the other way ! The site by
itself is not really interesting. But if you take the little pedestrian road to
go to the Tunnel de la Résistance,
you will have a great and funny moment, especially if you are scared of spiders
and looking for adventures ! This tunnel is quite long, built in the rock,
with small lights and lots of cobwebs. So if you want to laugh, don’t hesitate
to go there with a mate !
Go to the temporary expositions of the Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, like the
one about spiders.
I think you understood,
I’m not really fond of spiders… But when we were searching for an original
museum to go to in Grenoble my boyfriend and I, we chose the temporary
exposition of the Muséum d’Histoire
Naturelle (1 rue Dolomieu) called Au
Fil des Araignées (from April 2014 to March 2015).
The museum by itself is not really interesting,
especially if you don’t like stuffed animal… But you can be curious to go there
to learn about the fauna of the Alpes!
The expo about spiders is really fascinating, because it introduced you to
those insects that most people fear. You go out from this place full of
knowledge!
Those three things are the ones
that I really enjoyed, and that made me love Grenoble. It is a city full of
surprises compared to its small size. I don’t know the city very much, but the
first thing that I advise you to do is simply roaming in the pedestrian streets and maybe you will discover great
little shops (like the Acces’soir, 7 rue Jean-Jacques
Rousseau, which sells beads and is soooo cute).
I really think that the better
way to discover a city is to walk through its streets, to wander through the
shops, and to try lots of things…
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