Voiron

Understand

Voiron is a small city of 20,000 inhabitants (2018) in Isère, a French department. Voiron was famous in the 19th century, for its stationery and textile industry; Today, Voiron has a lot of very famous brands, like Rossignol, a winter sports brand, or Antésite sirups, very famous in France. The city is also famous for the Monastère des Pères Chartreux, an old monastery always active composed of monks who make a famous liquor, the Chartreuse, and a few other trademarks.

Get in

You can arrive in Voiron in plane, to Grenoble Airport, by train, bus, car, bicycle, motorbike, walk etc

See

A very great activity in this city is the visit of the Caves de Chartreus. Located in the centre of the city, you can visit the old caves of the production of Chartreuse liquors. There also is a final degustations of all types of Chartreuse liquor, like the Chartreuse Verte or the Chartreuse Jaune, so it is worth it! This old caves were originally the official production site of Chartreuse liquors, but it was moved in 2014 to another place, more secure and outside the city, because the enormous amount of alcohol can explode.

Do

There is a lot of activities in Voiron, like the climb of the Vouise, a small mountain next to the city, and, at the top, the statue of Notre-Dame de la Vouise.

There also is the theater of the Grand-Angle, PassrL cinemas, a minigolf course, a Laser Game and, for the readers, a media library.

Buy

There is a few places in Voiron where you can spend your money.

There is a local chocolate shop : La Chocolaterie Bonnat. The familial chocolatery is making chocolate and others sweets since the 19th century. Their chocolate is extremely great, the shop is enormous and it participate at the economy and the culture of Voiron.

There are also a few textile shops and a few libraries.