Bastille
Description
High on the hills above the city the fortress of the Bastille looks down on Grenoble. Originally built to protect the city, today it’s a public park which can be accessed via numerous pathways that run up the steep cliffs, or by taking the cable car up to in.
Charge
Free
Getting There
The easiest way to reach the Bastille is via the cable car, however you can climb up to the Bastille from town. The ascent is around 300m and takes around an hour to complete. There are two routes one starting at the top of the Jardin des Dauphins and mostly consisting of slopes and shallow steps until you reach the lower levels of the casemates where it's steps all the way up. The other route starts at the Porte Saint-Laurent and is either a continuous sloped path running all the way up to the Bastille in a series of switchbacks, or you can climb up through the casemates and fortifications - though this latter option is probably well over 1,200 steps to reach the top, some of which are uneven.
Latitude: 45.198667; Longitude: 5.724828
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Disclaimer: Details correct at time of writing (02/09/2022), and on time of last update (08/09/2022) but may no longer be accurate, particularly if some time has passed.