Grenoble is surrounded by mountains: to the north are the Chartreuse, to the west are the Vercors, and to the east are the Belledonne range. As such, it is often visited by the Tour de France and has been called the "capital of the Alps".
Beautifully situated on the Drac and Isère rivers, and surrounded by mountains, Grenoble, the self-styled "capital of the Alps", is a lively, modern city, home to four universities, with more than 50,000 students. In the Middle Ages, the Princes of Dauphiné held court here, until the province was annexed by France in the fourteenth century, and the city is also famous for the Journée des Tuiles, a local uprising in 1788 which is held to be the first act of the French Revolution. Grenoble's prosperity was originally founded on glove-making, but in the nineteenth century its economy diversified to include mining, cement, paper mills, hydroelectric power and metallurgy. Its international profile was boosted in 1968, when it hosted the Winter Olympics, and today, it's a centre of chemical and electronics industries and nuclear research, with the big, new laboratories of the Atomic Energy Commission on the banks of the Drac.

La Tarentaise est une des provinces de la Savoie.
Elle correspond à la haute vallée de l'Isère, de sa source jusqu'aux portes d'Albertville, ainsi qu'aux vallées perpendiculaires affluentes. La vallée principale est une vallée glaciaire, encaissée et très étroite à certains endroits, bordée au nord par les massifs du Beaufortain et du Mont-Blanc, et au sud par la Vanoise.
La vallée de la Tarentaise est classée Pays d'art et d'histoire. Elle comprend de nombreuses églises baroques.
La Tarentaise concentre sur son territoire une des plus fortes densités mondiales de stations de sports d'hiver, dont : Courchevel, Méribel et Val Thorens formant les Les Trois Vallées, La Plagne, Les Arcs formant Paradis ski , Tignes et Val d'Isère formant l'Espace Killy.

Gay life

Fleur de sel Bar-Restaurant open to all.
Address : 2 rue Vicat 38000 Grenoble
Tel :+33( 0)4 76 03 09 98
Very good restaurant, refined cooking, reasonnable prices.Bar,music,pleasant atmosphere, cozy and comfortable  ! The owners are very welcoming.

Le Code Bar
Gay and Lesbien bar, open to all.
Address :  9 rue Etienne Marcel - 38000 Grenoble
Tel : +33(0)4 76 43 58 91
Since the 10th october 2002,  Ernesto welcomes you to the Code Bar open to the gay and lesbians .Dj evenings every weekend.

Cultural life

Parc de Sculpture de Grenoble 
Exceptional site where art and nature come to meet !
Address : Parc du Musée de Grenoble, 5 Place de lavalette 38000 Grenoble
Téléphone : +33(0)4.76.63.44.44 
Website : http://www.museedegrenoble.fr
Mail : olivier.tomasini@ville-grenoble.fr