Allevard-les-Bains: The Sulphur Spa, the Iron Trail and the Collet Balcony
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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Allevard-les-Bains: The Sulphur Spa, the Iron Trail and the Collet Balcony
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Allevard-les-Bains has taken the waters since the 1830s, from a source exceptionally concentrated in sulphur and sulphates, and its museum, La Galerie, reopened in 2023 in the restored old casino in the thermal park with the town's minerals, its iron and its first skiers. Below the town the sentier du Fer runs up the Bréda towards Pinsot past the hand-cut galleries of the miner-peasants, who worked the fosses only in winter, and above it the Collet d'Allevard, laid out on communal pasture in 1955, gives a 360-degree view from Mont Blanc to the Mont Aiguille.
Required Activities
1
of 4
Take a session at the Thermes d'Allevard, whose water is exceptionally concentrated in sulphur and sulphates, and taste or inhale it the way cure-takers have since the 1830s
2
of 4
In La Galerie, the museum of Allevard in the restored old casino in the thermal park, find the mineralogy and iron-working rooms and the section on the first skiers of Belledonne
3
of 4
Walk the sentier du Fer up the Bréda from Allevard towards Pinsot and find the small crooked galleries the miner-peasants cut by hand, on a site listed three stars in France's geological heritage inventory
4
of 4
Drive the D109 up to the Collet d'Allevard, a balcony resort laid out on old communal summer pasture in 1955, and from its 360-degree viewpoint pick out Mont Blanc to the north-east and the Mont Aiguille to the south
Take a session at the Thermes d'Allevard, whose water is exceptionally concentrated in sulphur and sulphates, and taste or inhale it the way cure-takers have since the 1830s
In La Galerie, the museum of Allevard in the restored old casino in the thermal park, find the mineralogy and iron-working rooms and the section on the first skiers of Belledonne
Walk the sentier du Fer up the Bréda from Allevard towards Pinsot and find the small crooked galleries the miner-peasants cut by hand, on a site listed three stars in France's geological heritage inventory
Drive the D109 up to the Collet d'Allevard, a balcony resort laid out on old communal summer pasture in 1955, and from its 360-degree viewpoint pick out Mont Blanc to the north-east and the Mont Aiguille to the south
Before you go
The Thermes and Spa d'Allevard close for the winter: in 2026 they run 30 March to 24 October, and a spa session needs booking ahead. La Galerie, the town museum, opens from 1 April to the end of the autumn holidays, and only at weekends over the winter and February school holidays.
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Challenge XP
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France country bonus
+100 XP
Potential total
375 XP
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