Follow the guide…
...listen to the rich history of the Sardinian Way, a passage through the mountains, a natural route which has been used by travellers since the dawn of time…
…make your way into the meander of the cave and discover the potholes, jellyfish-shaped excrescences and other concretions…
…admire the Monument devoted to Duke Charles Emmanuel II of Savoy, who commissioned renovation work on the Sardinian Way in the 17th century…

A visit which combines nature, history and geology for the delight of young and old !

 
Visits, activities - Caves
 

Guided Tour (Caves and Sardinian Way)

The guide speaks english or translation on paper is available if required (NL, B, GB, E)

Open

April, May, June, September
Tuesday to Friday 15h30
Saturday and Easter Holidays (25 april – 8 May) : 14h30 – 16h
Sundays : 14h – 15h30 – 17h

July and August
July 1 and July 2 : 14h – 15h30 – 17h
From July 3 to July 9 : 11h30 then every 45mn from 13h45 until 17h30
From July 10 to August 21 : 11h30 then every 30mn from 13h30 until 17h30
from august 22 to August 28 : 11h30 then every 45mn from 13h45 until 17h30
August 29 to August 31 : 14h – 15h30 – 17h

October
Wednesday and Friday : 15h30
Saturday and Sunday : 14h30 - 16h
Holiday Halloween : 14h30 – 16h daily except November the first

Prices :
  • Adults: €6.80 reduced: €5.80
  • Children (7-16 years): €4.80
From 15 people, by appointment, benefit from a group price of €5.80 per person

You can ask “le pass futé” This document permit to your family to have reductions in 5 others tourist sites

Le Repaire Louis Mandrin / The Louis Mandrin’s Lair – St Genix sur Guiers
Le Musée de l’ours des Cavernes / The Caves Bear Museum – Entremont Le Vieux
Le Musée Gallo Romain d’Aoste / Gallo roman Museum – Aoste ( Département de l’Isère - 38)
Le Château de Montfleury / castle Montfleury (Avressieux)
Radio Musée Galletti / Radio Museum Galletti

pass is available on partner sites and tourist offices of the Avant Pays Savoyard (St Pierre d’Entremont, Les echelles, Pont de Beauvoisin, St Genix Sur Guiers, Yenne, Lépin Le Lac)

Duration of the guided tour : 1 hour 15 mins

Température
Temperature in the upper cave: 9°C
Take warm clothes and suitable footwear.

Others activities

Restaurant L’Auberge

Restaurant French Traditionnal cooking – every day for lunch and Friday to Sunday for dinner (every evening in july and august).

Take advantage of the reception area, terrace, bar, restaurant, shop and the scenographic space devoted to the first inhabitants of Chartreuse.

New (From August 2011) : the play path of archaeological site of Fru

Thanks to the introduction of a course open to the greatest number, you can access from the Sardinian way loop of Echaillon fitted to a fun and explore the archaeological site of Fru theater of the first traces of human settlement in Savoy 14000 yeas ago…
Price : unknown to date

Freely accessible

The walk “the Sardinain way” from the ticket office until the roman bridge (former customs between France and Savoy, you will see among other the canyon, the monument Charles Emmanuel II, the Guiers Vif River estimated time 1h30
path is not accessible in periods of snow or ice (risk of falling stones or ice).

The circuit tour “Echaillon” start possible from the roman bridge or the Sardinian way.
You can discover the archaeological site of Fru.