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The Caves - Saint Christophe La Grotte
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Anim Grotte
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Anim' Grotte
An association created in 1996 to manage the listed site of the Sardinian Way, including the Caves, the Tunnel Inn and the Sardinian Way.
Anim'grotte permits a new tourist exploitation and animation of this tourist site until 2003. Since 2004, this role is playing by municipality of St Christophe la Grotte.
The aim is also to involve local inhabitants in various projects in the town of Saint Christophe la Grotte.

Discover Saint Christophe la Grotte, for its leisure and cultural activities, for the accommodation it offers, for the village's thriving economy. Visit the remarkable sites and links of the region, selected for you by Anim'Grotte.

Come and participate in the numerous activities the association organizes throughout the year : see our news page (french)



Baking bread
Contact
Address Anim' Grotte - Mairie
73360 Saint Christophe La Grotte - France
Telephone  33 (0)4.79.36.65.95
Fax  33 (0)4.79.36.57.98

Saint Christophe La Grotte
It is here, in this lush green village with its 446 inhabitants, that you will taste the special delights of the Savoy foothills. 

Come and enjoy...

 Saint Christophe La Grotte, Savoie, Dauphine, France. The village

Leisure and culture

A place of tranquility for bird-watchers :
Birds of prey, both diurnal and nocturnal (peregrine falcon, kestrel, black kite, lammergeyer, bats).

Come and enjoy the wealth of nature :
The springtime flowers, blue gentians, kidney vetch, martagon lily.
Its animals, badgers, roe deer, foxes, wild boar, squirrels.

An ideal place for sports lovers :
Running races in the Forest of Gerbaix, in particular the Green Escapade organized in June.
Special stage of the Chartreuse Rally (car hill racing).
White-water canoeing down the gorges of the Guiers Vif.
Pot holing, numerous underground galleries.
Paragliding, two take-off sites.
River-fishing in the Guiers Vif.
Mountain biking and cycling, for both the family and the more demanding.

Hikes with
Alain LENFANT - mountain guide - 33 (0)4.79.36.54.91

Accommodation

Monsieur and Madame COUSSOT
Guest rooms, half-board
Tel : 33 (0)4.79.36.51.17

LA FERME BONNE
Guest rooms, half-board.
Tel : 33 (0)4.79.36.59.05
Fax : 33 (0)4.79.36.59.31

Economy

CANON BALL MOTO (Sale & Repair of motorbikes)
Tel : 33 (0)4.79.36.52.31

FROMAGERIE COUSSOT (Sheep barn, cheese)
Visits possible to the farm by prior arrangement
Tel : 33 (0)4.79.36.54.01

GACHET CORINNE (Dog breeder)
Tel : 33 (0)4.79.65.71.24

HUSSON BENOIT (Landscaping - tree pruning)
Tel : 33 (0)4.79.36.64.10

L'ESCARGOT DE SAINT CHRISTOPHE
- Home made produce sold on the premices. - Visit of the snail breeding on by appointment.
ANNE et ALAIN LENFANT
Tel : 33 (0)4.79.36.64.10

PEYLIN SERGE DECORATION (Interior decorating)
Tel : 33 (0)4.79.36.57.10

QUELQUEJEU BENOIT(Construction work)
Tel : 33 (0)4.79.36.60.02

SAINT CHRISTOPHE ELECTRICITE (Electricity)
Tel : 33 (0)4.79.36.56.27
Fax : 33 (0)4.79.36.55.88

SERVICE STATION - GARAGE
Tel : 33 (0)4.79.36.60.09
Remarkables sites and links (recommended by Anim'Grotte and the site of St Christophe la Grotte)

The Regional Nature Park of the Chartreuse.

"Avant-Pays Savoyard".

The Chartreuse Cellars (Les Caves de Chartreuse. At Voiron, the distillery of the veritable chartreuse liqueur).

City of Chambéry (Capital of Savoie).

Le Musée de l'Ours de Cavernes (Cave bear museum)
73670 Entremont-le-Vieux
Tel : 33 (0)4 79 26 29 87
Fax : 33 (0)4 79 26 22 75
musee.oursdescavernes@wanadoo.fr

The Lake of Aiguebelette (Tourism and water sports).

Saint Même Corrie (At Saint Pierre d'Entremont,  waterfall in a mountain corrie).

 

 

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