Route from station to station - La Trans' Vals du Dauphiné

Departure from La Tour du Pin station to Pont de Beauvoisin station (Lyon - Chambéry line).

The route can be done in three stages (shops and accommodation in each stage town):

-La Tour-du-Pin > Val-de-Virieu: 17km - elevation gain: 300m - elevation loss: 215m

-Val-de-Virieu > Les Abrets-en-Dauphiné: 17.8km - elevation gain: 490m - elevation loss: 495m

-Les Abrets-en-Dauphiné > Pont-de-Beauvoisin: 16.5km - elevation gain: 160m - elevation loss: 310m

There is a station at Val-de-Virieu (1km from the town centre) and at Les Abrets-en-Dauphiné (1.5km from the town centre), so you can cover just 1 or 2 stages.

All along the way, you'll enjoy beautiful views of Vercors, Chartreuse, Monts du Chats, Bugey and sometimes Mont-Blanc in the background. Discover a rural area with many hills, some cultivated and some wooded. You are sure to come across many cows grazing in the meadows.

As far as heritage is concerned, take a look at the architecture of Dauphiné houses: often square buildings with adobe walls and a high, four-sided, flaked tile roof. The village of Virieu retains an attractive medieval appearance, with its covered market and castle.

WAYMARKING AND SIGNPOSTING

From La Tour du Pin station, follow the yellow signs and the following signposts:

Place du Champ de Mars / Charvin / Château de Pin / la Grisolle/Marlieu/ Les Arphants/ Ravin des Gabelles/ Mollard des Mottes / Cote 568 / Les Hauts d'Envelump / Beauregard / Gare de Virieu sur Bourbre / Virieu/ Le Trêve / Château de Virieu / Les Cardelles / Chubins/ Brézin / Chemin de la Vie / Côte Simandre/ Lambert / Sourilloud / Le Gréhaut / Chemin du lavoir/ Le Brocard/ Jalinières/ Les Allimards/ Château de Juvenin / Les Abrets église / Les Abrets/ La Loue/ Vérou/ Les Perrières/ Pressins/ La Corbière/ La Combe Noire / Les Forêts / Le Menou / Le Grabier/ Gare SNCF de Pont de Beauvoisin.