Belledonne in the Savoy region, at the border of the Isère department

The Val Gelon and the Pays d'Allevard will amaze you by their richness and diversity. Green meadows, huge forests, mountain chalets and mountain lakes: on the numerous marked out paths you will encounter the best of the region. The diversity and beauty of the landscape will please those who love long hikes as well as those who prefer family walks. The region comprises 400 kilometers of paths with directions, delighting walkers and hikers.

The Val Gelon:

The Val Gelon comprises two valleys : the oil valley (Vallée des Huiles), which leads towards the Maurienne region, and the Gelon valley (Vallée du Gelon), named after the torrent flowing from the Huile valley into the Arc River at the Arc/Isère confluence, after having crossed a large and green valley

The Val Gelon is extremely well situated: at the junction of four big valleys Maurienne, Tarentaise, Dauphiné and Grande Combe de Savoie.

Closed by the gorges du Bréda in Allevard and in Pontcharra, in the department of Isère, the Val Gelon is the access point to Savoy.

Art and history land, the Val Gelon proclaims that Annibal went through the area with his famous elephants

The valley used to be under Roman influence, the remains on the hiking paths attest to this.
It also has castles and towers dating from the Middle Ages. The Val Gelon is also a group of 14 rural villages, a medium altitude mountain area, ideal for every type of tourism, with loads of winter and summer outdoor activities.

The Pays d’Allevard:

Situated North of the Belledonne chain, the canton of Allevard comprises 6 cities: Allevard Les Bains, St Pierre d'Allevard, Pinsot, La Ferrière, La Chapelle du Bard and le Moutard. Set where the charm and greenness of the valleys ally to the grandness and whiteness of the 2'900m high Belledonne chain summits, the Pays d’Allevard offers the visitors all the splendor and variety of its sceneries.

Cities and villages are between 475 and 1’450m high, the first being the altitude of the Allevard Les Bains spa, the second being that of the Collet d'Allevard ski resort. Until the Merovingian period, the Pays d'Allevard is poorly inhabited because of its location: set back from the access ways and separated from the Gresivaudan region by the hardly reachable gorges.

The whole region was covered by deep forests with bears and wolves and was really poor.
The history of the Pays d’Allevard changed with the mining industry, and then with hydrotherapy industry.

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