Cité Vauban
Cité Vauban
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Philippe M
4 contributions
Jul 2024 • Family
I don't recommend making a detour to this town. After 2 hours drive on mountain roads, we were happy to take a guided tour of the city and the castle fort. Upon arrival around 11:00 we learn that there is only one guided tour per day and that there is no more room (Reservation required). With the number of tourists 2 to 3 daily visits could easily be arranged. For the fort of the failed castle also it is not the right day. Briancon is the only city that opens its forts in turn and if you do not come across the good day too bad for you. But that's not all. We want to fall back on the fort of the day, but still disappointment because the forts are not open all day but only for the guided tour with the costumed troop at 18:00. Not being hot to make the way back in the night passes we left without visiting anything in the early afternoon. In short, I have never seen a city with such a rich historical heritage fail to highlight it. To flee
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Written 21 July 2024
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JEan paul S
60 contributions
Jul 2024 • Couples
From the paid parking , visiting the city left us with a bad Impression.. few historical signs , no explanatory circuit .. the streets are dirty and very poorly maintained.. no flowers
Dozens of restaurants .. 2 or 3 shops of pretty things!
Not worth a visit
The only thing to see is the view
d set of all forts from the road leading to Italy!!
Dozens of restaurants .. 2 or 3 shops of pretty things!
Not worth a visit
The only thing to see is the view
d set of all forts from the road leading to Italy!!
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Written 11 July 2024
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BobHouston_Texas
Houston, Texas69 contributions
Jun 2017 • Couples
Years ago we spent the night at a hotel in Briancon. In a hurry to get to Milan, we left early the next morning with the resolve to come back and spend some time. We finally got back - and found a medieval city-within-a-city which we totally missed in our earlier visit. Cite Vauban is both unbelievable and exciting. We'll be back.
Written 23 June 2017
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Condi
15 contributions
Jan 2021
There were garbage in every corner, dog poo along the walkways while we made our way here. Only locals could have done it.
Written 16 February 2021
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Dossodessie
Turin, Italy110 contributions
Jul 2019 • Friends
Briancon is small but oh so pretty. Lovely place to walk around, have something to drink on one of the terraces, eat raclette at night and then explore a little more.
Written 30 July 2019
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Pamela L
Pullman, WA320 contributions
Jun 2017 • Friends
Four of us spent five nights in Briancon. We dined inside the old walled city four of the nights and returned one morning to visit the local handcraft store inside city walls. It had not been open when we were in La cité Vauban for dinners and wandering through the delightfully historic old walled fortress. This is a UNESCO site. I had read of it before leaving the USA and was disappointed to not learn much more. The old walls tell stories, but being a typically language challenged American, without French, I was not able to learn much more. One of the four women, our trusty guide, is fluent in French and helped us navigate the small villages. We visited small spots more removed, historical, and fabulously beautiful than I would ever venture into without the language abilities of Kathy Cosley, guide extraordinaire.
Written 3 July 2017
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Glenys B
Queensland, Australia18 contributions
Sept 2016 • Friends
The Lonely Planet describes this very old French cite as very far from anywhere. It certainly is. But if you do decide to make the journey, I think it is somewhere quite different and worth seeing. Essentially, it is a walled city, with huge ramparts, a scary bridge, a maze of little walkways through a medieval type of town, which oozes with old-world charm. From outside the railway station in Grenoble, France, the LER bus route 35 takes you there in 3 hours, at a cost of E20 each way. I did the return bus journey in September 2016 (6 hours' travelling) in 1 day and spent about 2 1/2 hours walking the town. On your way there and home again, your bus will travel through many, many tunnels, one of which is 13 (yes, thirteen) km long. The former, dramatic route only took 2 1/2 hours from Grenoble, but the tunnel collapsed in 2015 and will not be re-built until approx. June 2017. The new route is mostly flat for the first 2 1/4 hours; but the final 3/4 hour is made up of many hair-pin bends. Surprisingly, I was not bus sick, thanks to the expert driving of our bus driver who negotiated the hair pin bends with calm and expert driving. It is a place like no other ... somewhere that you will never see again.
Written 18 October 2016
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Robin B
Norfolk, UK252 contributions
Jul 2019 • Couples
Fabulous, just amazing. Walk in over the drawbridge and you are plunged back hundreds of years. What a truly wonderful place. So special.
Written 27 July 2019
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MJH1
Bedfordshire, UK6,791 contributions
Aug 2020 • Family
Briancon old town is stunning
High fortified walls
Old brightly coloured houses
Some nice craft shops
Plenty of bars and restaurants
Worth a visit
High fortified walls
Old brightly coloured houses
Some nice craft shops
Plenty of bars and restaurants
Worth a visit
Written 1 August 2020
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timwarduk
Northamptonshire, UK17 contributions
Sept 2017 • Couples
Very well preserved and interesting old city with some great restaurants and bars. The views from the Ramparts are terrific.
Written 26 September 2017
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