Pontcharra travel guide
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Visit Pontcharra: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Pontcharra is situated in the Isere department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the east of France at 37 km from Grenoble, the department capital. (General information: Pontcharra is 471 km from Paris and 686 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Les-7-Laux at 15 km from Pontcharra
Popular places to visit near Pontcharra: these include Les-7-Laux at 15 km and Chambery at 17 km.
Parc du château du Touvet is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 10km and Chambery is a listed 'town of art and history' at 17km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Pontcharra, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Pontcharra
See France This Way travel guides for Isere and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Pontcharra.
Note that all distances from Pontcharra shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Pontcharra holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Pontcharra (from booking.com and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).
For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in Rhone-Alpes and Isere gites and villas
Tourist attractions nearby
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Pontcharra and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du château du Touvet (10km) : Les jardins du Prieuré (27km) : Jardin du musée Hébert (33km) : Parc du château de Vizille (44km) :
- Beautiful Villages: La Grave (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Nances (25km) : Aix-les-Bains (30km) : Saint-Gervais (49km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Chambery (17km) : Grenoble (36km) : Albertville (40km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne (31km) :
Map of places to visit near Pontcharra & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Pontcharra
Canton: Goncelin
Arrondissement: Grenoble
Department: Isere
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 38530
Distance to Pontcharra
from Grenoble: 37 km
from Paris: 471 km
from Calais: 686 km
from Nice: 216 km
from Bordeaux: 521 km
from Strasbourg: 374 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 16 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Pontcharra): Allevard, Barraux, Chapareillan, Detrier, La Buissiere, La Chapelle-Blanche, La Chapelle-du-Bard, La Flachere, Laissaud, Le Moutaret, Les Mollettes, Saint-Maximin, Sainte-Helene-du-Lac, Sainte-Marie-d'Alloix, Sainte-Marie-du-Mont and Villaroux.
Getting here
For driving distances to Pontcharra from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Pontcharra