Tours, tickets and day trips in Grenoble
The sights with published visitor numbers, the heritage listings, and the towns close enough for a day out.
| Sight | Visitors a year | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Grenoble-Bastille Cable Car | 288,649 | 2009 |
| Museum of Grenoble | 228,689 | 2019 |
| Natural History Museum of Grenoble | 71,768 | 2017 |
| Musée dauphinois | 71,540 | 2019 |
| Grenoble Archaeological Museum | 42,723 | 2019 |
| CCSTI de Grenoble | 37,000 | — |
| Musée de la Résistance et de la Déportation à Grenoble | 35,345 | 2019 |
| Musée des troupes de montagne | 28,607 | — |
| Museum of the Old Archbishopric | 25,687 | 2019 |
| House of Doctor Gagnon | 1,923 | 2019 |
The busiest is Grenoble-Bastille Cable Car at 288,649 visitors in 2009. Figures are the latest each site has published, so they are not all for the same year.
Day trips from Grenoble
| Route | Country | Distance | Estimated time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grenoble to Villeurbanne | France | 92 km (57 mi) | about 1 h 30 min |
| Grenoble to Lyon | France | 93 km (58 mi) | about 1 h 30 min |
| Grenoble to Saint-Étienne | France | 107 km (67 mi) | about 1 h 45 min |
| Grenoble to Geneva | Switzerland | 119 km (74 mi) | about 1 h 56 min |
| Grenoble to Turin | Italy | 155 km (96 mi) | about 2 h 31 min |
| Grenoble to Lausanne | Switzerland | 165 km (102 mi) | about 2 h 41 min |
| Grenoble to Nîmes | France | 184 km (114 mi) | about 3 h |
| Grenoble to Aix-en-Provence | France | 185 km (115 mi) | about 3 h |
| Grenoble to Milan | Italy | 273 km (170 mi) | about 4 h 27 min |
| Grenoble to Marseille | France | 211 km (131 mi) | about 3 h 26 min |
| Grenoble to Genoa | Italy | 269 km (167 mi) | about 4 h 23 min |
| Grenoble to Nice | France | 205 km (127 mi) | about 3 h 20 min |
Distances are straight-line; road and rail routes run about 15–25% longer. Times are estimates from distance and typical speeds, not timetables.
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Common questions
What is the most visited attraction in Grenoble?
Grenoble-Bastille Cable Car, with 288,649 visitors in 2009 (Wikidata).
How are the journey times on this page worked out?
From straight-line distance and typical speeds for each mode, so they are estimates for planning, not timetables. Road and rail routes run 15–25% longer than the straight line.
Where these facts come from
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, elevation, time zone, postal codes
- Wikidata (CC0): area, sister cities, visitor numbers, heritage listings, stations and ports
- OurAirports (public domain): airports, runways
- Natural Earth (public domain): map outlines
Data compiled 14 September 2026. Hotel and hostel figures are from our booking partner’s catalogue on that date. Journey times on this page are estimates from distance, not timetables; check the operator before you rely on one.