Start with Château de la Rive: the sights of Cruet
11 of the 13 places to visit in and around Cruet are châteaux or heritage sites. Look within 5 km of its centre and the list grows by 9 beyond the 4 in Cruet. Make a day of it at Grande Chartreuse, 30 km away.
The headline places in Cruet
Along with Château de la Rive, see 3 châteaux and 2 forts.
Best known first: by how many Wikipedia and sister-site articles cover each place (Wikidata’s count). It isn’t a ranking of how good they are.
Where to go
Out of town, most of the 9 are to the southwest.
The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Cruet; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN
Kinds of place
11 of the 13 are châteaux or heritage sites, more than any other kind.
Dark: in Cruet. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.
Every place to visit
In town there are 4, and the list adds 9 more within 5 km of its centre.
The 4 places in Cruet first, then those within 5 km of its centre.
Further afield
Grande Chartreuse, at 30 km, heads the 12.
MuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts de Chambéry14 km west, in Chambéry
AttractionChâteau de Miolans9.4 km northeast, in Saint-Pierre-d'AlbignyChâteauChâteauChâteau de Menthon-Saint-Bernard38 km north, in Menthon-Saint-BernardAttractionAttractionArc de Campanus23 km northwest, in Aix-les-Bains
MuseumLes Charmettes13 km west, in ChambéryChâteauChâteauChâteau Bayard13 km southwest, in PontcharraChâteauChâteauChâteau de la Bâtie10 km northwest, in BarbyMuseumMuseumChartreuse d'Aillon9.9 km north, in Aillon-le-JeunePlaces within 40 km of Cruet with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.
Asked about places to visit in Cruet
What is there to see in Cruet?
The first on our list in Cruet are Château de la Rive, Château de Verdun-Dessus, Maison forte du Chanay and Tour du Chaffard. We list 4 places in town. Another 9 are within 5 km of the centre.
Are there museums in or near Cruet?
One, in town or within 5 km: Musée de la Vigne et du Vin de Savoie.
What well-known places are within a day out of Cruet?
The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Grande Chartreuse (30 km), Abbaye royale d’Hautecombe (32 km), Cathédrale Saint-François-de-Sales (14 km), Château des ducs de Savoie (14 km).
How is this list made?
From OpenStreetMap and Wikidata: named museums, galleries, châteaux, abbeys, gardens, zoos, theme parks and other visitor attractions whose mapped point lies inside the commune of Cruet, then those in the communes within 5 km of its centre, and well-known places within 40 km. Houses, ruins and gardens need a sign they’re open to visitors; places marked private, closed or disused are left out. The historic-monument link is the Culture ministry’s Mérimée record. A place that isn’t mapped isn’t listed, so this isn’t everything there is to see.
Sources: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), Wikidata (CC0: descriptions, websites, Wikipedia articles), the Culture ministry’s Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0), IGN commune boundaries. Distances are from the commune’s centre point.
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (3)
- Musée des Beaux-Arts de Chambéry: Florian Pépellin, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Château de Miolans: Florian Pépellin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Les Charmettes: Chris Bertram, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.