Trips from Valmeinier, starting with Fort du Télégraphe
What there is to see lies just outside: 6 places within 5 km of its centre. On the list: 2 museums, a fort and a château, among others. Beyond the town, Cathédrale Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne sits 15 km away.
The names to know near Valmeinier
2 museums, a château and a garden follow Fort du Télégraphe.
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.
Around Valmeinier, mapped
Leave town to the southwest for most of the 6 nearby.
The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Valmeinier; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN
Which kinds
Museums or galleries are the biggest group (3), then châteaux or heritage sites (2).
Dark: in Valmeinier. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.
All the places to visit
You will find all 6 within 5 km of its centre.
Nothing is mapped in Valmeinier itself; these are within 5 km of its centre.
The history of Valmeinier → · Parks and trails in Valmeinier →
The wider area
Of the 12 day trips, Cathédrale Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne (15 km) is the best known.
CathedralCathédrale Saint-Pierre de Moûtiers34 km north, in MoûtiersFortFortFort du Replaton14 km east, in ModaneGardenGardenJardin du Lautaret18 km south, in Villar-d'ArêneFortFortOuvrage des Rochilles11 km south, in NévacheFortFortFort du Sapey13 km east, in Saint-AndréFortFortOuvrage du Lavoir14 km east, in ModaneFortFortOuvrage du Pas-du-Roc14 km east, in ModaneChâteauChâteauFort du Randouillet35 km south, in BriançonFortFortOuvrage de Saint-Gobain16 km east, in Villarodin-BourgetChâteauChâteauFort des Têtes35 km southeast, in BriançonFortFortOuvrage d'Arrondaz15 km east, in ModanePlaces within 40 km of Valmeinier with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.
What visitors ask about Valmeinier
Are there attractions near Valmeinier?
Nothing is mapped in Valmeinier itself, but within 5 km there are Fort du Télégraphe, Château de Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne, Musée de l'Aluminium and Le Pré du Kôsa.
Are there museums in or near Valmeinier?
3 museums and galleries in town or within 5 km, including Musée de l'Aluminium, Cristal In Rock and Expo-photo Bernard Grange.
What well-known places are within a day out of Valmeinier?
The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Cathédrale Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne (15 km), Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Moûtiers (34 km), Fort du Replaton (14 km), Jardin du Lautaret (18 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 Valmeinier, 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 (1)
- Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Moûtiers: MOSSOT, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.