Car Hire Grenoble Airport

Grenoble is the largest high mountain town in the Alps with 140,000 inhabitants before the Innsbruck and is situated in South-Eastern of France. More than half a million people live in the metropolitan area of Grenoble. There are several peaks with an altitude of more than 3000 meters, making it an ideal starting point for ski tourism in the nearby area of the city. Numerous highlights of alpine sports, can be reached from here easily with a rental car.1968 Grenoble was the Winter Olympics.

Grenoble looks back on a millennia-old history, which extends to the Celts, probably under the name Cularo in 43 BC they founded in the year. Since the fourth century, is the see City Grenoble and received city rights in 1242. Only in 1349, Grenoble was connected to France. In the 18th century, the town became famous due to its craftsmanship. Especially the carpenters did out here and the exceptional work of their Guild, can still be admired in the Musée Dauphinoise.

Meanwhile, Grenoble is one of the cultural and scientific centres in France. Not only is located at the Musée de this city, the third largest art collection of the country, but more than 180 monumental contemporary works adorn squares and streets of public space. One of the architectural highlights of the city is the building of the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), which occupies a leading position in European research with one of the largest particle accelerator in the world. Impressive, I adds the round at the confluence of the DRAC and Isère.

In the spring, this city is the meeting point of international jazz. With more than 20,000 visitors, one of the largest of its kind.