mountain pass
Col du Grand Colombier
A fearsome Jura mountain climb with four different approaches, all featuring extreme gradients up to 22% on narrow forest roads popular with cycling purists.
53 km · about 60 min drive
Rhône-Alpes, France · Europe
Virieu sits on the route: 5 minutes from Le Pin, 57km from Combe Laval Balcony Road.
Virieu is a town located in Rhône-Alpes, France. With a population of 1,027, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Virieu sits in France, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Paris time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Virieu to your route.
Virieu (French pronunciation: [viʁjø]), also Virieu-sur-Bourbre (French pronunciation: [viʁjø syʁ buʁbʁ], literally Virieu on Bourbre; Arpitan: Veriô), is a former commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Val-de-Virieu.
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Virieu is located in Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe. The coordinates are 45.4840 latitude, 5.4759 longitude.
Virieu has a population of approximately 1,027 people, making it a town in France.
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mountain pass
A fearsome Jura mountain climb with four different approaches, all featuring extreme gradients up to 22% on narrow forest roads popular with cycling purists.
53 km · about 60 min drive
landmark
Walled medieval weavers' town on a hilltop 35 km from Lyon, its cobbled lanes and stone houses so intact that film crews use it as a ready-made Middle Ages set; try the warm galette pérougienne on the main square.
53 km · about 60 min drive
cafe
A historic cafe on the Route Napoleon near Laffrey where Napoleon famously confronted royalist troops in 1815, on one of France's most scenic driving routes.
56 km · about 65 min drive
famous road
A jaw-dropping Vercors road (D76) carved into a sheer cliff face 600 m above the Cholet valley, threading tunnels and rock galleries to the Col de la Machine.
57 km · about 65 min drive
April to October
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