Gîte, B&B, seminar reception area, rental in Isère, in the vicinity of the Côte Saint-André and Voiron

Sites and monuments in the COTE SAINT ANDRE region

• Château Louis XI, located on the heights of the town, which it overhangs. Thanks to special lighting effects, you can't miss it. You can visit the Château and especially the Chocolate Palace, which has taken up residence there. Every year it is home to the Berlioz Festival.
• Saint-André Church (Romanesque), in the heart of the town, perpetuates the spirit of old world French village.

• The magnificent food market which dates back to the eleventh century, (Thursday morning market). Regularly renovated, the structure of these markets is movingly simple and beautiful.
• Saint-Camille Church whose bell-tower was destroyed by a fire and which has not yet been reconstructed.
• The house in which Hector Berlioz was born. Turned into a recently renovated museum, this charming house requires at least 1 or 2 hours of your afternoon. Entry is free and you can visit using recordings. Berlioz is the pride and joy of this region. 
• Chocolate Paradise. Come stock up on happiness, chocolate and all the information you can absorb on the history of chocolate to the present day. The visit is captivating...
• The "Cherry Rocher" liqueur museum. A magnificent museum housing a remarkable collection of posters and labels from the nineteenth century. You can also visit the former distillery with its copper stills.
• The monument to the dead executed by Alexandre Maspoli, assisted by the sculptor J. Lesage. The composition is rich in symbolism (cock, soldiers, war medals, peace prizes) and reminds us of the work carried out by women during the war...

Hector Berlioz Museum

The soul of the museum

This beautiful bourgeois residence witnessed Hector Berlioz's first years as an apprentice musician, up to the age of 18; the flute and the guitar shaped his musical apprenticeship while he extensively read the works of Virgil and Shakespeare.

Eighteenth century furniture, original scores, correspondence and several of the composer's musical instruments, paintings and engravings all contribute towards bringing to life the spirit of Hector Berlioz throughout the house in which the original decor has been preserved.
Built in 1680, the mansion was bought in 1730 by the composer's great grandfather who almost entirely rebuilt it to restore it to its present appearance. The Berlioz family lived there until the death of Dr. Berlioz, the composer's father, in 1848.