Grenoble Neighborhoods

List of areas to explore

1  Historic Center

The streets of Grenoble's old town wind through medieval apartment buildings, bourgeois townhouses, and café-lined...

2  Chorier-Berriat

This old working-class district also goes by the name of Saint Bruno, in reference to the 19th century church that...

3  Saint Laurent

It's easy to find the Saint Laurent neighborhood—just look for the line of pizzerias along the Isère river....

4  Europole

Europole is Grenoble's largest business district, with the World Trade Center, Grenoble Graduate School of Business,...

5  The Polygone Scientifique

The Polygone Scientifique is Grenoble's northernmost district and occupies the peninsula formed by the merging...

6  Alpexpo-Grand'Place

The Alpexpo-Grand'Place area can be summed up in four buildings: the Alpexpo convention center, Grand'Place shopping...

7  Paul Mistral Park

Paul Mistral Park, often just called Parc Mistral by locals, is Grenoble's green lungs and offers sprawling lawns...

8  The Grands Boulevards

Les Grands Boulevards is one of Grenoble's main thoroughfares and looks deceptively like one long street. However,...

9  Ile Verte

The Ile Verte neighborhood, which means "green island" in French, niches in a bend in the Isère river, where it...

10  Southern districts

The Southern districts of Grenoble fill the land between the Grands Boulevards and the Grand'Place/Alpexpo area....

11  Ecological Neighborhood

The Quartier de Bonne, also called the Eco-Quartier, gets its name from the late 19th century military barracks,...

12  University Campus

While the University of Grenoble dates back to 1339, Grenoble's American-style campus was created when JFK had...

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