Plazza Hotel Alpexpo
Check rates and availability for this hotel
Find the best prices for Plazza Hotel Alpexpo from our 7 partners. Show all partners
Travel Blogs from Grenoble
Grenoble: Small city in the mountains -
22 Nov:
The gateway to the Alps... not much else to say...
23 Nov:
Actually, when I wrote that I thought it was true - the train ride here was less than spectacular and upon entering the city and moving from the station to the hotel it seemed to offer very little in the way of culture or interest.
...but after exploring the area a ...
Choranche Caves
... tiny squiggly detour because of construction. I let them go ahead since they were definitely faster going down all the switchbacks than I was. I said later that I knew it was a tight corner when I was looking out the passenger window to see if there was any oncoming traffic!
I drove on to the Grotte de Choranche and waited for them up there. By the time I had inquired what time the tours were at, they had already made it up the hill and arrived at the van. ...
Escargots & Grenouilles
... and it was very tasty. For dessert, I chose the coconut cake served with a runny vanilla custard which rounded off the meal. For their main course, Megs had had a really tasty ravioli in a runny cream sauce (the ravioli is produced locally in a factory just outside of town) and Tanya had some kind of fish. As we were having dessert, Tanya spotted a cat in the restaurant and was quite surprised that they would allow animals in a restaurant. I remember having ...
Alpe d'Huez
It was a chilly morning but yesterday's rain had cleared leaving us with blue skies and some fresh snow on nearby peaks. Fortunately, the pass we were taking today didn't head up that high. We had a slow morning with coffee to get us into gear. Breakfast consisted of fresh bread (which Hille had gone into town to get) and cheeses. We had purchased an Italian stove-top espresso maker the day before that made six shots and it was perfect for four café au laits and one ...
Croix de Fer
... to town in search of a "menu" to enjoy, but all the places seemed to sell pizza and not much else. So we chose a pizzeria and hid out from the rain under the awning. Along the way, Anoop spotted a strange dispenser machine that seemed to sell “fresh” pizza – we were curious about how the pizza would come out, but we didn’t get around to trying it out…
The next day we woke up to 5⁰ C and pouring down rain. Since ...
Location
TripAdvisor Reviews Plazza Hotel Alpexpo Grenoble
