The Vercors
Days 1-7 · 6 nightsOn Place de la Mairie in Lans-en-Vercors, with a swimming pool and restaurant. For those who want dinner on site without going out again, and an early start for the gorges and the Combe Laval.
€95 a nightSee on Booking →On Avenue de Provence in La Chapelle-en-Vercors. A family hotel with a swimming pool, well placed for the Resistance Memorial, the Combe Laval and the Choranche caves.
€95 a nightSee on Booking →On Impasse du Collet in Saint-Agnan-en-Vercors, in a 19th-century farmhouse. Handy for the Col de Rousset and hikes into the Hauts Plateaux reserve.
Book early for summer and winter weekends, as the inn has only a few rooms.
€90 a nightSee on Booking →A hotel-restaurant at the Col de la Croix Perrin, on the road of the same name, in Lans-en-Vercors, in the north of the massif. For walkers and cross-country skiers who want the forest on the doorstep.
€90 a nightSee on Booking →On Rue du Gour Martel in Méaudre, a village in the commune of Autrans-Méaudre en Vercors. A village hotel for the northern plateau, with the Gorges de la Bourne on the road to Pont-en-Royans.
€85 a nightSee on Booking →On Rue Donzelle in Pont-en-Royans, on the banks of the Bourne. For sleeping at the mouth of the Bourne gorges and seeing the hanging houses without getting back in the car.
The hanging houses are best seen from the bridge over the Bourne, not from the village lanes.
€70 a nightSee on Booking →On Rue de la Chapelle in Chichilianne, at the foot of Mont Aiguille, in the Trièves. A simple hotel-restaurant for hikers who want to approach the mountain early in the morning, far from the resorts in the north of the massif.
Chichilianne is on the south-eastern side: allow a good hour's drive to reach Villard-de-Lans or Pont-en-Royans.
€80 a nightSee on Booking →On Chemin du Marché, in Autrans, on the northern plateau of the Vercors. A simple hotel-restaurant for cross-country skiing in winter and the plateau trails the rest of the year, with the car at the door.
€70 a nightSee on Booking →A hotel-restaurant in La Chapelle-en-Vercors, on Chemin de Riouverou at Les Finets, in the middle of the plateau. For exploring the Col de Rousset, the Combe Laval and the Hauts Plateaux without hours of driving.
€70 a nightSee on Booking →On Place du Champ de Mars in Saint-Jean-en-Royans, at the foot of the Combe Laval. A small-town stop for driving up the cliffside road and visiting nearby Pont-en-Royans.
€65 a nightSee on Booking →On Route du Clos de la Balme in Corrençon-en-Vercors, on the edge of the Hauts Plateaux reserve. For setting off on foot from the door and coming back to the spa in the evening.
€170 a nightSee on Booking →On Allée des Charbonniers in Villard-de-Lans, in the La Molière area, the resort's historic hotel. For those who want a grand period house rather than a chalet, with Villard as their base.
€130 a nightSee on Booking →On Avenue du Professeur Nobécourt in Villard-de-Lans. A boutique hotel with a wellness area, for enjoying the town and its restaurants between days in the Bourne gorges.
€150 a nightSee on Booking →On Impasse du Fournet in Villard-de-Lans. A 3-star with a spa for recovering after a hike, with the Bourne gorges and Pont-en-Royans within driving distance.
A car is essential: the sites on the itinerary are spread out and poorly served by bus.
€140 a nightSee on Booking →On Chemin du Château in Chichilianne, a 14th-century manor with a swimming pool facing Mont Aiguille. For a stop with character on the southern side, peaceful and far from the bustle of the resorts.
Chichilianne is more than an hour from Villard-de-Lans: group your visits to the north of the massif on other nights.
€150 a nightSee on Booking →