Nestling in a quiet valley overlooking Chambéry, this country house was the home of Jean-Jacques Rousseau when he stayed with Mme de Warrens from 1736 to 1742.
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The House of Charmettes is described in books V and VI of the Confessions and in the 10th of the Reveries of the solitary walker. From the revolutionary period, it became a pilgrimage site for visitors from all over the world and many celebrities (George Sand and Alphonse de Lamartine tell their visit with emotion).
Classified as a historic monument in 1905, it is also a preserved natural site, and a botanical garden. This place, where the personality of one of the greatest writers of the...
Classified as a historic monument in 1905, it is also a preserved natural site, and a botanical garden. This place, where the personality of one of the greatest writers of the...
Services
Car park
Wifi
- Accessibility
- Not accessible in a wheelchair
- Activities
- Temporary exhibition
- Botanical
- Fauna - flora
- Bee-keeping
- Discovery
- Environment
- Gardening
- Equipment
- Toilets
- Car park
- Coach parking
- Private parking
- Services
- Wi-fi
Quality standards
Label Accueil Vélo
Rates
Audioguide: €1 - Free loan of tablets at the reception desk
Openings
- From 1 January 2025 until 20 April 2025
- From 22 April 2025 until 30 April 2025
- From 2 May 2025 until 7 May 2025
- From 9 May 2025 until 28 May 2025
- From 30 May 2025 until 8 June 2025
- From 10 June 2025 until 13 July 2025
- From 15 July 2025 until 14 August 2025
- From 16 August 2025 until 31 October 2025
- From 2 November 2025 until 10 November 2025
- From 12 November 2025 until 24 December 2025
- From 26 December 2025 until 31 December 2025
Monday
Closed
Tuesday
10:00 - 18:00
Wednesday
10:00 - 18:00
Thursday
10:00 - 18:00
Friday
10:00 - 18:00
Saturday
10:00 - 18:00
Sunday
10:00 - 18:00
Monday
Closed
Tuesday
10:00 - 18:00
Wednesday
10:00 - 18:00
Thursday
10:00 - 18:00
Friday
10:00 - 18:00
Saturday
10:00 - 18:00
Sunday
10:00 - 18:00
Monday
Closed
Tuesday
10:00 - 18:00
Wednesday
10:00 - 18:00
Friday
10:00 - 18:00
Saturday
10:00 - 18:00
Sunday
10:00 - 18:00
Monday
Closed
Tuesday
10:00 - 18:00
Wednesday
10:00 - 18:00
Thursday
10:00 - 18:00
Friday
10:00 - 18:00
Saturday
10:00 - 18:00
Sunday
10:00 - 18:00
Monday
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Tuesday
10:00 - 18:00
Wednesday
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Thursday
10:00 - 18:00
Friday
10:00 - 18:00
Saturday
10:00 - 18:00
Sunday
10:00 - 18:00
Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
10:00 - 18:00
Thursday
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Friday
10:00 - 18:00
Saturday
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Sunday
10:00 - 18:00
Monday
Closed
Tuesday
10:00 - 18:00
Wednesday
10:00 - 18:00
Thursday
10:00 - 18:00
Friday
10:00 - 18:00
Saturday
10:00 - 18:00
Sunday
10:00 - 18:00
Monday
Closed
Tuesday
10:00 - 18:00
Wednesday
10:00 - 18:00
Thursday
10:00 - 18:00
Friday
10:00 - 18:00
Saturday
10:00 - 18:00
Sunday
10:00 - 18:00
Monday
Closed
Tuesday
10:00 - 18:00
Wednesday
10:00 - 18:00
Thursday
10:00 - 18:00
Friday
10:00 - 18:00
Saturday
10:00 - 18:00
Sunday
10:00 - 18:00
Monday
Closed
Tuesday
10:00 - 18:00
Wednesday
10:00 - 18:00
Thursday
10:00 - 18:00
Friday
10:00 - 18:00
Saturday
10:00 - 18:00
Sunday
10:00 - 18:00
Monday
Closed
Tuesday
10:00 - 18:00
Wednesday
10:00 - 18:00
Friday
10:00 - 18:00
Saturday
10:00 - 18:00
Sunday
10:00 - 18:00
Location
Spoken languages
Environment
- In the country
- Town outskirts
Access
- Close to bus line 15 (stop "Charmettes"). More information on synchro.grandchambery.fr.