Discovery tour of the Randouillet fort, a World Heritage site, in the company of guide-lecturers from Briançon's Heritage Department.
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Follow in the footsteps of the military engineers and climb up to the Randouillet fort. The 35-minute climb, on foot along a dirt track in the forest, will give you time to admire the panorama and the whole of the 18th-century fortified barrier. A tour of the fort will take you past the main military buildings, barracks and gunpowder shops
Allow 25 minutes to walk back down to the car park.
Duration: approx. 2h45
RDV: Champ de Tir car park, Fort des Têtes, Briançon
2 ways of getting...
Allow 25 minutes to walk back down to the car park.
Duration: approx. 2h45
RDV: Champ de Tir car park, Fort des Têtes, Briançon
2 ways of getting...
Services
Accessible for wheelchairs with assistance
Incline >5% but reasonable
Pets welcome
Rates
Full price: €7
Reduced price: €5
Free for under 6s
Limited number of places.
No payment on site on the day of the visit.
Booking compulsory:
on line at the Briançon Serre Chevalier tourist office website
OR
on site at the heritage department shop reception desk and at the Briançon Serre-Chevalier tourist office.
Reduced price: €5
Free for under 6s
Limited number of places.
No payment on site on the day of the visit.
Booking compulsory:
on line at the Briançon Serre Chevalier tourist office website
OR
on site at the heritage department shop reception desk and at the Briançon Serre-Chevalier tourist office.
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Online paymentOpening times
On 12 April 2025 from 14:30 to 17:15
On 20 April 2025 from 14:30 to 17:15
On 31 May 2025 from 14:30 to 17:15
On 25 June 2025 from 14:30 to 17:15
Location
Contact Visite: le Fort du Randouillet
- www.ville-briancon.fr
Spoken languages
Environment
- Town outskirts
Access
- On foot: from the upper town, take the path leading from the Pont d'Asfeld bridge, which takes 45 minutes to climb.
By car: from the Rue Centrale, in the heart of the lower town, head towards the Col d'Izoard, passing through the hamlet of Fontchristiane. A few hundred metres further on, turn left at the bend just before the waste centre. Follow the road up through the fortifications. Reach firing range no. 1 on a platform used as a car park, where there is a large concrete and wood hut.
