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The previous price was AU$10 and current price is AU$8 per adult
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 1h 59m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages

Overview

  • Step into Grenoble's hidden World War II history as the Alps frame stories of sabotage, survival, and resistance. Follow the lives of students, railway workers, teachers, and citizens who transformed the city into the Capital of the Maquis and earned it the rare title Compagnon de la Liberation.

    • A 4.3 km self-guided tour with 6 stops over 119 minutes
    • Ideal for travellers interested in history, memory, protest, and civic spaces
    • Immersively told in podcast style by experts and locals
    • Matching audio content, an interactive guide, and precise navigation through the app

Activity location

  • Place Saint-Bruno
    • Place Saint-Bruno
    • 38000, Grenoble, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Place Saint-Bruno
    • Place Saint-Bruno
    • 38000, Grenoble, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

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Podcast Tour Shadows of the Alps Grenoble's Secret War in Multilingual

  • Activity duration is 1 hour and 59 minutes1h 59m
    1h 59m
  • Opening hours: Fri 12:00 am-11:30 pm
  • English
Price details
AU$9.55
AU$7.64 x 1 AdultAU$7.64
Total
The previous price was AU$9.55 and current price is AU$7.64
20% off

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Verified facts woven into an engaging storey
  • Inclusions
    Interactive in-app guide for questions about the storey and surroundings
  • Inclusions
    Precise navigation between the stops
  • Inclusions
    Immersive podcast-style audio featuring experts and locals

Know before you book

    • Service animals allowed
    • Public transport options are available nearby
    • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Place Saint-Bruno

  • 10m
The working-class heart of Grenoble, where early defiance and resistance against forced labour took root.

Gare de Grenoble

  • 10m
The central railway station where workers sabotaged German logistics and smuggled vital resistance communications.

Lycée Champollion

  • 10m
A prestigious school that became a hub of intellectual resistance, where teachers forged documents to save students from forced labour.

La caserne de Bonne

  • 10m
Former military barracks where the Resistance destroyed a German arsenal in a major morale-boosting explosion.

Musee de la Resistance et de la Deportation de l'Isere

  • 10m
The museum preserves the tragic and heroic stories of the local resistance and the brutal reprisals they faced.

Parc Paul Mistral

  • 10m
A vast park with memorials to the city's liberation and Grenoble's rare Compagnon de la Liberation status.

Location

Activity location

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    Place Saint-Bruno
    • Place Saint-Bruno
    • 38000, Grenoble, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    Place Saint-Bruno
    • Place Saint-Bruno
    • 38000, Grenoble, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

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