This unspoilt village on the doorstep of the vast Alpe d'Huez ski area offers stunning scenery, but is free of the crowds and commercialism of the bigger resort The village of Vaujany, an hour by car from Grenoble, struck unexpected gold in the 1980s when the government compulsorily purchased a giant chunk of land for France's largest hydro-electric scheme. Astute villagers invested the money in what was then the largest cable-car in the country, to reach the slopes above the neighbouring Alpe d...
This unspoilt village on the doorstep of the vast Alpe d'Huez ski area offers stunning scenery, but is free of the crowds and commercialism of the bigger resort The village of Vaujany, an hour by car from Grenoble, struck unexpected gold in the 1980s when the government compulsorily purchased a giant chunk of land for France's largest hydro-electric scheme. Astute villagers invested the money in what was then the largest cable-car in the country, to reach the slopes above the neighbouring Alpe d...
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