Freissinières: Hotels and Accommodation

For winter sports, Freissinières offers the Domaine nordique de Freissinières, with around 15 kilometres of trails for skating and cross-country skiing. From the N94 between Gap and Briançon, it can be reached via the D38 and then the D38b towards Freissinières; for parking, the Chalet Nordique opposite Freissinières town hall is recommended. Another winter highlight is the Tour de glace de Freissinières, an artificial ice-climbing facility with seven ice walls and a dry-tooling area.

You can find suitable accommodation for your stay in Freissinières.

Nature

Freissinières stretches along the Biaysse as a 20-kilometre-long hanging valley. Through larch forests, alpine pastures and across rock slabs, Le circuit des lacs leads to two lakes in wild cirques. The difficult circular hike is 13.1 kilometres long and takes six hours. It connects Lac Palluel and Lac Faravel via a balcony path above the valley. The trail lies in the core area of Parc national des Écrins.

Activities

The Via ferrata de Freissinières is a sporty via ferrata on a sunlit, south-facing limestone wall above the valley, consisting mainly of traverses. It dates from 1988 and was the first via ferrata in France.

RANDOLAND: Freissinières is a very easy 1.9-kilometre circular hike. RANDOLAND Freissinières starts and ends at Place du Souvenir in Ville, Freissinières.

Culture

Freissinières comprises 13 hamlets with historic buildings, as well as churches, temples and old mills. The Moulin des Ribes was built by the village lord in 1620, operated until 1945 and was used to produce flour and walnut oil. It is regarded as the valley's ecomuseum and as a typical example of a mountain mill reflecting an Alpine way of life.

The Eglise Sainte-Marie-Madeleine has a strikingly plain exterior with four smooth white walls, a roof and a small bell gable. It may have been the former Temple de Ville, whose existence is documented in the 17th century. A Huguenot cross is located above the entrance to the Temple des Viollins. The Genevan pastor Félix Neff inaugurated the Temple des Viollins in 1824.

Local highlights

Le jardin des Elixirs d'Isabelle cultivates aromatic, medicinal and digestive plants at an altitude of 1,100 metres. The garden can be visited independently or with a guide. For adults, tours with a subsequent tasting take place on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to noon at a price of 12 euros.

Other destinations: Eygliers, Saint-Crépin, Saint-Martin-De-Queyrières, Saint-Chaffrey, La Beaume, La Grave, Aspremont, Ceillac

To the overarching travel overview: Hautes-Alpes.