Grenoble

In country::France

Transport

Public Transport

There are four lines of tram, and a fifth one is under construction. There are also a lot of bus lines. A bus/tram ticket cost 1,6€ and you can travel one hour. You can enter a tram without ticket really easily, there are not a lot of controllers, but when there are some, if you don't manage to escape you will have to pay something like 50€. If you a stranger, you can maybe say that you don't have money and give an abroad address. The website of Grenoble public transportation : TAG.

Biking

Anyway since Grenoble is not a huge city and it's flat, it's perfect for riding a bike ! You can buy and repair bikes at uN p’Tit véLo dAnS La Tête , you'll have to pay a year membership of something like 20€, and after bikes are cheap (30-70€) and you can repair and get spares parts. Otherwise you can find one on Le Bon Coin, or ask someone to lend you his bike, you could try Couchsurfing for that. You can also rent a Métrovélo bike, it's 3€ a day, 20€ a month, ... But be careful in Grenoble, bike stealing is really common, never let a bike without a good lock, the best are the U-locks.

Hitchhiking

It's really easy to hitchhike to and from Grenoble city. Check hitchiwki.

Companies

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Accommodation

{{#if: ===Cheap=== For "cheap" accommodation there is only one camping and one youth hostel, not even in Grenoble, but in the suburbs.

Hospitality

It's easy to find a host in a hospitality exchange network like Couchsurfing or Bewelcome ! And there is usually a couchsurfing weekly event on wenesday.

Squats

There is also a squat community in Grenoble.

Other informations for Grenoble squat or affiliated : Indymedia, Squat.net.

Wild Camping

You could try wild camping in the campus, Parc de l'île d'maour, somewhere between Grenoble and La Bastille, behind La Bastille, or maybe in Parc Paul Mistral. But those informations really need to be confirmed. |===Cheap=== For "cheap" accommodation there is only one camping and one youth hostel, not even in Grenoble, but in the suburbs.

Hospitality

It's easy to find a host in a hospitality exchange network like Couchsurfing or Bewelcome ! And there is usually a couchsurfing weekly event on wenesday.

Squats

There is also a squat community in Grenoble.

Other informations for Grenoble squat or affiliated : Indymedia, Squat.net.

Wild Camping

You could try wild camping in the campus, Parc de l'île d'maour, somewhere between Grenoble and La Bastille, behind La Bastille, or maybe in Parc Paul Mistral. But those informations really need to be confirmed. |Please edit this page and add information about accommodation. }}

Meet fellow travellers on open source hospitality exchange networks: Trustroots {{#if: |, [ BeWelcome] }} {{#if: |, [ WarmShowers] (for bicyclists) }}

Food

{{#if: Food is expensive like in the rest of France. But you can dumbsterdive, even more easily if you have a car. Check also squat information, they are doing free price lunch sometimes, and they are the best source of information for dumbsterdiving.

If you want to buy a snack you can get a kebab for 4,5€, or you can try the tacos(not the mexican one), it's something like meat and fries in a shawarma crêpe, it was invented in Grenoble ! There are Kebab/Tacos shops everywhere in the city, but ask some locals for their favourite ones. Or you can go to Subway bar in center city, where you can get food from 4€ to 6€ (like fries, sausage, steak, salad, ...). Traditional food is more expensive !

Cheapest bars are Eve in the campus, or Plan B and les Copains d'Abord in city center. But the cheapest is always to buy beer in the supermarket and to go in a flat or in Parc Paul Mistral. When it's summer time the PPM (Parc Paul Mistral), is loaded with young people drinking beers, playing music, and walking on slake lines. |Food is expensive like in the rest of France. But you can dumbsterdive, even more easily if you have a car. Check also squat information, they are doing free price lunch sometimes, and they are the best source of information for dumbsterdiving.

If you want to buy a snack you can get a kebab for 4,5€, or you can try the tacos(not the mexican one), it's something like meat and fries in a shawarma crêpe, it was invented in Grenoble ! There are Kebab/Tacos shops everywhere in the city, but ask some locals for their favourite ones. Or you can go to Subway bar in center city, where you can get food from 4€ to 6€ (like fries, sausage, steak, salad, ...). Traditional food is more expensive !

Cheapest bars are Eve in the campus, or Plan B and les Copains d'Abord in city center. But the cheapest is always to buy beer in the supermarket and to go in a flat or in Parc Paul Mistral. When it's summer time the PPM (Parc Paul Mistral), is loaded with young people drinking beers, playing music, and walking on slake lines. |Please edit this page and add information about food. }}

{{#if: There is a wifi network in the campus. You can try to ask a student to give you his login/password. There are some free wifi also in the center city, like in place Victor Hugo. Big brand shop in the city center like McDonalds or Fnac have also free wifi. |== Internet connectivity == There is a wifi network in the campus. You can try to ask a student to give you his login/password. There are some free wifi also in the center city, like in place Victor Hugo. Big brand shop in the city center like McDonalds or Fnac have also free wifi. |}}

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