Attractions and Places To See around Roybon - Top 20

Vatilieu, a village in the South Grésivaudan with 382 inhabitants, nestled in the hills of the Pays de Vinay at an altitude of 600m, overlooks the Isère valley facing the Vercors mountain range. It is facing this magnificent panorama that the municipality of Vatilieu organized for 5 years from 2010 the symposium "Sculpture aux 4 vents". This event, unique in Isère, allowed, from 2009 to 2015, five French and foreign professional artists to create in 10 days a monumental work installed on a ridge path of the commune on the theme: "The search for harmony between the place, the texture and the subject." In 2015, it was a collection of 25 sculptures installed in situ, offered to walkers and art lovers on this five-kilometer loop, a fine example of the decentralization of art in rural areas. The sculptures created are visible all year round by following the signage opposite the church of Vatilieu.

Vatilieu, a village in the South of Grésivaudan with 382 inhabitants, nestled in the hills of the Pays de Vinay at an altitude of 600m, overlooks the Isère valley opposite the Vercors mountain range. It is facing this magnificent panorama that the municipality of Vatilieu organized for 5 years since 2010 the symposium "Sculpture aux 4 vents" (Sculpture in the 4 winds). This event, unique in Isère, allowed, from 2009 to 2015, five French and foreign professional artists to create in 10 days a monumental work installed on a ridge path in the commune on the theme: "The search for harmony between place, texture and subject." In 2015, a collection of 25 sculptures installed in situ, offered to walkers and art lovers on this five-kilometer loop, is a fine example of the decentralization of art in a rural environment. The sculptures created are visible all year round by following the signage opposite the church of Vatilieu.

The Sainte-Philomène chapel was built around 1880 according to the plans of a village resident, a surveyor, Mr. Joseph Bossan. Its construction was decided by the village "fabrique", a parish committee of the time, which wished to replace an old chapel located a few meters from the current site. In neo-Gothic style, it is built of stone and cement and presents a remarkable architecture for a simple village chapel. It is a remarkable heritage that attracts the curiosity of tourists or hikers touring the chapels. https://www.fondation-patrimoine.org/les-projets/chapelle-sainte-philomene-a-chatte/103549

Listed among the Most Beautiful Villages in France, Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye surprises with the richness of its medieval heritage. The Gothic abbey church overlooks a collection of cobbled streets, half-timbered houses, and terraced gardens.

Magnificent view of the Vercors!

An exceptional site in a green, quiet setting with an exceptional heritage

Beautiful medieval village

The former abbey church of Saint-Antoine was built in the 14th century on the site of a previous Romanesque church. With its dimensions of 61 meters long, 32 meters wide and a 22 meter high nave, it is on a par with the great Gothic cathedrals. In 1840, the church of the Abbey of Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye, the mother monastery of the Antoniter order, was included in the list of monuments (Base Mérimée) in France as a monument historique.