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Bourg d'Oisans (10 minutes' drive) is the gateway to many routes on the Tour de France, and bikes can be hired here. If you don't win any kind of medals for your efforts, head to the town's Mineral Museum (10 minutes) to see glittery stuff that's been dug up locally. If you fancy a dip, Allemond (10 minutes) has a fab open-air pool and lake for watersports. If you seek lakeside vistas but don't fancy your chances in chilly mountain waters, the Hydroelectricity Museum (10 minutes) or Lac Besson (40 minutes) may be for you. There's plenty of history around these parts too: traces of a Roman road can still be seen in Bourg d'Oisans, but for more sizeable monuments head to Brandes Archaeological Site, a medieval village high in the peaks. For more old-world monuments, head to the Château de Bon Repos (45 minutes). Kid-pleasing times are to be had at Alté Chamrousse adventure park (45 minutes). Meanwhile, sophisticated city slickers can stroll through the galleries, museums and fortresses of Grenoble (an hour away by road), or take in the views from the city's cable car.