Promenade de Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Chambéry)
The Promenade de Jean-Jacques Rousseau is a short and easy walk in Chambéry that follows the footsteps of Genevan philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau. It starts in the Old Town of Chambéry at Parc de la Calamine and goes up to Les Charmettes, a house where Rousseau lived with Madame de Warens between 1736 and 1742. It then loops back by passing through the Parc de Buisson-Rond and the Château de Boigne.
I didn’t actually walk the whole loop: It was getting late and dark so I went down to the city directly once I reached Les Charmettes.
Here is a map of the path I walked (download KML):
Above, in Parc de la Calamine.
Above, I made a detour through the Montée de la Fontaine Saint-Martin, where there is a good view on Chambéry. I had to walk on the side of a paved road for a few minutes.
Above, Carré Curial.
Above, Dent du Nivolet.
Above, the Montée.
Above, Fontaine Saint-Martin.
Above, at Parc de l’Etincelle.
Above, Dent du Nivolet in the Bauges mountains, with its large summit cross.
Above, Dent du Chat.
Above, Mont Granier, in the Chartreuse mountains.
Above, getting dark.
Above, Les Charmettes.