The best road cycling routes around Sainte-Julie

Very beautiful village with character, entirely made of stone; from the village, you can see the Madonna of the Larina Archaeological site.

Collonges This is the most important spring in the village. The washhouse was built on the foundations of the "Tour de la Fontaine", then enhanced in 1830 with an almost square building with a classical-style colonnade. It was classified as a Historic Monument in 1973. Like a sanctuary, it serves as a setting for the precious spring, symbolically represented by a statue of the Virgin Mary placed in a niche. The four-sided roof with a steep slope is covered with scale tiles topped with a weather vane. It was used to turn a walnut oil mill. https://saint-sorlin-en-bugey.info/decouvrir-le-village/sources-et-lavoirs/

It was erected in the 15th century. Originally, it was just a modest oratory (half the size of the current chapel). At that time, Philip of Savoy fell from his horse near the site where the chapel was later built. His wife, Margaret of Bourbon, fearing for his life, vowed to build an oratory and a church in Brou if he survived. He recovered, but sadly, his wife died in 1483. It was therefore his second wife, Claudine de Brosse, also known as Claudine de Bretagne Penthièvre, who had the chapel built on the spot where her husband had his accident. Initially, it was a small oratory: a ribbed vault without any openings. It was Margaret of Austria, daughter-in-law of Margaret of Savoy, who fulfilled the second vow. In 1867, the chapel was enlarged and looted. A statue of the mother and child, which had been placed in a niche on the facade, was replaced by a painting. https://www.saintejulie.fr/chapelle-notre-dame-de-lorette/

cycle path very busy in good weather

A short climb that allows you to switch between the two villages, on one side the Albarine Green Way, on the other the start of the climb towards the Col de Porte!

Cool during the heatwave while visiting the caves

Information in German: https://www.balconsdudauphine-tourisme.com/de/equipement/les-grottes-de-la-balme/ Website (French): https://www.grotteslabalme.com/ Also closed on certain days, information in the calendar: https://www.grotteslabalme.com/organisation/les-horaires-calendrier/

Although first mentioned in 1540, the Cingle fortified house was undoubtedly built in the second half of the 14th century by the Pèlerin family. Originally composed of a main tower and a wing back to the west, it perhaps originally included a curtain wall. During the 15th century, the south wing was extended towards the west, a main building comprising a lower room and an upper room was attached to the north of the main tower, while a turret occupied on the first floor by an oratory and on the second by a dovecote is built to the east, projecting. A wing including the kitchen on the ground floor is also built at right angles to the north of the courtyard. The farm itself retains some architectural elements dating from the 16th century. Source: Ministry of Culture