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The Top 20 Caves in Auvergne Rhône Alpes

Looking to visit a cave in Auvergne Rhône Alpes on your next adventure? To help you better plan your next outdoor experience, we’ve collected Auvergne Rhône Alpes’s 20

best caves for you. Based on the experiences of other users, each is a recommendation you know you can trust — so you can better plan your next adventure.

Last updated: November 19, 2025

Orjobet Cave

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The Cave of Orjobet, which received this name at the end of the 17th century after a visit by the botanist and mountaineer Horace-Bénédicte De Saussure, led by a local …

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Swimming Spot at the Chassezac Cliffs

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A somewhat quieter bathing spot than the two spots next to the bridge, which are mostly frequented by visitors to the nearby campsites

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Font d'Urle Ice Cave

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Magnificent and impressive natural cavity that can be explored with a lamp. At the bottom there are beautiful ice formations even in summer. This phenomenon is due to the shrinkage …

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Grotte Chauvet 2 (Replica of Chauvet Cave)

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No photography is allowed inside.
But you can download photos from the cave website.

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Aven d'Orgnac Cave

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A very nice and interesting cave. Unfortunately, the show caves part is not the most beautiful of the entire underworld.
The rest of the cave is only accessible to speleologists.

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View of the Soyons caves

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From the cycle path, you can see the eastern face of the Guercy massif, where the Soyons caves, discovered in the 19th century, are located. The Nero cave contains traces …

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Choranche

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Arrived in Choranche from Presle, take advantage of this stopover to refill your water. You can easily get supplies in the village or by going for a hike to the …

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La Balme Caves

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In the caves of La Balme one can look back on a long history: Various archaeological finds indicate that the caves were already inhabited by people at the end of …

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Cuves Trail

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Beautiful path along La Furon with the entrance of the grotto - Cuves de Sassenage. The cave is the lower exit of the 50-60s known as the deepest cave in …

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Lévaud Marian Grotto

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During the Second World War, Canon Louis DESBIOLLES, then parish priest of Sallanches, vowed to build a replica of the Lourdes cave if the city was spared the bombs.

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The Top 20 Caves in Auvergne Rhône Alpes

Orjobet Cave

Swimming Spot at the Chassezac Cliffs

Font d'Urle Ice Cave

Grotte Chauvet 2 (Replica of Chauvet Cave)

Aven d'Orgnac Cave

View of the Soyons caves

Choranche

La Balme Caves

Cuves Trail

Lévaud Marian Grotto

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