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Eating and Drinking
The flat is next to a great bar - L'Auberge du Prorel (known locally as Le Ros Bif). It has good beer, rickety old wooden furniture, regular live music (mostly English bands) and the barstaff are mainly Scandinavian - an excellent combination.
The Italian border is only 15 minutes away (and Briancon has been part of Italy several times in its history) so the food available is mainly French or Italian - but there are also Indian and Chinese restaurants. Go to the old town for plenty of choice or there are about 6 restaurants on Rue Centrale (to the right off the main roundabout as you head up to the old town) and several decent bars. La Louisianna (Avenue Rene Froger) doesn't look much from the outside but it has good food and service at a reasonable price. The Briancon Casino opposite has a good restaurant but you need to take Passport ID if you want to go into the gambling bit.
There are street maps in the apartment for you to use.
A good local pizza takeaway is Pizza Chris by the roundabout on Rue Maurice Petch. A few yards further on is the local Carrefour City super market- about 5 minutes walk from the apartment. There are 2 large hypermarkets within a couple of minutes drive - Geant Casino (by the roundabout towards Turin/Grenoble) and Carrefour (to the south of the town direction of Gap).
On Wednesday and Sunday mornings there are street markets with plenty of very cheap but excellent locally grown produce. The Italian farmers also come over the border with their cheeses, wines and olives. Both are a 5 minute walk from the apartment - Sunday just above the Carrefour City by Rue Central and Wednesday the other end of Rue Central by Schappe Park.
Opposte the apartment main entrance is a bread shop for fresh croissants & baguettes etc.
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Eating & Drinking
