From our house you can reach as easily mountains (we are at the foot of the Chartreuse mountain in the alps) as cities ; we are 8 km from Grenoble reachable with tram and bus, 80 km from Lyon and 3 hours from Paris by TGV or 3 hours from Marseille by train or by car. So it's a great place to live in an apartment in a real french castle with a beautiful sight on the mountains and have a various journey in France between nature and cities of interest.