Cities
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Map of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
- 1 Draix
— a village of a hundred people under the Cheval Blanc mountain - 2 Annot — it is well regarded for bouldering and is particularly popular among climbers, as the second biggest developed area of the kind in France
- 3 Barcelonnette — a tourist and resort centre, serving many ski lodges
- 4 Castellane — a very old city upstream of the Gorges du Verdon
- 5 Colmars-les-Alpes — an alpine village in the Verdon valley
- 6 Digne-les-Bains — natural beauty and supposedly curative thermal springs
- 7 Forcalquier — its citadel offers a panoramic view of the surrounding countryside
- 8 Manosque — a small town typical of Provence, in its history, and its art of living
- 9 Moustiers Sainte Marie — a gateway to the Gorges du Verdon
- 10 Sisteron — called the Gateway to Provence because it is in a narrow gap between two long mountain ridges
Other destinations
[edit]- 1 Verdon Gorge – an awe-inspiring gorge, sometimes called the "European Grand Canyon"
Understand
[edit]The department can be divided into two parts: the west and the south of the department are Provençal, while the north-east is more mountainous (Val d'Allos and Ubaye valley).
Get in
[edit]Get around
[edit]- The Train des Pignes, a private railway between Digne-les-Bains and Nice is worth a trip entirely for its own sake but it also provides a great way of getting to starts or ends of walks in the lovely Mountains if you base yourself at one place on it such as Annot or Entrevaux.
See
[edit]Terres noires
Do
[edit]Hiking, VTT, canyoning,
In summer many aerial sports use the surrounding mountains such as gliding, hang gliding and paragliding.
In winter there is extensive skiing at eleven ski resorts.
Eat
[edit]Drink
[edit]Stay safe
[edit]Go next
[edit]Alpes-de-Haute-Provence is bordered on the east with Italy.