Alpes-de-Haute-Provence is a department in the French region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, and is on the French border with Italy.
Cities
[edit]- 1 Draix
- 2 Annot
- 3 Barcelonnette
- 4 Castellane
- 5 Colmars-les-Alpes
- 6 Digne-les-Bains — natural beauty and supposedly curative thermal springs
- 7 Forcalquier
- 8 Manosque
- 9 Moustiers Sainte Marie
- 10 Sisteron
Other destinations
[edit]- 1 Verdon Gorge – an awe-inspiring gorge
Understand
[edit]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,
Eat
[edit]Drink
[edit]Stay safe
[edit]Go next
[edit]Alpes-de-Haute-Provence is bordered on the east with Italy.