Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
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About Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence is a department in the French region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, and is on the French border with Italy. The area's scenery provides the background to many activities and sights.
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence travel guide
Understand
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).
Getting around
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.
Do
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.
Go next
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence is bordered on the east with Italy.
Overview adapted from Wikipedia, travel guide fromWikivoyage (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.