Provence & the Cote d'Azur - Haute-Provence & the Southern Alps (Chapter) Lonely Planet
Haute-Provence undulates eastward through lavender fields, from the Luberon toward the Southern Alps. North of the Côte d’Azur, the mountains rise in sheer cliffs from the Mediterranean, crowning southeastern France with craggy peaks and creating plunging red-rock river gorges and deep green valleys.
plunge through Europe’s deepest canyon, Gorges du Verdon
maps
feel dwarfed by mountain peaks in wild Vallée de l’Ubaye
transport
get lost on back roads in Pays de Forcalquier
restaurants & accommodation
Coverage includes: Pays de Forcalquier, Forcalquier & around, St-Michel l’Observatoire, Banon, Vallée de la Durance, Sisteron, Les Mées, Ganagobie & around, Gorges du Verdon, Lac de Ste-Croix, Lac de Quinson, Moustiers Ste-Marie & around, Castellane & around, Réserve Géologique de Haute-Provence, Digne-les-Bains, Vallée de la Blanche, Parc National du Mercantour, Vallée de L’Ubaye, Vallée du Haut Verdon, Vallée du Haut-Var, Vallée de la Tinée, Vallée de la Vésubie, Vallée des Merveilles and Vallée de la Roya.