A fortified town built by Vauban in 1693 on a rocky plateau where the Durance and Guil valleys meet, part of the World Heritage listing of his fortifications. It is still lived in, with its grid of streets, barracks and a pink marble arsenal.
See the remarkable timber roof of the Lacombe barracks, and the views of the mountains of the Écrins and Queyras.
A beautiful unspoilt Alpine valley near Briançon, with larch forests, flowery meadows and old villages of wooden chalets such as Névache.
Europe's largest canyon, up to 700 m deep, carved by the turquoise Verdon river through the limestone of Provence.
The Valensole plateau in Provence is covered with lavender fields that turn the land purple from about late June to mid-July, with rows stretching to…
A 17th-century Franciscan monastery above the dramatic hill village of Saorge, whose tall houses cling to the cliffs of the Roya valley.
Nice's famous seafront promenade curves for 7 km along the Baie des Anges, lined with palm trees and grand hotels such as the Negresco.
A medieval village perched on a rocky peak 427 m above the Mediterranean, between Nice and Monaco.
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