Heritage and terroir
Over the centuries, the villages of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department have shown courage and imagination in exploiting their land. Many valleys are home to a museum. What to see, what to do? According to your wishes, you can visit the Musée de l’Occitane in Manosque, the museum of Saint-Paul-sur-Ubaye, the museum of the Resistance in Castellane…
The Verdon Regional Nature Park
The Parc du Verdon is composed of landscapes of surprising variety, which can be divided into seven large areas: the Artuby, the hills of the Haut-Var, the Gorges du Verdon, the lakes and mountains, with peaks approaching 2000 meters in altitude, the lake of Sainte-Croix, the lower gorges, watered by the generous waters of the Verdon, the Valensole plateau… Nature also offers a wide range of activities to the. Hiking is a popular nature activity in the Verdon… You can also discover the routes of the Park by bike, practice climbing or canyoning, take off on a via ferrata, or experience your first flight by paragliding… Men have been present on these lands for tens of thousands of years and have left us a rich cultural heritage: bread ovens, historical milestones, oppidums, wells, fountains, wash houses, oratories, churches… Agropastoralism is dynamic in the Verdon. The village markets and grocery stores will invite you to discover an exceptional terroir: honey, gingerbread, goat cheese, lamb meat, vegetables and fruit, farm produce, olive oil…
Geological Reserve of Haute-Provence
The Haute-Provence Geological Reserve protects geological sites that are unique in the world. There is a surprising concentration of ancient fossils: ammonites (marine molluscs with a shape similar to that of snails), ichthyosaurs, sirenians… The classification by UNESCO protects these treasures, which have been the subject of tourist developments.
