The Verdon Natural Park
Between the Var and the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, the Verdon Natural Park welcomes on its territory landscapes of an astonishing variety with mountains, hills, deep canyons, forests, clearings and cultivated valleys. Nature activities are very numerous. The amateurs of walking will leave to the discovery of the numerous arranged paths. You can also cycle along the paths of the Verdon, learn to climb, canoe down the Verdon or contemplate the Verdon landscapes on horseback… Men have been present on these lands for tens of thousands of years and have left us a heritage of great richness: grain mills, windmills, oppidums, chapels, churches, oratories… The heritage of the Verdon is also in the plate. Markets and grocery stores will introduce you to local flavors: honey, goat cheese, lamb meat, vegetables and fruit, olives, olive oil…
The UNESCO Geopark of Haute-Provence
The exceptional geological wealth of Haute-Provence is classified by UNESCO. The Geopark highlights the thousands of fossils, some of them 300 million years old, of this once sunken territory that rose up out of the sea during the formation of the Alps. Discover the Promenade Museum, in Digne-les-Bains, the ammonite slab, the ichthyosaur fossils of La Robine and the mermaid fossils.
Heritage and land
in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence , men have shaped the landscapes. They have cultivated or exploited the land. This meeting between men and a territory gave birth to a particular heritage. This heritage is valued by various museums. During your visits, discover the Gallo-Roman Museum of Saint-Martin-de-Brômes, the Museum of Prehistory of Quinson, the Museum of Earth and Time of Sisteron, the Museum of Meyronnes, the Museum of Lauzet-Ubaye, the Museum of Military Motorcycle Fashion of Sainte-Tulle…
