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Tourism in Sospel

Commune of the Alpes-Maritimes, the charming village of Sospel seduces by its authenticity and the generosity of its landscapes. The village of Sospel has an active village heart, which hosts various stores.

Do you take advantage of your stay to enjoy friendly activities in connection with nature? Get on your bike or mountain bike, take your hiking boots and crisscross the roads and paths of the Mercantour and the Roya Valley. in the Alpes-Maritimes, nature activities are diverse: first flight, tree climbing, rock climbing, via ferrata…

Like many other villages in the Alpes-Maritimes, Sospel offers tourists a land of great generosity. The terroir of the Mercantour offers many gourmet excursions to discover the farmers and producers.

In the Mercantour, discover a historical and cultural heritage of great quality: chapels and churches, forts and castles, listed towns and villages, museums… The region’s heritage offers the promise of great ideas for visits. In a village, a completely restored church. In the surroundings, a Renaissance castle and its park.

Are you planning to find accommodation in the Alpes-Maritimes? You prefer to stay in a campsite, in a hotel or in a bed and breakfast ? We can help you to find accommodation. You can contact the Tourist Office of Sospel to discover interesting monuments in the surroundings.

The Mercantour Park

At the top of the Gélas, which is over 3000 meters high, the Mediterranean coast is only 50 km away as the crow flies! The Park extends over 150 kilometers and six valleys, straddling the Alpes-Maritimes and Alpes-de-Haute-Provence: Roya-Bévéra, Vésubie, Ubaye, Tinée, Var, Verdon. The Park has been designed for the practice of outdoor activities, while respecting natural areas… Hiking is a popular nature activity in the Mercantour massif . You can also discover the paths of the Mercantour by bike, by learning how to climb, go down the Mercantour torrents by canoe, or ride a horse in the magical landscapes of the Mercantour…

With the arrival of winter, the Mercantour mountains put on their white mantle. Various activities are offered by the resorts of the massif: downhill skiing, snowboarding, snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, ski touring, dog-sled rides, fat biking, ski paragliding… From one valley to another, discover a cultural heritage that is sometimes discovered by chance: fortifications, fountains, wash houses, oratories, churches, chapels…

Museums in the Alpes-Maritimes department

Culture contributes strongly to the tourist offer of the Alpes-Maritimes, with several dozen museums. You can visit, for example, the Max Escalon de Fonton prehistory museum in Tourrette-Levens, the Maeght Foundation in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, the archeology museum in Antibes, the sea museum in Cannes, the glass ecomuseum in Biot, the Malmaison in Cannes…

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