The Geological Reserve of Haute-Provence, from the UNESCO Geopark of Digne-les-Bains museum interpretation centre to the Robine Ichthyosaurus Walk, allows you to relive several hundred million years of evolution, to meet the marine life that once inhabited this territory, at a time when the Alps had not yet brought it out of the sea.
In Haute-Provence, the Parc du Verdon has a great variety of landscapes with mountains, hills, deep canyons, forests and cultivated valleys. There are many nature activities: walking, mountain biking, horse riding, canoeing, canyoning, via ferrata, tree climbing… The hilltop villages of the Verdon are a reminder of a human occupation several thousand years old. During your visits, you will be able to admire bread ovens, historical milestones, fountains, wash houses, oppidums… The heritage of the Verdon will also seduce your palace. Local markets and village grocery stores will introduce you to local flavors: honey, mountain cheeses, lamb meat, market garden and farm produce, olive oil…
A natural destination par excellence, the department must also be perceived as a cultural destination. The many Museums in the Var department will certainly seduce you. Discover, for example, the Faykod d’ Aups museum, the Honoré Camos community gallery museum in Bargemon, the Maison monsoise in Mons…
