28 March 2026 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General
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The Savoy Prealps (
French : Préalpes de Savoie) are a mountain range in the north-western part of the
Alps . They are located in
Rhône-Alpes (south-eastern
France ) and, marginally, in
Valais (western
Switzerland ). Savoy Prealps encompass northernmost area of the
French Prealps .
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27 March 2026 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General
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The Dauphiné Alps (
French : Alpes du Dauphiné) are a group of mountain ranges in Southeastern
France , west of the main chain of the Alps. Mountain ranges within the Dauphiné Alps include the
Massif des Écrins in
Écrins National Park ,
Belledonne ,
Le Taillefer range and the mountains of
Matheysine .
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26 March 2026 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General
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The Cottian Alps (
French : Alpes Cottiennes;
Italian : Alpi Cozie) are a mountain range in the southwestern part of the
Alps . They form the border between
France (
Hautes-Alpes and
Savoie ) and
Italy (
Piedmont ). The
Fréjus Road Tunnel and
Fréjus Rail Tunnel between
Modane and
Susa are important transportation arteries between France (
Lyon ,
Grenoble ) and Italy (
Turin ).
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25 March 2026 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General
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The Graian Alps (
Latin : Alpes Graiæ;
French : Alpes grées;
Italian : Alpi Graie) are a mountain range in the western part of the
Alps , and the name of an
Ancient Roman province .
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24 March 2026 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General
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The Maritime Alps (
French : Alpes Maritimes;
Italian : Alpi Marittime) are a
mountain range in the southwestern part of the
Alps . They form the border between the
French region of
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur and the
Italian regions of
Piedmont and
Liguria . They are the southernmost part of the
Alps .
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23 March 2026 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General , Bon voyage , Theme Weeks
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The French Alps are the portions of the
Alps mountain range that stand within
France , located in the
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur regions. While some of the ranges of the French Alps are entirely in France, others, such as the
Mont Blanc massif , are shared with
Switzerland and
Italy . At 4,808 metres (15,774 ft),
Mont Blanc , on the
France–Italy border , is the highest mountain in the Alps, and the
highest Western European mountain .
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28 April 2015 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General , French Riviera
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Barcelonnette is a commune of France and a subprefecture in the department of
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence , in the
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region . It is located in the southern
French Alps , at the crossroads between
Provence ,
Piedmont and the
Dauphiné , and is the largest town in the
Ubaye Valley . The town’s inhabitants are known as
Barcelonnettes . Barcelonnette is situated in the wide and fertile
Ubaye Valley , of which it is the largest town. It lies at an elevation of 1132 m (3717 ft) on the right bank of the
Ubaye River , and is surrounded by mountains which reach peaks of over 3000 m; the tallest of these is the Needle of Chambeyron at 3412 m. Barcelonnette is situated 210 km from
Turin , 91 km from
Nice and 68 km from
Gap .
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14 June 2014 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General
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Val d’Isère is a commune of the
Tarentaise Valley , in the
Savoie department in southeastern France. It lies 5 km (3 mi) from the border with Italy. It is on the border of the
Vanoise National Park created in 1963. During the
1992 Winter Olympics , the
Face de Bellevarde was the site of the men’s downhill race. Other alpine skiing events held during those games included men’s giant slalom and alpine combined. Val d’Isère regularly hosts
World Cup alpine events, usually for the men in early December, and hosted the
FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2009 . It is located in the
Rhône-Alpes region with good transport links in and out of
Lyon ,
Geneva and
Chambéry .
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26 February 2013 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General
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Bourg-Saint-Maurice is a commune in the
Savoie department in the
Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It is the last large town along the
Tarentaise valley in the heart of the French Alps.
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