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Alpes de Hautes Provence

The eyes wander from the Alps to the Mediterranean. It crosses thousands of villages such as Forcalquier, Digne-les-Bains, Manosque Sisteron stone or molded by the sun, nestled amid the waves of wheat fields or lavender, and garrigues shaped by the colors and scents of a thousand aromatic plants.
Further north, dramatic cliffs struggling with a sublime nature.
Land of contrasts, diversity revealed by an exceptional brightness where "one that", sports, contemplative, solitary or family want to go into these territories happy doors are open "Jean Giono.

The ancient medieval cities of the valleys of Durance bléone have character: Sisteron and its famous citadel, built on a clue is the gateway to the north Provence, Manosque is raised as a pebble in the Valley of the Durance. Digne-les-Bains, spa, draws its Campanile on a mountain.


It is the country of writers: Jean Giono, Paul Arena, Maria Borrely, Pierre Magnan, René Frégny ...