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Alpes-de-Haute-Provence is a department in the French region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, and is on the French border with Italy.

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Map of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence

  • 1 Draix
  • 2 Annot
  • 3 Barcelonnette
  • 4 Castellane
  • 5 Colmars-les-Alpes
  • 6 Digne-les-Bains — natural beauty and supposedly curative thermal springs
  • 7 Forcalquier
  • 8 Manosque
  • 9 Moustiers Sainte Marie
  • 10 Sisteron

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  • The Train des Pignes, a private railway between Digne-les-Bains and Nice is worth a trip entirely for its own sake but it also provides a great way of getting to starts or ends of walks in the lovely Mountains if you base yourself at one place on it such as Annot or Entrevaux.

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hiking, VTT, canyoning,

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Alpes-de-Haute-Provence is bordered on the east with Italy.

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