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The Tour de France: presentation and history

ory has been erected at the top of the Galibier Pass and a Henri-Desgrange Prize is awarded each year during the Tour to the cyclist who crosses this summit first. The beginnings of the Tour de France The night stages were eliminated as early as 1905, the year in which a first relief appeared in t ...

05
July
2007

Top Chefs: The Auron Gastronomic Festival

hildren Over the course of a weekend, you can delight your taste buds in Auron while also getting hands-on experience! 2024 Edition The "Chefs at the Summit" festival in Auron is back from January 24 to 29, 2024. Victor DELPIERRE and Stéphane MANGIN are the patrons of this edition. Entertainment ...

11
Jan
2016

Gran Paradiso National Park celebrates its 100th anniversary

in Italy between the Aosta Valley and Piedmont. It covers about 70,000 hectares, in a mountain territory ranging from 800 m to 4061 m altitude at the summit of Gran Paradiso. This jewel box of preserved nature is not far from the border with France since this Italian national park adjoins the Van ...

02
June
2022

Lourdes in France: 5 Things to Know About This Pilgrimage Site

ht, offers a magnificent panorama over Lourdes, Tarbes, Pau, the Argelès Gazost valley, and the Pyrenean peaks. It is accessible by a funicular that takes visitors directly to the summit, at over 900 meters above sea level, in just a few minutes. The city aims to diversify. After experiencing an 80 ...

05
July
2010

The Olympic Flame: 5 Things to Know About This Symbol

n canoe, on a camel, aboard a Concorde airplane, and was even carried underwater by divers near the Great Barrier Reef. In 2008, it was taken to the summit of Mount Everest, at an altitude of 8,848 meters, protected from the lack of oxygen by a special miner's lamp. In 2013 and 2014, it traveled a ...

12
Feb
2014

The Pierra Menta: a mythical race in the heart of the Beaufortain

of the Grand Mont at 2686 m altitude! During this mythical stage, which takes place on the third day of the race, more than 3,000 spectators climb this summit at dawn and wait for the riders to pass. They encourage them with the sound of songs, bells, accordions, trumpets and bells. A joyful hull ...

04
Mar
2014

Val Thorens voted best ski resort in the world.

023. As a reminder, the resort of Val-Thorens, established in 1971, is the highest in Europe. It is located at an altitude of 2300 meters and is the summit of the largest ski area in the world, the 3 Vallées with its 600 km of interconnected ski runs. With its geographical location and snow cover ...

21
Dec
2015

Maui in Hawaii: 5 things to know about this paradise destination

Haleakala volcano is one of the largest on the planet, with a circumference of 34 km. Copyright: sightalks Travelers love to climb to its summit, at 3000 meters above sea level, to watch the sunset. Copyright: Michelle Maria But it is also nice to stay at the foot of the volcan ...

12
Jan
2022

Trip to England: 10 places to visit in Cornwall

unt (@stmichaelsmount) The English islet, which rises to a height of 60 m (compared to 150 m for its French big brother) also has an abbey at its summit. Its history is closely linked to ours, since it was monks from Mont-saint-michel in France who built the church and priory in the 12th centu ...

23
June
2022

Tour de France Women: 6 things to know about the women's race

the Eiffel tower in Paris with the goal of reaching La Super Planche des Belles Filles in Haute-Saône on July 31. This place with a symbolic name is a summit of the Southern Vosges mountains which culminates at 1148 m of altitude. 3- The difficulty is almost the same Although the Women's Tour ...

25
July
2022

Locronan in Brittany: 5 things to do on site

ronan and the cinema' offered by the Tourist Office. 4- Climb the Locronan Mountain This ascent is within the reach of most people. The hike to the summit is of moderate difficulty because the height that we call the Mountain of Locronan culminates... at 289 m! This is nevertheless enough to ...

21
Sep
2022

The hikers: 5 good reasons to watch the new TF1 series.

subject with its humor and magnificent scenery. The six women at the heart of this fiction have the crazy idea to go hiking to conquer the Dôme de la Lauze, a summit that reaches nearly 4000 meters in altitude. This fiction was filmed in the heart of a magnificent nature in the Hautes-Alpes regi ...

15
May
2023