Year of establishment: 1979
Area: 679.05 km²
Activities in Mercantour
Attractions in Mercantour
Highlights
A physically very demanding circular route over a total of three passes with magnificent landscapes and past the Bronze Age rock engravings in the ...
An easy but beautiful circular hike to the glacier-shaped landscape of the “Twin Lakes” with rock carvings from the Bronze Age, which are up to ...
A solitary summit route that is rocky in the upper part but has no technical difficulties. From the Refuge de Cougourde, the route follows only ...
A panoramic route with spectacular views of the highest peaks of the Maritime Alps and the sea, leading to the idyllic five lakes of Prals and ...
A very solitary circular route to the namesake of the Mercantour National Park that leads through an exceptionally beautiful mountain forest.
The exceptionally beautiful Lac d'Allos and its surroundings can be admired on this long but technically easy route from two very different ...
An extensive circular route from St. Dalmas-le-Selvage, mostly on very pleasantly laid-out old paths, offering beautiful views repeatedly.
A somewhat more demanding summit route partly on unmarked paths that offers a wonderful bird's-eye view of the beautiful but heavily frequented ...
A particularly varied circular route through very different landscapes. The ascent includes a short via ferrata section (B); the descent is largely ...
This challenging circular hike leads through a breathtakingly beautiful lake landscape, which can also be admired from a bird’s-eye view from the ...


