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Calanques National Park
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France

  • 11 protected areas
  • 1 natural site
  • 1 hike

Regions

Parc naturel régional des Volcans d’Auvergne

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Parc naturel régional des Volcans d’Auvergne, Vanoise National Park2 placesExplore
Cévennes National Park

Occitanie

Cévennes National Park, Pyrénées National Park2 placesExplore
Calanques National Park

Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur

Calanques National Park, Verdon Gorge, Écrins National Park7 placesExplore

Parks and reserves

Calanques National Park

White limestone coves between Marseille and Cassis, reached on foot.FranceNational park

Cévennes National Park

Starry skies shine over Europe’s largest dark sky reserve, since 2018.FranceNational park

Écrins National Park

150 summits above 9,843 ft, crowned by the 13,458 ft Barre des Écrins.FranceNational park

Luberon Regional Nature Park

28 fossil sites in a UNESCO Geopark of perched villages and ochre cliffs.FranceRegional nature park

Mercantour National Park

40,000 rock engravings around Mont Bego, from about 3300 BC.FranceNational park

Parc naturel régional de Camargue

150,000 birds a year fly over lagoons, rice fields, bulls and horses.FranceRegional nature park

Parc naturel régional des Volcans d’Auvergne

50 mi across the Cantal, which the park calls Europe’s largest volcano.FranceRegional nature park

Port-Cros National Park

1,969 ft of protected sea around Port-Cros and Porquerolles.FranceNational park

Pyrénées National Park

10,820 ft at the Vignemale, and brown bears in the Aspe forests.FranceNational park

Vanoise National Park

1963: France’s first national park, created to save the ibex.FranceNational park

Vercors Regional Natural Park

4 vultures, every species seen in France, soar above the high plateaus.FranceRegional nature park

Gorges

Verdon Gorge

2,297 ft cliffs, where more than 200 pairs of griffon vultures nest.FranceGorge

Hikes and trails

Tour du Mont Blanc

106 mi around Mont Blanc, through France, Italy and Switzerland.106 miDistance7 to 12 daysDurationJun to SepSeasonFranceTrek

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