Cévennes National Park : Myrabella, CC BY-SA · Calanques National Park : kallerna, CC BY-SA · Écrins National Park : Dominicus Johannes Bergsma, CC BY-SA · Luberon Regional Nature Park : Tesla Delacroix, CC BY-SA
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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 parkWhere to stay
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- Cévennes National ParkFranceSee hotels
- Calanques National ParkFranceSee hotels
- Écrins National ParkFranceSee hotels
- Luberon Regional Nature ParkFranceSee hotels
- Mercantour National ParkFranceSee hotels
- Parc naturel régional de CamargueFranceSee hotels