Barcelonnette is located at the heart of the valley of Ubaye, the North of the department, two steps of the border with the High Alps and Italy. Barcelonnette is a small town of mountain with double face:

- the summer it is surrounded by orchards and green meadows offering miles stroll and of multiple activities.

- the winter it is transformed into super winter sports resort with the 3 alpine ski resorts: Pra-wolf, Super-Sauze Sauze and Holy Anne. Two centers of ski touring: Larche and Saint Paul.

Barcelonnette will allure you by his at the same time southernmost and mountain atmosphere. You will trott yourselves with pleasure in its animated streets bordered of many shops. You will not be able to miss the Manuel place with its beautiful fountain, its frontages coloured and its pleasant coffee terraces and restaurants, it will be certainly difficult for you to resist it.

You will be astonished by the Mexican villas which are in the avenue of the Release, broadside of vast parks. These villas were built between 1880 and 1930 by of Barcelonnets of return to the country after having made fortune in Mexico as a manufacturer of Mexican fabrics. For their owner, these residences cossues were to post their social success, they are for the majority of at the same time Italian inspiration, baroque and tyrolienne.

One of it, the Sapinère Villa is opened to the public on 3 levels and shelters the museum of the Valley.

With rez of roadway is the House of the National park of Mercantour who will be able to inform you about the excursions discovered organized by professional guides. You will also discover in this museum of the temporary and permanent exposures. You will know some more about the famous characters of the valley, his history, its traditions like of course famous Mexican épopée of the Arnaud brothers.

Barcelonnette proposes a range of activities to you impressing, be like winter, you will be able to benefit from the superb nature of the valley of Ubaye and more closely to discover it according to your desires with foot, with horse, à.vélo, with ski, or in the canoe, parapente or ULM…

To visit, see:

Place Manuel. Avenue of the Release. Mexican Villas.

Museum of the Valley of Ubaye. (archaeological collections, Art schools, history of the emigration, the voyage of Emile Chabrand)

House of the National park of Mercantour.

House of the products of country: craft industry and products of the soil.

Leisures:

Pedestrian excursions. Guides and guides naturalists of Mercantour. Tennis. VTT. Horsemanship. Skating rink. Bowling. Room of gym. air Sports: parapente, delta wing, sailplane, ULM.

Winter sports: Alpine skiing, ski touring, stroll in rackets.

Cascades of ice, ruisseling, ski touring, scooter of snows

Sledges with dog, quad, raft on snow....

Training course of craft industry of art (earthenware, pottery, enamels, sculpture…)

Cinema. Animations.

Reception facilities:

4 Hotels. 5 Hotel with restaurant. Rooms of hosts.

Furnished hirings. 3 camp-sites.

For the children: Crib, 2 month old halt-nursery to 6 years.

d stony soil, a climate liberally sunny and traditional methods respected by the vine growers.