| Photos of the bronze-age rock carvings and of our walk through the Vallée des Merveilles as well as our day in Fontanalba |  |
| Photos of Tende and la Brigue |  |
| Photos of Champsaur and St. Bonnet |  |
We had been told about the Vallée des Merveilles by our
friends in Grenoble. Finally, this year we managed to go there.
This valley is of particular interest because it contains a large
collection of bronze age rock engravings.
In fact the engravings are in two valleys - Merveilles and Fontanalba
which are on either side of Mont Bego. Mont Bego is in the Mercantour
National Park about 80k north of Nice, not far from the Italian
border.
We visited both places. First we spent three days walking on a circular route from les Mesches via the refuges of Merveilles and Valmasque. Then after a night in Tende we spent a day walking to Fontanalba from Casterino.
After seeing la Brigue and a second night in Tende, we drove via a corner of Italy, Barcellonette and Gap to pay another visit to our friends Xavier and Claudine at Pont Manel. While we were there, we visited St. Bonnet and did some small walks in Champsaur.
You can get an enlarged image by clicking on any of the photos on these pages.
| Photos of the bronze-age rock carvings and of our walk through the Vallée des Merveilles as well as our day in Fontanalba | |
| Photos of Tende and la Brigue | |
| Photos of Champsaur and St. Bonnet | |
Copyright: George Coulouris & Jean Dollimore 2002