France now officially counts a new national park, the first one in six years, and it is located right in the >>
Mercantour; a Top Ten Global Treasure on our Doorstep
BY Liz Lord FOR FR2DAY.COM May 21, 2010
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Excellent to see our local National Park getting some top press and standing shoulder to shoulder with some of the world's finest scenery. This is what Liberation.fr had to say recently:
The Mercantour is a long and narrow strip of National Park which lies in the North East of the Alpes-Maritimes, along the Italian border. The central zone is peppered with numerous jagged peaks, deep winding gorges, Alpine meadows, lakes, deep forests and a wide variety of flora and fauna. On the Eastern flank of the Park, in terrain carved out by glaciers, the Merveilles and Fontanalbe valleys conceal an extraordinary collection of Bronze Age rock carvings. These form a vast open air museum which is the most important of its kind in Europe. Guided visits are provided by qualified guides.
The rest
Grand Canyon - United States
Banff National Park - Canada
Khao Sok National Park - Thailand
NE Greenland National Park - Denmark
Iguaçu National Park - Argentina/Brazil
Saba Marine Park - Dutch Antilles
Galapagos National Park - Equator
Namib-Naukluft National Park - Namibia
Mungo National Park - Australia
And as France now celebrates Fête de la Nature (finishes this Sunday, 23rd May), why not explore the National Park with spacebetween - the only Mercantour based British holiday company offering accommodation and high adventure - all year round.
Merveilles excursions run in the summer when the snow clears from the valley. There's no shortage of activities in the vast tracts of land which extend into the Alpi Marittimi Park across the border in Italy.
SpaceBetween
Walking & Adventure Holidays
Berthemont les Bains
Roquebillière
Tel: +33 (0)4 93 03 48 57
Website: www.space-between.co.uk/
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