FRANCE - French Alps - Queyras
The Queyras is a valley located in the Hautes-Alpes department along the italian border and is located in the oldest mountain ranges of the Alps, and it was one of the last ones to be opened to public tourism towards the end of the 20th century, thus being relatively untouched by environmental destruction. Many peaks are over 3,000 meters and the villages altitude are the highest in Europe.
BEST TIME to VISIT QUEYRAS
BEST TIME to TRAVEL to ALPS
From June to September
Scenic road
Chateau-Queyras castle
August in Queyras with an early snow
Chateau-Queyras Fort
August in Queyras with an early snow
old typical church
Mountains landscape
village of Saint-Veran
August in Queyras with an early snow
landscape
August in Queyras with an early snow
Access road to Queyras
Typical house in a village
landscape in August after snow and at the bottom of the picture : the large Chateau-Queyras fortress which seems tiny in that landscape
Access road to Queyras
the town of Chateau-Queyras has a very large fortress dominating the valley
Access road to Queyras
landscape in August after snow
It seems that the village of Saint-Veran is the highest village in Europe
Chateau-Queyras Fortress
Fountain in a village
Chateau-Queyras Fortress
Hotel
Access road to Queyras
Access road to Queyras
Access road to Queyras