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                              444
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                           \ #
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                                                €5.20/2.60; h10am-noon
                          #
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          SAVOIE   Tarentaise  Les Arcs  444 44  & 2-5pm Wed-Mon Oct-May,   ALPS, JURA & RHÔNE VALLEY 17 ALPINE ADvENTuRE
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                                                  Cycling paths encircle
                                                   R
                  # La Plagne  444 44           the lake, passing by several
                  \
                          Tignes  \ #           pretty beaches en route.
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          \ #
        Moûtiers           Val d’Isère 4 # # 44  Boats (per hour from
                                   \ #
                            Col de l’Iseran#    €15 to €50) can be hired
                                     #
                                      5
                                                along the canal-side quays,
                                    444
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            # Meribel    Parc  Bonneval- #      and several companies
                                       6
            \
                       National de  sur-Arc  #
                        la Vanoise   0 ¸        offer adventure sports.
                                    444
                                     D902
                               Bessans  \ #     For details, visit Annecy’s
        Les                         4           tourist office (%04 50 45 00
     Menuires  # \      Lanslebourg             33; www.lac-annecy.com; 1 rue
              # Val            # \
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                               Cénis
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       Télégraphe (1566m)  w                         TRIP
     # \ Valloire               Chiomonte       \ #  \ #
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   0 ¸                   4            # \     g   The Jura
                                                   \
                                                   #
    D902
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                                   \
                      w  444 Exilles              Discover the gentler
                         Salbertrand # \  c   pleasures of eastern
    #  Col du Galibier  Dora Riparia  Colle di Finestre  France’s ‘other’ mountains,
    # 7
                                      (2178m)
                            # Oulx
                            \
                                   # Pragelato  three hours north of Annecy.
    c
                                   \
   Col du
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          # \  Villeneuve-  Torinese  c Colle do  \ #  Alps
    Le Monêtier-  la-Salle  # \  Sestroere          \ #
 R    les-Bains  \ #  c          (2035m)      Join this nature-lover’s
                                                     \
                                                     #
                       Col du                 jaunt through high-country
           Briançon#   Montgenèvre
                 #
                 8
                     c Col                    plateaux and dramatic
                                              canyons, two hours west of
                      d'Izoard
                                              Briançon.
     Parc                      Parc Naturel
   National               m K  Regional du
   des Écrins   HAUTES-         Queyras
                ALPES
                            # St-Véran                             199
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