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The Top 20 Natural Monuments in Mercantour

Mercantour’s landscape is a beautiful place to explore — something that you can best experience by visiting one of our 20

beautiful natural monuments in Mercantour. To help you find the one for, you can see all the details you need to explore the best natural monuments, and better plan your next outdoor adventure!

Last updated: November 15, 2025

Monte Toraggio

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An infamous mountain ledge, an intimate international border. There can be no better place for a snack and rest before a long descent into Valle Nervia. As for the photo, …

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Col des Champs

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Gorgeous pass with very little traffic and perfect asphalt.

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Lac des Mesches

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Lake Meches has deep blue water and is immersed in a splendid natural landscape.

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Gorges du Cians

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A very beautiful road in the Cians gorges. There are 20 km of climbing from Touët-sur-var to Beuil. The average grade is around 5%, but there are steeper sections down and near the top.

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Rocca of the Abyss

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Highest peak in the Vermenagna Valley! There are no water points along the path from the Baita le Marmotte onwards; the path is very open, panoramic and full of history: …

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Lake Oronaye

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Lake Oronaye is beautiful and has wonderful color variations, depending on which side you look at it from.

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Tête de la Sestrière

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At an altitude of 2,575 meters, the Tête de la Sestrière offers a superb 360-degree panorama of the Laverq valley, the Agneliers valley and the summits of Petite Séolane and Grande Séolane, Tête de l'Estrop and the Three Bishoprics.

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Red Slate Plateau

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Magnificent walk really a bypass indeed! In fact we did a complete circuit and so we returned to the car at the starting point by the path indicated by Komoot …

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High Route of the Ligurian Mountains (Southern Section)

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Attention, no water filling possibility!

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Lacs de Lignin

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Classified as a Natura 2000 area, the Lignin lakes are of glacial origin. Located on the high plateaus at more than 2,200 meters of latitude, they are not permanent and …

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Valletta - Dragurina

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The last hm until the exit in stony terrain uphill

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