This stretch of road connects the Vésubie valley with the Tinée valley through the Col di Saint Martin, an Alpine pass located at 1500 meters above sea level. The road is very scenic and offers splendid landscapes between the Maritime Alps and the Mercantour National Park. There are many hairpin bends and rest points from which you can admire the region's highest peaks, vertiginous gorges carved by streams and picturesque medieval villages.

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The Col Saint-Martin Pass, or Col de la Colmiane, is a mountain pass in the Southern Alps located at an altitude of 1,500 meters in the Alpes-Maritimes department of France. It provides a year-round road link between the Tinée Valley to the west and the Vésubie Valley to the east.

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2. Saint-Martin-Vésubie – Col de la Couillole loop from Saint-Martin-Vésubie

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3. Saint-Martin-Vésubie – Saint-Martin Pass (La Colmiane) loop from Saint-Martin-Vésubie

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Elevation 820 m

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Location: Valdeblore, Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France

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