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Local products in the Hautes-Alpes

THE TOURTONS

Local products These delicious little donuts are a specialty of the Champsaur Valley. They can be enjoyed salty (potato, spinach, goat cheese) or sweet (apple, prunes). Cooked on site, they fill the markets with their scent and whet your appetite.in the Hautes-Alpes

The recipe : http://www.marmiton.org

CHEESES

Reflecting local production, the cheeses are varied: Bayard blue cow’s cheese, goat’s cheese and sheep’s cheese, ewe’s cheese with génépy, Queyras cheeses, and Banon AOC from Laragne are just a few examples.

+ info http://www.laiterie-col-bayard.com

HONEY FROM THE ALPES

The Hautes-Alpes beekeepers offer you this product imbued with our terroir, whether it is mountain honey, lavender honey, larch honey, it is to be enjoyed without moderation.

CHAMPSAUR PIE

Another Champsaur specialty, this tart is made in a traditional, artisanal way. With raspberries, blueberries and prunes, it will be a welcome addition to a picnic in the mountains.

APPLES AND PEARS

Throughout the Durance Valley there are many orchards, apple trees, pear trees, peach trees. These fruits can also be consumed as fruit juice.

Also discoverin the Hautes-Alpes

The city of Gap

Gap the capital of the Hautes-Alpes department, is not only the highest prefecture in France but also the largest city in the Southern Alps.

The Charance Estate

Pour les amoureux de nature, a 4km du camping le domaine de Charance véritable poumon vert avec ses 22o ha de nature.

The Serre-Ponçon lake

Serre-Ponçon lake, also known as the ‘sea in the mountains’, is one of the highlights of Hautes-Alpes.

The Hautes-Alpes

From the north to the south of the department, you’ll discover numerous beautiful hiking routes and spots, such as the high peaks of the Écrins National Park.

To discover in the surrounding area

On the left bank of the lake, between Savines and Sauze-du-Lac, there’s a walking path along the ‘fairy chimneys’, a unique type of pyramid-like rock formation topped with a ‘hat’.

Queyras Park

This park is one of the most beautiful areas in the Alps: 650 km² of free land, rich in colour and dotted with many villages.

Ecrins National Park

Located at the border of the Northern and Southern Alps, you’ll find the Écrins National Park, one of the largest and highest mountain ranges in the Alps.

Local markets

Les marchés de Gap. Place de la République : Mercredi matin. Place Jean Marcellin : Samedi matin.