Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

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Places in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

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Cities · UNESCO

Lyon

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

France's food capital, with Roman theaters, old silk-weavers' passages and cozy bouchons.

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Mountains · Skiing

Val d'Isère and Tignes

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

High, snow-sure skiing in a historic village by the Vanoise national park.

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Mountains · Skiing

Alpe d'Huez

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

The Tour de France's most famous climb, with 21 hairpins, above a sunny ski town.

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Cities · Mountain towns

Grenoble

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

The capital of the French Alps, with its bubble-shaped cable cars to a hilltop fort.

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Megève

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

An old-money ski village of chalets and horse-drawn sleighs.

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Puy de Dôme and the Auvergne Volcanoes

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

A chain of extinct volcanoes in central France, climbed by rack railway.

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