The Southern French Alps covers the area below Grenoble down to Provence and we have focused in on certain parts of this beautiful and undiscovered part of the Alps for our holidays! The French department that encompasses the majority of this area is called the Hautes-Alpes.

It includes the Ecrins National Park, the Serre-Poncon lake and the little known Champsaur, Valgaudemar, Dévoluy and Gapençais valleys. It is a beautiful part of the French Alps, its main claim to fame being the fantastic weather with 300 days of sunshine per year and access to one of the most dramatic nature reserves in the Alps - the Ecrins National Park.

Unlike many other parts of the Alps, this area is still relatively undiscovered to foreign tourists and as such is still a very authentic French alpine destination.