La Route de la Bonette

  • Leisure
  • Tourist routes
  • Tourist transport
  • Car rides
Office de Tourisme, Rue des Communes de France, 06660 Saint-Étienne-de-Tinée
The "Col de la Bonette" road is the shortest way from the Côte d'Azur to the southern Alps (there are 150 km between Nice and Ubaye Valley). It is also the highest road in Europe, at an altitude of 2802 meters.
A real ribbon of tourist asphalt evolving in grandiose landscapes, one cannot remain impassive in front of snowy summits, veiled panoramas or plunging valleys.
To discover on the Route de la Bonette, the "Camp des Fourches", a high military place.
The site of the Camp des Fourches is an advanced barracks on a strategic position. Built after the events of the Great War of 14-18, inhabited summer and winter in the 30s, it housed several hundred soldiers under canvas in summer. A cable car...

Services

Services

Pets welcome

Openings

Openings

From 15 May 2025 until 15 October 2025 - Open everyday

Dates to be confirmed

Location

Location

La Route de la Bonette
Office de Tourisme, Rue des Communes de France, 06660 Saint-Étienne-de-Tinée

Spoken languages

Spoken languages
  • French
Updated on 17 January 2025 at 16:51
by Office de Tourisme Métropolitain Nice Côte d'Azur
(Offer identifier : 4736456)
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