Location: 120 km away from Nice, 70 km away from Digne-les-Bains & Grasse
20 km from Castellane : take the D4085, cross Chaudanne, take on the left on the D102, drive along the Lac de Chaudanne towards Demandolx. Follow the D102 until Soleilhas by St Barnabé Moutain Pass.
In the Southern Alps, close to the French Riviera, part of the Regional Natural Park du Verdon, Soleilhas (111 inhabitants) is a rural village full of assets, nestled in the hollow of the valley where the Estéron River rises in :
its stone houses, its steep streets, its unspoilt nature, local products "goat cheese, honey, potatoes, lamb, kid"
its hiking trails : GR footpath, the Teillon Moutain, the Bernarde, the Colettes
its traditions: the pilgrimage to the Saint-Barnabé Chapel, the Mass of the Shepherds in Vauplane, fishing in the Estéron River, hunting at the Col des Portes.
its heritage: Parish Church built in the late Middle Age, enlarged in the seventeenth century, the St-Pierre Colettes Chapel dating from the 12th century, the lavoir, the fountains, the many oratories.
Vauplane is a family skiresort managed by the village, where young and olders one enjoy the magic of a protective environment. Snowshoeing, alpine skiing, nordic skiing, snowboarding and sledding are practicing at leisure on the slopes of different levels : blue, red & black.
A paradise for children, where every winter the beginners envoy the snow safe & free.
At your disposal: a snack-bar buffet restaurant, an equipment rental for skis, sleds, snowshoes, snowboard, 4 lifts, a marked trail for snowshoeing, a sledging slope.
