The largest ski area in the Alpes-Maritimes: 135 kilometres of pistes between 1,600 and 2,450 metres, two hours from the sea. And, next to the lifts, two chapels painted in the 15th century by Piedmontese masters — one of them, listed, a masterpiece of 1451. The addresses I give my own passengers, each with its phone number, its website and directions.
⚠️ SAID PLAINLY: Auron has no distinguished table — no MICHELIN star, no Bib Gourmand, no label. What you eat here is the cooking of the upper Tinée, in the resort or in the village. Here are three addresses, given for what they are.
Two in Auron, one in Saint-Étienne-de-Tinée, seven kilometres below. All need booking in season.
🚕 I'll drive you there — and I'll come back for you when the meal is over. A hundred kilometres of valley up and the same back down: this is the trip where a taxi is not a luxury.
+33 6 58 27 93 12135 KILOMETRES OF PISTES between 1,600 and 2,450 metres, 44 runs and 19 lifts across four sectors — Las Donnas, Sauma Longue, Demandols and Lieuson. It is the largest ski area in the Alpes-Maritimes, by a long way.
Everything starts from the snow front, in the middle of the resort. The parking is below it.
🚕 I'll drive you there. Skis and children in the boot, no chains to fit in the snow, and I collect you at the foot of the pistes at the time you say.
+33 6 58 27 93 12This is the real treasure of Auron, and almost nobody knows it: two mountain chapels painted throughout in fresco in the 15th century, both listed monuments. They are seven kilometres apart.
They are not always open: go through the tourist office, which arranges the visits.
🚕 I'll drive you there. The two chapels are seven kilometres apart, one in the resort and one at the edge of the village: without a car you only see one of them.
+33 6 58 27 93 12At 1,600 metres it is fifteen degrees cooler than Nice in August. The lifts open for walkers and mountain bikes, and the Mercantour paths start from the resort car park.
Check the lift opening dates: they only run for a few weeks in July and August.
🚕 I'll drive you there. It is fifteen degrees cooler than Nice in August, and the paths start at the car park. Dropped in the morning, collected at the end of the day.
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