Overview: The Camargue (Provençal: Camarga) is a coastal region in southern France located south of the city of Arles, between the Mediterranean Sea and the two arms of the Rhône river delta. The eastern arm is ...

Overview: The French Riviera, known in French as the Côte d'Azur (Provençal: Còsta d'Azur, lit. 'Azure Coast'), is the Mediterranean coastline of the southeast corner of France. There is no official boundary ...

Overview: Cap Canaille is a headland in Calanques National Park in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in Southern France, on the Mediterranean coast between the towns of Cassis and La Ciotat. It is about 27 km (16 ...

Overview: The Demoiselles Coiffées de Pontis is a rock formation in Pontis, near Embrun in the French Alps, located on the edge of the Lac de Serre-Ponçon. The formation consists of a number of hoodoos, described ...

Overview: The Giens Peninsula (French: Presqu'île de Giens) is a peninsula on the French Mediterranean coast near Hyères in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.

Overview: The Glacier Blanc is a glacier in the French département of Hautes-Alpes. Its name (which means "white glacier") derives from the fact that – unlike the nearby Glacier Noir ("black glacier") – its surface ...

Overview: The Crau is the ancient confluence of the Durance and Rhône, and constitutes their vast flat alluvial fan.

Overview: Fontaine-de-Vaucluse (Occitan: La Fònt de Vauclusa or simply Vauclusa) is a commune in the southeastern French department of Vaucluse. Its name comes from the spring of the same name; the name Vaucluse ...

Overview: The Frioul archipelago is a group of four islands located off the Mediterranean coast of France, approximately 4 kilometres (2 miles) from Marseille. The islands of the archipelago cover a total land ...

Overview: Cap Ferrat (English: Cape Ferrat) is a cape situated in the Alpes-Maritimes department in Southeastern France. It is located in the commune of Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat.

Overview: The Calanque de Port-Miou is one of the three big Cassis calanques. It is very long and narrow, and thus was very suitable for establishing a marina.

Overview: The Ubaye Valley is an area in the Alpes de Haute-Provence département, in the French Alps, having approximately 7,700 residents. Its residents are called Ubayens. Its principal town is the sous-préfecture ...

Overview: The Grotte du Lazaret (English: Cave of Le Lazaret) is an archaeological cave site of prehistoric human occupation study, situated in the eastern suburbs of the French town of Nice, overlooking the Me ...

Overview: Cosquer Cave is located in the Calanque de Morgiou in Marseille, France, near Cap Morgiou. The entrance to the cave is located 37 m (121 ft) underwater, due to the Holocene sea level rise. The cave c ...

Overview: The Tête de Chien (Monégasque: Testa de Can; "Dog's Head") is a 550 m (1,804 ft) high rock promontory near the village of La Turbie in the Alpes-Maritimes department of France. It overlooks the Principality ...

Overview: Val d'Enfer, is a valley cut into the rock by water erosion. It is located near the village of Les Baux-de-Provence in Provence south eastern France and it takes its name from the strangeness of its white ...

Overview: The Méouge (Occitan: Mèuja) is a 39-kilometre (24 mi) river in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur regions of the south of France. It rises in the Drôme near the town of Séderon and ...

Overview: L'Oisans is a region in the French Alps, located in the départements of l'Isère and Hautes-Alpes, and corresponding to the drainage basin of the River Romanche and its tributaries (Eau d'Olle, Lignarre ...

Overview: The Glacier Noir (French for "black glacier") is a glacier in the Massif des Écrins in the French Alps. It is located in the département of Hautes-Alpes.