Bonneval-sur-Arc

The last village of the Maurienne valley, Bonneval-sur-Arc sits at the foot of the Col de l'Iseran near the Italian border, partly within the Vanoise National Park. Its squat houses are built of dressed stone under lauze roofs on larch frames, with wooden balconies where dried sheep-dung bricks for fuel are sometimes still stacked. No aerials or overhead cables are allowed, so the old village keeps its old look.

Highlights

• The old village of stone houses, lauze roofs and wooden balconies
• The hamlet of L'Écot and its 12th-century Chapelle Sainte-Marguerite
• The cheese dairy and the village museum
• The road over the Col de l'Iseran towards Val d'Isère
• Walks into the Vanoise National Park

Text adapted from Wikipedia (Bonneval-sur-Arc (FR), Bonneval-sur-Arc (EN), Bonneval-sur-Arc (IT)). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.