Col du Granon After a somewhat perilous, 25 minute, hair pin drive, climbing high above the Serre Chevalier Valley and Chantemerle, where we’re hoping to ski next year, we arrived at the Col du Granon. We’d been recommended to go …

Standing proudly on the hill above Briançon is its’ historic city, Cité Vauban. Named after its’ designer, Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban (1633-1707) a celebrated architect and military engineer for King Louis XIV, Cité Vauban is now a UNESCO World …