Saint-Véran: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

The characteristic features of Saint-Véran include the traditional fustes. The traditional fustes of Saint-Véran are houses built from layers of larch trunks and are typical of alpine house construction.

Anyone looking for a holiday apartment in Saint-Véran can save the village as a specific travel destination.

Culture

Saint-Véran bears the “Plus Beaux Villages de France” label, which is justified by its traditional architecture in combination with the spectacular natural landscape.

Le Soum – Musée Arts et Traditions is located in a building whose walls have housed the lives of the people, women and animals of this high-altitude mountain village since 1641. Le Soum can be visited independently; guided tours are also available for groups.

The Grand circuit de la mine passes by the Musée du Soum and the Four des Forannes, which houses an exhibition about copper mining.

Visiting

The Maison du Soleil et de l’Astronomie offers educational exhibitions, explanatory videos, interactive modules and immersive installations about the Sun across two levels.

At the Maison du Soleil et de l’Astronomie, visitors can make safe direct observations of the Sun using special glasses and a solar telescope installed on the centre’s terrace.

Active pursuits

Saint-Véran is the first stage of the famous Tour du Queyras (GR58) and a starting point for hikes on trails for different levels of ability.

The trails around Saint-Véran offer mountain bike tours with conventional bicycles and e-bikes on numerous routes of varying difficulty.

From Saint-Véran, cycling tours lead through the valleys of the Queyras and to the Col Agnel passes at 2,744 metres and Col d’Izoard at 2,360 metres; both are known from the Tour de France and the Giro d’Italia.

Geographical location

The Navette de Clausis can be used to reach the Blanche Valley and the Italian border from Saint-Véran.

Winter

The Molines/Saint-Véran ski area extends from an altitude of 1,750 to 2,800 metres.

More destinations in the travel directory: Puy-Saint-André, Neffes, Villar-Saint-Pancrace, Saint-Bonnet-En-Champsaur, Saint-Martin-De-Queyrières, Saint-André-de-Rosans, Crots, Aspres-Sur-Buëch.

To the higher-level travel overview: Hautes-Alpes.