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Heritage tour by car

Leisure, Tourist routes in Breil-sur-Roya
6.6 km

  • Discovering the heritage of Breil by car on the small country roads around the village center.

  • 1. Leaving the village, take the Charabot bridge, pass under the railway bridge and take the road on the right. Continue to follow the road until you reach a junction with a small chapel (Saint Antoine de Padoue). You will see the Saint Jean bell tower behind it.

    2. Take the road that goes up behind the chapel and continue to Notre Dame du Mont, where you can enjoy a picnic break under the olive trees.

    3. Continue the Notre Dame du Mont road until the junction of the Burdanches road,...
    1. Leaving the village, take the Charabot bridge, pass under the railway bridge and take the road on the right. Continue to follow the road until you reach a junction with a small chapel (Saint Antoine de Padoue). You will see the Saint Jean bell tower behind it.

    2. Take the road that goes up behind the chapel and continue to Notre Dame du Mont, where you can enjoy a picnic break under the olive trees.

    3. Continue the Notre Dame du Mont road until the junction of the Burdanches road, follow it until the avenue de l'Authion, pass in front of the hospital. The former building of the latter was once a military barracks, until Italy declared war in 1940.

    4. Go down to the level crossing, turn right just before it and visit the Ecomusée des transports

    5. Take the departmental road to the village of Breil, passing in front of the large building of the SNCF station which was rebuilt in 1947 after the bombings of the last war.

    6. Return to the village, where you can among other things visit its narrow and typical alleys.
  • Departure
    Breil-sur-Roya
  • Plain text period
    All year round.
  • Spoken languages
    • French
  • Documentation
    GPX / KML files allow you to export the trail of your hike to your GPS (or other navigation tool)
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