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Wolf packs watched from purpose-built hides, in the only animal park inside a national park's core zone, with a little-farmer activity for ages 4 to 10.
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High mountain country with thousands of chamois and ibex, and some 40,000 prehistoric rock engravings in the Vallée des Merveilles.
A mountain railway up the Roya valley through 81 tunnels, three of them spiraling, and over the 300-meter Rivoira viaduct, with on-board commentary on some trips.
A lift up to the old castle's ruins, a waterfall, and a lookout 92 meters above Nice with views across the Baie des Anges.
Terraces of rare plants from all over the world, with pools among olive trees, laid out by the gardener who made Hidcote.
Eighteen holes in an olive grove of more than 530 trees, some of them centuries old, with a snack bar for crêpes and ice cream.