Gorges des Alpes - Gorges de la Vésubie, Utelle

About 23km/14mi north of Nice airport the D2565 branches off near Plan-du-Var into the Gorges de la Vésubie, the impressive ravines of the river of the same name. Follow the road through the narrow lower part of the valley for 10km/6mi to the village of St-Jean-la-Rivière. From here a narrow winding road on the left comes, via the village of Utelle, to the Pilgrimage Church of Notre-Dame-des Miracles (Madone d'Utelle) which was founded in the ninth century. From the church, which is at a height of 1,174m/3,855ft, the view extends over the mountains to the Mediterranean.