Écomusée du Haut-pays et des Transports

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The Ecomuseum of the High Country and Transport is located in the former locomotive depot of Breil-sur-Roya, near the SNCF station, about 60 km north-east of Nice, in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region.

The museum presents several locomotives, steam or electric, railcars, a locotractor, streetcars, buses and trolleybuses, as well as a model railroad network on HO scale reproducing several emblematic sites of the Tende line.

Coordinates: 43°56'46"N, 7°31'1"E

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Provence-Alpes-Côte d'AzurFrance

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Écomusée du Haut-pays et des Transports – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Ouvrage Saint-Roch, Ouvrage L'Agaisen, Sospel Cathedral, Saint-Sauveur Church.

6.1 miSW
Museum
Ouvrage Saint-Roch, Sospel
157 min walk • Ouvrage Saint-Roch is a work of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line, also known as the Little Maginot Line. Small for a gros ouvrages, the ouvrage consists of one entry block, one artillery block and two observation blocks overlooking Sospel at an altitude of 426 metres.
5.1 miSW
Museum
Ouvrage L'Agaisen, Sospel
131 min walk • Ouvrage L'Agaisen is a work of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line, also known as the Little Maginot Line. The ouvrage consists of one entry block, two artillery blocks and one observation block above Sospel.
5.9 miSW
Church, Baroque architecture
Sospel Cathedral, Sospel
151 min walk • Sospel Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church and former cathedral in the town of Sospel, France.
3.3 miNE
Church
Saint-Sauveur Church, Saorge
86 min walk • The Saint-Sauveur church is a Catholic church located in Saorge, in France.
3 miS
Church
Église Saint-Marc de Piène Haute
77 min walk • The Saint-Marc church is a catholic church located in Piène-Haute on the territory of the commune of Breil-sur-Roya, in France.
0.6 miS
Church
Église Santa-Maria-in-Albis, Breil-sur-Roya
15 min walk • Sancta-Maria-in-Albis Church, or Santa-Maria-in-Albis, Sainte-Marie-in-Albis, is a Catholic church located in Breil-sur-Roya, France.
3.1 miNE
Church
Chapelle de la Madone de Poggio, Saorge
80 min walk • The Church of the Madonna del Poggio is a Catholic church located in Saorge, overlooking the Saorge Gorge, France.
4.4 miNE
Church
Église Notre-Dame de la Victoire
113 min walk • The church of Our Lady of the Visitation is a neoclassical church of the eighteenth century dedicated to Our Lady of the Visitation in Fontan in the Alpes-Maritimes. The building is classified as a historical monument on April 25, 1949.
5.9 miSW
Fountain
Fountain, Sospel
150 min walk • The Cabraïa fountain is located at Place de la Cabraïa, in Sospel, France.
0.7 miSW
Church
Chapelle Notre-Dame-des-Monts, Breil-sur-Roya
19 min walk • Chapelle Notre-Dame-des-Monts is a chapel located on the road to La Madone du Mont, in Breil-sur-Roya, in the French department of Alpes-Maritimes.
0.7 miS
Church
Chapelle Saint-Antoine-l'Hermite, Breil-sur-Roya
17 min walk • Chapelle Saint-Antoine-l'Ermite is a chapel located in Breil-sur-Roya in the French department of Alpes-Maritimes.