Bessanèse

#742 among destinations in France

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Bessanèse, is a mountain of the Graian Alps on the France and Italy border. ()

Alternative names: First ascent: 1857Elevation: 11785 ftProminence: 1293 ftCoordinates: 45°18'7"N, 7°7'11"E

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Auvergne-Rhône-AlpesFrance

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Bessanèse – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Albaron, Pointe de Charbonnel, Refuge d'Avérole, Lac des Évettes.

2.3 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Albaron
60 min walk • Albaron is a mountain of the Graian Alps in Savoie, France. It is a popular mountain to climb due to its relative ease and elegant summit, which appears as a sharp pyramid, especially from the southeast or north.
3.5 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Pointe de Charbonnel
90 min walk • Pointe de Charbonnel is a mountain of Savoie, France. It lies in the Graian Alps range. It has an elevation of 3,752 metres above sea level.
1.7 miW
Alpine hut, Hiking
Refuge d'Avérole
45 min walk • Refuge d'Avérole is a refuge in the Alps.
3.7 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lac des Évettes
94 min walk • Lac des Évettes is a lake in the Vanoise Massif of the Savoie department of France. The lake formed between 1939 and 1949, after the glacier that covered the area melted. Today the glacier ends almost 1 km from the lake's shore.
5.2 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Pointe de Tierce
133 min walk • Pointe de Tierce is a mountain in Savoie, France which lies in the Graian Alps range. It has an elevation of 2,973 metres above sea level.
6 miNW
Church
Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, Bonneval-sur-Arc
154 min walk • The church Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption of Bonneval-sur-Arc is a catholic church located in France in the commune of Bonneval-sur-Arc, in the department of Savoie.
4.6 miN
Alpine hut, Hiking
Refuge des Évettes
119 min walk • Refuge des Évettes is a refuge in the Alps.
6 miNW
Memorial
War Memorial, Bonneval-sur-Arc
153 min walk • Monuments aux Morts are French war memorials established to commemorate the losses of World War I.
7 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Pointe des Buffettes, Vanoise National Park
179 min walk • Pointe des Buffettes is a mountain of Savoie, France. It lies in the Massif de la Vanoise range. It has an elevation of 3,233 metres above sea level.