A veritably uplifting landscape dotted with lovely villages (St-Sauveur-sur-Tinée, St-Étienne-de-Tinée…), perched ever-higher up spectacular hairpin roads. These outposts of civilisation (and the frescoes and reredoses that they retain) come as a surprise amid this vast natural landscape. Indeed, the roads of the Mercantour could equally be labelled the roads of Sacred Art.