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Serre-Ponçon lake

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Serre-Ponçon lake - Tourism, holidays & weekends guide in the Hautes-Alpes
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The second largest artificial lake in Europe at 3,000 hectares, Serre-Ponçon lake is a wonderful expanse of water surrounded by mountainous scenery. Like a sea in the mountains! Numerous activities on both water and land are available there. In the village resort of Savines-le-Lac, an approved Station Classée (resort paying particular attention to tourism facilities), you can relax on the beach (lifeguarded in July and August) and enjoy a host of leisure pursuits like swimming, sailing and fishing, as well as hiking, mountain-biking, horse-riding and climbing.

To take advantage of Serre-Ponçon's fantastic viewpoints, walkers should follow the network of footpaths that run around the vast stretch of turquoise water.

Built over the Durance river, the impressive Serre-Ponçon dam – 123 metres high and 650 metres wide at its base – is the biggest earth dam in Europe!

Worth visiting: the Muséoscope du Lac museum located at the Serre-Ponçon panoramic viewpoint at Rousset, which immerses visitors in the history of how this huge dam was built.

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Serre-Ponçon lake

Stage of the Tour de France sailing on 16 and 17 July 2020.

Chapelle St Michel
Chapelle St Michel
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Serre-Ponçon, the sea in the mountains!
Serre-Ponçon, the sea in the mountains!
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Autumn at Serre-Ponçon lake
Autumn at Serre-Ponçon lake
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Serre-Ponçon lake seen from the village of Sauze
Serre-Ponçon lake seen from the village of Sauze
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Savines-le-Lac
Savines-le-Lac
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Lake and Saint-Michel chapel (© Jean Espirat)
Lake and Saint-Michel chapel (© Jean Espirat)
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Lake and Saint-Michel chapel (© Jean Espirat)
Lake and Saint-Michel chapel (© Jean Espirat)
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Against the light on the lake and the chapel (© Jean Espirat)
Against the light on the lake and the chapel (© Jean Espirat)
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North shore of the lake (© Jean Espirat)
North shore of the lake (© Jean Espirat)
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Leisure activities

Last nameActivity typeRateCity
Hot Air Balloon Flight above Lake Serre Ponçon
Nature and the great outdoors275 € Savines-le-LacBook
Paragliding in the Champsaur valley near Gap
Sports sensations95 € OrcièresBook
Rafting down river Ubaye near Barcelonnette
Sports sensations46 € Méolans-RevelBook
Rafting down the Durance River between Rabioux et Embrun
Sports sensations40 € Châteauroux-les-AlpesBook
Hydrospeed down the Durance in Ecrins National Park
Sports sensations42 € Châteauroux-les-AlpesBook

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