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Fréjus Road Tunnel
A 12.9 km Alpine tunnel linking Modane in France with Bardonecchia in Italy, the main all-year alternative to Mont Blanc on the Lyon-Turin route.
7 km · about 15 min drive
Rhône-Alpes, France · Europe
Modane works well as a base: 25 minutes from Val Thorens, 25km from Col du Galibier.
Modane is a town located in Rhône-Alpes, France. With a population of 4,086, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Modane sits in France, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Paris time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Modane to your route.
Modane (French pronunciation: [mɔ.dan]; Savoyard: Modâna; Italian: Modana) is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in southeastern France.
The commune is in the Maurienne Valley, and it also belongs to the Vanoise National Park. It was part of the Kingdom of Sardinia until the TreatyRead more
of Turin in 1860.
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Modane is located in Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe. The coordinates are 45.2003 latitude, 6.6687 longitude.
Modane has a population of approximately 4,086 people, making it a town in France.
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tunnel
A 12.9 km Alpine tunnel linking Modane in France with Bardonecchia in Italy, the main all-year alternative to Mont Blanc on the Lyon-Turin route.
7 km · about 15 min drive
mountain pass
The 1,566 m wooded warm-up act to the Col du Galibier, climbing out of the Maurienne valley in tight forested hairpins past an old optical-telegraph fort.
18 km · about 20 min drive
mountain pass
A historic Franco-Italian border crossing with a large summit lake and plateau, once traversed by Napoleon's armies on the route between Turin and Lyon.
19 km · about 20 min drive
famous road
One of the highest paved roads in the French Alps at 2,642 meters, a legendary climb in the Tour de France.
25 km · about 30 min drive
cafe
A small cafe near the summit of the Col du Galibier (2,642m), a legendary Tour de France climb and one of the highest road passes in the French Alps.
25 km · about 30 min drive
mountain pass
A high, wide pass at 2058m serving as the gateway to the Galibier, with an alpine botanical garden and panoramic views of the Meije and Écrins glaciers.
28 km · about 30 min drive
famous road
Eighteen tightly stacked hairpins climbing a near-vertical cliff wall out of the Maurienne valley: a ribbon of switchbacks so photogenic it became an instant Tour de France icon in 2015.
28 km · about 30 min drive
mountain pass
A legendary 2,178 m Piedmont climb from the Susa Valley: 33 paved hairpins followed by a historic unpaved military road to the summit, made famous by dramatic Giro d'Italia stages.
33 km · about 40 min drive
April to October
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