In 1815, Napoleon left his exile in Elba and with a small band
of loyal troops made their way from Golfe-Juan (near Cannes) to Grenoble and
then Paris, and yet only a year later was to lose it all at the battle of Waterloo.
Today you can drive the route (all the way is 8 hours) but do
part of it and retrace his secret march.
The drive is one of the most spectacular in all of Europe.
If you wish not to drive, there is a lovely tourist train from Nice to Digne-les-Bains , it's a 3 hour trip, but you can get off along the way and picnic and hike and then get back on the train going north or returning to Nice.
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