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  • Theo route.

  • Napoleon is a driving route from the coast near Can away through the mountains to Grenoble, which traces a route taken by Napoleon on his small army.

  • In March 18 15 I was driving through the root Napoleon, which starts in a little seaside town called Gulf Shore, which is just east of can Golf shines a bit smaller.

  • It has more intimate field can, is very different from when Napoleon landed there.

  • It was a small fishing village 202 years ago.

  • Now it's one of the most famous places along the French Riviera actually decided to make a detour to somewhere that's even wilder along the route, the gore stevedore.

  • You see these cabins, which is almost like a knife for slicing through the landscape.

  • Sometimes even climbers rock climbers, giving it a go.

  • When Napoleon did the root, there were parts which the road was not even suitable for wheeled transport.

  • It was just boxes or meals.

  • The modern road follows the route quite closely for most parts, but there's still some bits where it's been carved through.

  • Holes in the rock looks quite dramatic.

  • Just before Grenoble get its long, long descent road going all the way down to the final stage.

  • You do feel like you've arrived after a hair raising journey.

  • The historical aspect is only one part of it.

  • There's much along the route.

  • There's places, much just a detail from the root.

  • If you see this scenery, which I can't believe, it's not better known in Europe than it is.

Theo route.

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