{"id":1009,"date":"2026-06-07T18:59:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T16:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/item\/nationalpark-vanoise\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T11:04:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T09:04:10","slug":"nationalpark-vanoise","status":"publish","type":"citadela-item","link":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/item\/nationalpark-vanoise\/","title":{"rendered":"Vanoise National Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-size:1.15em;line-height:1.6;color:#3a352f;\">Founded in 1963, the Vanoise National Park was France's first and borders directly on the Italian Gran Paradiso; together they form one of the largest protected areas in the Alps. It was established to save the Alpine ibex and today is home to large populations of ibex and chamois. A dense network of trails and huts opens up the high-mountain landscape.<\/p>\n<h2>Highlights<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>France's first national park (1963)<\/li>\n<li>Borders the Gran Paradiso (Italy)<\/li>\n<li>Ibex and chamois in large numbers<\/li>\n<li>Dense network of trails and huts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Good to know<\/h2>\n<table class=\"at-vergleich\" style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:14px;\">\n<tr style=\"background:#ffffff;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;width:34%;font-weight:600;\">Founded<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">1963 (France's first)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background:#fafaf8;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;width:34%;font-weight:600;\">Neighbour<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">Gran Paradiso (Italy)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background:#ffffff;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;width:34%;font-weight:600;\">Wildlife<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">Ibex, chamois, marmot<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background:#fafaf8;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;width:34%;font-weight:600;\">Region<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">Savoy (Tarentaise\/Maurienne)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Practical info<\/h2>\n<div style=\"background:#f3f1ec;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;border-radius:10px;padding:18px 20px;\">\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0;line-height:1.55;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Getting there:<\/strong> Starting points include Pralognan-la-Vanoise and Termignon; by train to Mo\u00fbtiers\/Modane, then bus.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0;line-height:1.55;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Best time:<\/strong> Hiking and wildlife watching June to September.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0;line-height:1.55;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Cost:<\/strong> Nature access free; huts and guided tours payable (please verify).<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0;line-height:1.55;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Safety:<\/strong> High mountains: mind weather, equipment and fitness.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:12px 0 4px;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Tips:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top:0;\">\n<li>Bring binoculars, ibex are common here<\/li>\n<li>Reserve hut places early in summer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Background &amp; History<\/h2>\n<p>The Vanoise National Park in the French Alps of Savoy was, at its founding in 1963, the first national park in France. Its occasion was an act of rescue: the Alpine ibex, in Italian and French the bouquetin, had almost vanished from the Western Alps through centuries of hunting, and the new protected area was meant to offer the last populations a refuge. Today around two thousand of these impressive wild goats with their mightily curved horns roam again over the high-alpine slopes, accompanied by chamois, marmots and about twenty breeding pairs of the golden eagle.<\/p>\n<p>The park lies between the deeply incised valleys of the Is\u00e8re and the Arc and borders directly on the Italian Gran Paradiso National Park, so that across the border one of the largest contiguous protected areas in the Alps has arisen. Glaciers, high-mountain lakes and an extraordinarily rich mountain flora characterise its high-lying areas. The history of the park tells of the change in humanity's relationship to the mountain world, from ruthless hunting to the conscious preservation of an alpine wilderness that otherwise might have been lost forever.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#221c1a;color:#fff;border-radius:10px;padding:18px 22px;margin-top:28px;\"><strong style=\"font-size:1.08em;\">Related<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0 12px;color:#d8d2cc;font-size:14px;\">To make your trip run smoothly , our guides and gear tips for this destination:<\/p>\n<div style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:10px;\"><a href=\"\/en\/voegel-der-alpen\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f25353;color:#fff;padding:9px 16px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;\">Bird species in the region \u2192<\/a><a href=\"\/en\/fernglaeser-tierbeobachtung\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f25353;color:#fff;padding:9px 16px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;\">Binoculars &amp; spotting scopes \u2192<\/a><a href=\"\/en\/vogel-ausruestung\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f25353;color:#fff;padding:9px 16px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;\">Birding gear \u2192<\/a><a href=\"\/en\/naturfotografie\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f25353;color:#fff;padding:9px 16px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;\">Nature photography \u2192<\/a><a href=\"\/en\/wildtierbeobachtung-alpen\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f25353;color:#fff;padding:9px 16px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;\">Watch wildlife \u2192<\/a><a href=\"\/en\/wanderschuhe\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f25353;color:#fff;padding:9px 16px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;\">Hiking boots \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Der 1963 gegr\u00fcndete Nationalpark Vanoise war der erste Frankreichs und grenzt direkt an den italienischen Gran Paradiso, gemeinsam bilden sie eines der gr\u00f6\u00dften Schutzgebiete der Alpen. Er wurde gegr\u00fcndet, um den Alpensteinbock zu retten, und beherbergt heute gro\u00dfe Best\u00e4nde an Steinb\u00f6cken und G\u00e4msen. Ein dichtes Netz an Wanderwegen und H\u00fctten erschlie\u00dft die Hochgebirgslandschaft. Highlights Erster [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1042,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","citadela-item-category":[40,35,74,30],"citadela-item-location":[72],"class_list":["post-1009","citadela-item","type-citadela-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","citadela-item-category-gipfel-berge","citadela-item-category-tierbeobachtung","citadela-item-category-vogelbeobachtung","citadela-item-category-wandern-bergtouren","citadela-item-location-savoyen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item\/1009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/citadela-item"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1009"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item\/1009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1552,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item\/1009\/revisions\/1552"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"citadela-item-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item-category?post=1009"},{"taxonomy":"citadela-item-location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item-location?post=1009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}