Châteauneuf du Rhône

Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Rhone Glacier-ValIais Kanton/Switzerland

Rhonegletscher-Kanton Wallis/Schweiz

Overlooking the village of Tournon-sur-Rhône with Tain-l'Hermitage on the far side of the Rhône river.

If you are thinking of visiting, I say just go to Paris. Tournon-sur-Rhône is too quiet, too peaceful, and has too many good restaurants that no one ever tells you about so you won't know that they are good unless you wander in. And I certainly wouldn't suggest that you walk across the bridge to Restaurant Le Quai à Tain-l’Hermitage and try the cuisses de grenouilles or the escargots de Bourgogne. Far too adventurous... ;)

bonsoir mes amis!

The Klein Furkahorn and the Rhône Glacier .Switzerland.

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The Klein Furkahorn (3,026 m) is a mountain of the Urner Alps, overlooking the Furka Pass on the border between the Swiss cantons of Valais and Uri. It lies near the southern end of the Galenstock-Gross Furkahorn chain, east of the Rhone Glacier.

From the Furka Pass a trail leads to its summit.

Rhône Glacier

Valley glacier

Location Valais, Switzerland

The Rhône Glacier (German: Rhonegletscher/ Valais German: "Rottengletscher") is a glacier in the Swiss Alps and the source of the river Rhône and one of the primary contributors to Lake Geneva in the far eastern end of the Swiss canton of Valais. Because the Glacier is located close to the Furka Pass road it is easily accessible.

Der Rhonegletscher (selten auch Rottengletscher genannt) ist ein Talgletscher im Quellgebiet der Rhone im äussersten Nordosten des Kantons Wallis in den Zentralalpen der Schweiz. Er ist knapp acht Kilometer lang, weist eine durchschnittliche Breite von ungefähr zwei Kilometer auf und bedeckt eine Fläche von ungefähr 16 km². Der Rhonegletscher war vor allem im 19. und Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts aufgrund seiner damals noch weit ins Tal bei Gletsch hinunter reichenden Zunge eine grosse Touristenattraktion. Er schmilzt seit der Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts kontinuierlich. Möglicherweise wird er bis ins Jahr 2100 beinahe vollständig verschwunden sein.

Le glacier du Rhône (Rhonegletscher ou Rottengletscher en allemand) se trouve à l'extrémité nord-est du canton du Valais en Suisse. Il donne naissance au Rhône, en amont de Gletsch, qui s'écoule ensuite dans la vallée de Conches.

Le glacier s'étend sur 8 kilomètres et atteint une largeur d'un peu plus de 1 000 mètres. Sa superficie est de 17 km2. Comme la plupart des glaciers alpins, il a passablement reculé depuis le milieu du xixe siècle. Il est facilement accessible via la route du col de la Furka. Une galerie creusée dans la glace permet de visiter l'intérieur du glacier.

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The Rhone Glacier at the Furka Pass in the Swiss Alps.

Looking in the direction of Gärstenhörner mountains, it is visible up to where the glacier has carved the rock. Frightning even compared to the car chase scene in the 1964 movie James Bond 007 Goldfinger, where the glacier was much larger than it is today. The glacier lake in the foreground is even younger than 20 years.

Mornant, Rhône

Lyon

...under a thick white quilt

Le pressoir

Musée des Confluences / Lyon / Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes / France

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Mornant, Rhône

Brullioles - Rhône (69)

River Rhône, Le Pouzin, France

Drôme

Drôme

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Drôme

With the Université Lumière along the Le Rhône river in Lyon France.

I hope everyone has a wonderful week! ^_^

The place were Rhone river takes its roots.

Artificial ice cave. It's covered with fabric in attempt to slowing melting ice. In one or two years it will fully disappears.

This is precisely where the Rhone rises, which then flows through the Swiss Valais region, through the whole of France and finally into the Mediterranean.