Les Tourniquets d'Astoin

Les Tourniquets d'Astoin is the name of the sharply winding and precipitous ascent in a steep and narrow zig-zag road in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France.

Les Tourniquets d'Astoin
Les Tourniquets d'Astoin

It is a serie of 6 steep hairpin turns  climbing up to 1.084m (3,556ft) above the sea level, on the asphalted D1 road. It’s also known as Les Six Tournants.

The section is 550 m long on the way from the villages of Bayons to Astoin. It is famous for a stage of the Monte Carlo Rally.