Past event · Castellane · 26–27 September 2026
This event is over. The Historic Car Retrospective was scheduled in Castellane for 26 and 27 September 2026. This guide stays online as an archive: the times and routes below are no longer current.
Departure announced for 1:30pm from the Castellane community hall towards the Castillon dam, then up to Demandolx as far as the Croix de la Mission — two passes were announced on the same stretch. The vehicle display was announced for the afternoon on Place Marcel-Sauvaire, right in the centre of Castellane: it was the easiest spot to see the vehicles up close without travelling.
Same route announced (Castellane → Castillon dam → Demandolx/Croix de la Mission), this time starting from Place Marcel-Sauvaire after dark. A rarer sight: the headlights of the classic vehicles on the road at night.
Second stretch announced, from the Chaudanne dam to Demandolx via La Silve. The runs were announced between 9am and 5pm on this route.
Yes: entry was free for spectators, both to see the vehicles on display on Place Marcel-Sauvaire and to watch the runs on the two stretches (Castillon/Demandolx on Saturday, Chaudanne/Demandolx on Sunday), according to the listing from the Castellane-Verdon Tourist Office.
The simplest spot was the car display on Place Marcel-Sauvaire in Castellane, on Saturday afternoon. To see the vehicles in motion, two stretches were announced: Castellane → Castillon dam → Demandolx (Saturday 1:30pm, two runs, then again at 8:30pm) and Chaudanne dam → Demandolx via La Silve (Sunday, 9am-5pm).
In a notice to residents published on its website on 22 September 2026, Demandolx town hall announced, for the “5th historic car hillclimb”, the closure of municipal road no. 5 (voie communale) on Saturday 26 September from 1pm to 11:30pm and of the RD 102 on Sunday 27 September from 9am to 5pm. These are the only announced closures we found.
We have not been able to confirm this, so we do not name an organiser. The listing from the Castellane-Verdon Tourist Office, reproduced by Alpes de Haute-Provence Tourisme, announced the “3rd Historic Retrospective”. Demandolx town hall, in its notice of 22 September 2026, refers to the “5th historic car hillclimb”: we found no official explanation for this discrepancy.
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