GUIDED HIKING TOURS in France and Italy
Mercantour
national Park, Vallιe des Merveilles, Mediterranean Calanques, Italian
Dolomites, Cinque Terre, Provence, Argentera, Alps mountains:
all-included hikes and treks in the french and italian Alps, with a french
english-german-italian-speaking mountain guide (yes, he can)
Vallee des MERVEILLES and MERCANTOUR (2 to 7 days)The best of DOLOMITES in Italy (4 to 9 days)
The CINQUE TERRE in Liguria, Italy (3 to 6 days)
Treks between France and Italy : Mercantour vs ARGENTERA (6 or 7 days)
The CALANQUES de Cassis and Marseille, in France (3 to 8 days) (webpage soon in english)
Haut Verdon and HAUTE PROVENCE: forest trails with Retrouvance (6 days)
LUBERON and ALPILLES in Provence (3 to 7 days)
The itinerant PAINTERS in the French Azure Alps (2 to 5 days)
Wintertime only: Snowshoeing in the heart of the Mercantour
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MERCANTOUR
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that the "wonderland valley"? Take 1 or 2 days or
more to travel far back in the past times, to fdiscover the fantastic
scenery of a very ancient and still mysterious art in the wild nature,
on thousands of open-air engraved rocks (your guide is specially
authorized by the Mercantour National Park to lead you on these
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tours: 2 days / 1 night, 3 days / 2 nights, 7 days / 6 nights Level: click (1) from easy to medium |
Accommodation:
- in mountain huts (guarded hiking-shelters) or inn, or in comfortable hotels - on half board - a charming just renewed hotel is available before and/or after the hike |
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CINQUE TERRE
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pearls on the cliff above the sea, these 5 medieval villages had chosen
the isolation for their safety. Thus, for centuries beyond the attention
of the outside world, they lived in near self-sufficiency, with seafood
and cultivation of wineyards, olives, citrus. By their authenticity, but also the magnificent beauty of their sites, they were classified in 1997 as a World Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO. The circuit we offer is steep but easy, often as a balcony overlooking the deep blue sea. You will go from a village to another by old footpaths, sometimes slipping between the cultivated plates, sometimes alternating freshness of high pines and fantastic light of a rocky outcrop. Please
note: we are happy to be able to offer you a cheaper lodging
in a cute youth hostel, please ask us.
Here
enjoy some Cinqueterre
pictures...
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| Duration: - 4 or 5 or 6 days / 4 or 5 nights Level : for everybody in a normal shape |
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Includiing: - lodging in italian local comfortable hotels, or in a cute youth hostel, - on halfboard, (picnics available), - no bag to carry while walking, - departure point: Levanto (Italy) To arrive and lodge here for 1 night before or after the hiking, please ask us More or less nights? please ask us |
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ARGENTERA - Italy MERCANTOUR - France Let's hike straddling the border! |
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Either in France or in Italy,
surrounded by gorgeous landscapes, here is a trek, crossing the french-italian
border some times from Mercantour to Argentera through high paths,
between lakes and nearly 3000 meters high summits. Believe it or not,
you will be observed by many wild chamois and marmots.
We offer 2 different treks, a "normal" one and an easier
one.
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Duration: 6 or 7 walking full days / 6 nights Level : click note (1) medium to high, 2 itineraries |
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Accommodation: - in italian and french shelters
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6 days |
7 days / 6 nights |
| Cost click note (2) |
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The
italian Dolomites leads ou between very typical peaks and rocky
summits, overviewing ice-mountains, crossing wild forests near large
alpine lakes. Our trek does not request technical experience; some
light cabled parts of the path are usable by anybody, |
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Duration: 8
days / 7 nights, or 7 d / 6 n, or 4 d / 3 n -
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- DIFFERENT HIKES: --- a great classical tour, 7 days in the eastern part of Dolomites, based on an optimized calculation of costs, with lodging half in mountain huts and half in a comfortable hotel, alternately; --- a new tour, 7 days in Val di Fassa valley, lodging in hotel and shelters; --- a shorter one, 4 days, in the Dolomites of Brenta, easier, a great way to approach these so impressive peaks; --- and our special "full discovery": 2 parts in 2 famous areas for a 8-days trek. - AND ALSO: besides english, your guide speaks fluent italian, and german too, that is much spoken in that area. |
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HAUT
VERDON - MERCANTOUR IN FOREST HUTS ON FOREST FOOTPATHS |
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| Here are some pictures... | Organized by the french National Forest Office and Retrouvance | --> Registration: click here |
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6 days / 5 nights Starting and arriving place: Thorame-Haute, Alpes de Haute-Provence (dept 04), you easily reach it from Nice (06) or Digne (04), by road or by train (the so famous so cute "Train des Pignes" in Provence) DATES: 16 départures in Summer 2017: --- all the dates are here ACCOMODATION: you'll spend comfortable and unusual nights in some typical forest huts, previously used by the forest guards LEVEL: medium to easy. No backpack to carry. PRICE: 580 , all included as following: --- all conveniences, including bedding and showers, --- a specially high quality full board, --- the daily separate transportation of your bags, --- a french english-speaking guide on some special dates (just ask). |
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---> Registration: click here |
Schedule of these hikes |
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ALPILLES
- LUBERON |
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Starting
from the famous village Les Baux de Provence, under the provençal
almost never-changing blue sky, through the Alpilles hills (so-called
"La Montagnette"), then through the famous Luberon cliffs...
between lavenders and olive-trees, you will never forget it !
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Our tours: Level:
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Dates: - Also in September
or October |
Accommodation
and facilities: - in camping sites, - half board lodging + Available transportation from the Avignon TGV train station + Available hôtel in Les Baux de Provence, or in Luberon, before or after the tour |
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IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE ITINERANT PAINTERS IN THE FRENCH AZURE ALPS |
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While walking
on the old paths that were used by pilgrims, artists and tradesmen,
you will discover some evocative painted chapels and altar-screens,
and will understand this religious art in which the fears, the hopes
and the believes are legible: you learn and feel the spirit and
the life of the medieval mountain people. |
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| Different tours: 1 day, 2 days / 1 night... 5 days / 4 nights Level: - very easy, for everybody - may be higher |
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Accommodation:
- either in a comfortable mountain inn, or in a hiking shelter, - on half board - lunchboxes are available. |
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ON
SNOWSHOES IN THE SOUTHERN ALPS MERCANTOUR |
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Winter mountains:
these are silent forests, animals footsteps, shining areas... |
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: 1 day, 1 week-end, mid-week, 1 week... Level : click note (1) from very easy to medium, according to the tour |
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Lodging
: - in a nice mountain hotel, or - in a mountain hiking guesthouse - on half board (lunchboxes available) Snowboots renting is possible on the spot (please ask us in advance) |
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Need
more information?
Please visit our
Who's who page, or call us at +33 (0)4 94 47 54 40, or send
us an e-mail by clicking here:
easy: no specific experience of the mountain hiking, 2 to 4 walking hours a day
medium: rather good physical state, 3 to 6 walking hours a day
high: partly requiring an experience of the mountain, 6 to 9 walking hours a day.
Note (2): The price of each tour is calculated for 6 or 8 hikers in the group; it also depends on the level of comfort you choose.
SEE YOU SOON...
