When it comes to walking tours, France has it all: 120,000 miles of varied and regularly-maintained trails covering the whole of The Hexagon. Your biggest problem is likely to be deciding where to go. That’s where we can help. We have chosen to concentrate on the south of France: better weather and all-year-round walking opportunities. So the most propitious hiking conditions are in place, although the weather is the one thing we cannot manage on your behalf.
Our range of walking tours in France are designed to appeal to a broad spectrum of objectives and tastes. Each is an adventure in its own right and all enable you to discover parts of France that the locals often miss and most French never get to see. Your hiking dossier will set the scene and your inquisitiveness will be handsomely rewarded. The learning curve will surely continue upon your return home.
As an enlightened traveler, you enjoy the journey as much as the arrival, and you understand that making an effort results in higher levels of appreciation. All that remains now is for you to start to narrow down the options and make your selection - so allow us to provide you with some site gateways through which your mind can travel:
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Multi-centre walking tours, for those who enjoy full-day walking without changing hotel every night;
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Our walking tours in France are classified on a scale from 1 to 4, with 4 being the most physically challenging. Tour ratings are highlighted in parenthesis [] after each tour name. See our FAQs for further details.
The following ideas and links may also help:
1. Advice on choosing hiking tours in France.
2. Discover the benefits of hiking with us under FAQs.
4. Peruse the hiking trips listed in the right-hand column.
5. Search our Tours Database - left-hand column.
6. See what Forbes Traveler says about The Enlightened Traveller – top right-hand column.
The Enlightened Traveller – delighting mind, body and sole!
Site last updated 8 February 2010
