These are the Walks we have planned for 2010
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Walk Date: On demand
Duration: 7 nights
Corbières and Minervois are seperated by the Canal du Midi where we stay one night. We start in the Minervois at Chateau Violet and finish in the old Citadelle of Carcassonne. Minervois and Corbières are just waking up to the modern world. They have been fast asleep for a long time. A wild unique countryside with exceptional views, overlooking the Mediterranean and the Pyrenees. They are now producing outstanding wines. Minerve and Carcassonne are both entangled in the history of the Cathares. You will discover a lot more about the history while visiting some abbeys and churches of the area. Minerve, due to its geographical situation, is one of the most beautiful villages in France, Carcassonne is a World Heritage Centre.
More difficult walking
Price: £940
Includes: seven nights accommodation with private bath of shower, Breakfast ,
4 dinners with half a bottle of wine and coffee, 6 lunches with wine,
all the wine tastings, visits, transfers by car, baggage transfer,
an English speaking guide. |
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Walk Date: On demand
Duration: 7 nights
This is France with revolution in the air. "L'Ile de Beauté". This is one of the most beautiful islands in the Mediterranean. Mountains falling into the sea, wild beaches, and even a small desert.
We walk in Cap Corse in the North, the finger pointing towards France. Cap Corse is a land of fishing villages and chesnut forests enclosed by a string of Genoese towers. You walk from valley to valley on old donkey paths, overlooking Italie and Capraia. In the East we visit the vineyards around Erbalunga and Luri. On the West side, Patrimonio and Saint-Florent. In the North around Macinaggio, you will walk on a beautiful coastal path.
We start the walk up in the hills near Bastia and finish in Saint-Florent.
More difficult walking
Price: £1100
Includes: seven nights accommodation with private bath of shower, Breakfast ,
4 dinners with half a bottle of wine and coffee, 6 lunches with wine,
all the wine tastings, visits, transfers by car, baggage transfer,
an English speaking guide. |
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Walk Date: On demand
Duration: 7 nights
Walking South from Cluny and its famous benedictan abbey, in the Maconnais to Fleurie and the Beaujolais. The first morning you will visit the abbey, the next day in Berzé-la-Ville, visit of the XIIth century chapel of the monks of Cluny, with its wonderful frescoes.
The Beaujolais and the Maconnais are some of the most picturesque viticole regions of France, full of chateaux and romanesque churches. Here you will taste the white Maconnais wines of Saint-Véran and Pouilly-Fuissé and the red appellation Beaujolais wines : Juliénas, Saint-Amour, Chénas, Moulin à Vent, Fleurie, Chiroubles, Morgon ... walking through these villages, you will enjoy the spectacular landscapes and meet the small families who produce all these interesting wines.
More difficult walking
Price: £890
Includes: seven nights accommodation with private bath of shower, Breakfast ,
4 dinners with half a bottle of wine and coffee, 6 lunches with wine,
all the wine tastings, visits, transfers by car, baggage transfer,
an English speaking guide. |
The Burgundy Côte de Nuits |
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Walk Date: On demand
Duration: 5 nights
A walk between Beaune and Dijon amidst the greatest Burgundy wines. Walking in the most impressive wine list : Corton-Charlemagne, Aloxe-Corton, Pernand-Vergelesse, Vosne-Romanée, Vougeot, Chambolles-Musigny, Morey-Saint-Denis, Gevrey-Chambertin and Fixin next to Dijon.
The walking is never too difficult, as the vineyards of these famous wines spread along a belt of very gentle slopes. You will also take panoramic paths overlooking these prestigious vineyards, and taking you up to the Hautes-Côtes-de-Nuits.
On the last day in the afternoon you will visit the historical centre of Dijon with the Dukes Palace and the tumbs of the Dukes of Burgundy.
Easy walking
Price: £890
Includes: five nights accommodation with private bath or shower, Breakfasts.,
3 dinners with half bottle of wine and coffee. 4 lunches with wine.
All wine tastings, visits, transfers by car, baggage transfer,
an English speaking guide. |
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Walk Date: On demand
Duration: 5 nights
A walk between Cluny and Beaune. You stay the first night in the Maconnais, You start the walk in Cluny with its benedictan monastery. Walking North through the forests and vineyards, you will discover the picturesque villages and the red and white wines of Montagny, Mercurey, Rully, Chassagne and Puligny-Montrachet, Meursault, Volnay and Pommard.
You will meet Brigitte de Ternay at the chateau de Rully. In Chagny you will have a dinner in the three star Michelin restaurant Lameloise .
The last two nights are spent in Beaune where you will visit the famous Hospices.
Easy walking
Price: £880
Includes: five nights accommodation with private bath or shower, Breakfasts.,
3 dinners with half bottle of wine and coffee. 4 lunches with wine.
All wine tastings, visits, transfers by car, baggage transfer,
an English speaking guide. |
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Walk Date: on demand
Duration: On application
If you prefer to walk by yourself, or if you decide at the last minute that you want to go walking in Burgundy, if you want to make a break on your way down to the Mediterranean for a day or two, you are very welcome to stay in Mark and Laurence's old farmhouse where they live, in the Maconnais, South of Burgundy.
Berze-la-Ville is the address, and this pretty, flower filled village is only a 20 minute drive drom the Paris-Lyon motorway at Macon. The house itself is set high in a secluded valley above the village, and has spectacular views down to the limestone hills of the Beaujolais. A tiny road leads up to it, but only fifteen minutes away is Macon-Loche TGV station where the fast trains sweep down from Paris in 1hr and 40 minutes. The whole journey by Eurostar train, including the change in Paris, can be done in about 5 hours.
They have three bedrooms with their own bathrooms for bed and breakfast, and there are two restaurants in the village, plus others nearby.
There is a great variety of walks, and you can have all the maps and instructions needed.
Price: £60 double and £40 single
Includes: Bed and Breakfast |
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2010 Dates when Laurence and Mark will be walking:
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