HOLIDAY OFFERS - Walking Holidays - Tour du Vieux Chaillol - Classic - Guided Holiday

• Technical Breakdown of each day
• Price Details

Guided Holiday

1 July - 8 July 2009

Price: £799 per person for an all inclusive guided walking holiday. (minimum 6 people). Click here for price breakdown.

This is a week's holiday following the classic Tour de Vieux Chaillol Route with a small deviation - see below. It is 6 days walking in the mountains, including a rest day in the middle.

Your guide will be Matthieu Reynier, a local guide who knows the area really well. He's also a keen naturalist and has been observing the golden eagles for the last few years so is a great mine of information on all things nature related! We walk at an easy pace and tend to have lots of stops for photos, wildlife spotting and general enjoying the views moments.

We'll collect you from the airport, look after all your transport, food and accommodation (most of the accommodation is in gites and refuges so you will be sharing dormitory style rooms of between 2 and 8 people). We'll also have group maps you can have a look at. Where we can we will shuttle your baggage between refuges so for most of the time you only need to walk with a day sack. (it's not cheating!!)

The Route:
We follow the classic route but include our rest day on Day 4 with an easy walk up to the Refuge du Tourond, which is a superb mountain refuge and well worth a visit. There's a waterfall here with pools you can sunbathe by and swim in and there are also local walks you can do around the refuge if you want more walking. We then take in an extra col to get to the Gite in Chaillol the next day.

And for the final day while we're in the habit of bagging cols, we thought we'd take you over the Col de Viallet to Molines. This is a superb walk for the last day - spectacular views and a little bit off the beaten track. It also avoids the long traverse back to Gite les Paris on the classic route.

Have a look at the map to see the route. Follow the yellow dots and you'll see the diversion from the Gite Les Gondoins up to the Refuge du Tourond and then over the Col de Vanasque to the Gite in Chaillol and then over the Col du Viallet to Molines.

Click here to see the technical breakdown of each day.

If you would like more information this trip please contact us. Or if you would like to book a holiday, then please go to our booking page and fill out the request form.

Technical breakdown of each day

Have a look at the map to see the route.

Day 0

Arrive!

Day 1

From: Gite D'Etape Les Paris in St Jaques -Altitude 980 m
To: Gite D'Etape Le Casset in La Chappelle - Altitude 1150
Ascent: 250 m
Descent: 100m
Hours walking: 6h30

Day 2:

From: Gite D'Etape Le Casset in La Chapelle - Altitude: 1150m
To: Refuge Vallonpierre in the mountains - Altitude 1534
Ascent: 1150m
Descent: 0m
Hours Walking: 7h30

Day 3:

From: Refuge Vallonpierre in the mountains - Altitude: 1534m
To: Gite D'Etape Les Gondoins in Champoleon - Altitude: 1300m
Ascent: 554m
Descent: 1534
Hours Walking: 7h30

Day 4:

From: Gite D'Etape Les Gondoins in Champoleon - Altitude 1300m
To: Refuge du Tourond in the mountains - Altitude 1712m
Ascent: 412m
Descent: 0m
Hours Walking: 2h00

Day 5:

From: Refuge du Tourond in the mountains - Altitude 1712m
To: Gite D'Etape de Chaillol in Chaillol - Altitude 1425m via the Col de Vanasque
Ascent: 775m
Descent: 1062m
Hours Walking: 6h00

There is the option of taking in the peak of the Vieux Chaillol 3163m on this day which would add another 4 hours onto the day and another 675m of ascent.

Day 6:

From: Gite D'Etape de Chaillol in Chaillol - Altitude 1425m
To: Auberge Gaillard in Molines - Altitude: 1246m
Ascent: 815m
Descent: 994m
Hours Walking: 6h

Day 7

Return home

If you would like more information on either the guided or slef-guided trip, please contact us. Or if you would like to book a holiday, then please go to our booking page and fill out the request form.

Price details

PRICE: £799 per person (minimum 6 people)

What's included?
• 6 days guided walking following the classic Tour du Vieux Chaillol route with one diversion see map
• 7 nights half board accommodation in gites and refuges
• Picnic lunches every day
• Map
• Baggage transfers where possible (the longest time you will be without a baggage transfer is one night)
• Return transfers from Marseille airport

What's not?
• Flights

Please note, to keep the price down, we only do one transfer per group. You can fly to Marseille from Gatwick and Bristol with Easyjet and from Stanstead with Ryan air on those dates. If you would like more information on getting here, please contact us. We can suggest places to stay overnight in Marseille if you arrive early or can advise on trains and buses from other airports.